SEMA (Solar Engineering & Manufacturing Association)

The Solar Engineering & Manufacturing Association (SEMA) has invited all association members and guests to participate in an educational survey. The brief survey, located at www.surveymonkey.com/s/QYV7XPM, was created to help SEMA understand the needs of the solar industry in terms of training courses. This information will be used by SEMA to develop courses catered to the solar industry, the first of which will be held at the SEMA Technical Conference and Exhibition in February 2011 in California’s Bay Area.

Industry professionals are invited to submit technical presentations for the first Solar Engineering & Manufacturing Association (SEMA) Technical Conference, scheduled to take place in the Bay Area in California in February 2011.

The Solar Engineering & Manufacturing Association (SEMA) held a successful meeting on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at Flextronics Inc.’s campus in Milpitas, CA. Ms. Paula Mints of Navigant Consulting gave an extensive assessment of the current status of the solar power industry, outlining key successes and challenges. The drive to reduce costs, understanding supply and demand forecasts, and highlighting certain reliability issues all were included in her presentation on addressing the challenges and opportunities in the industry.