Mark Mrohs: 51yr Solar Industry Veteran: from making space cells for Spectrolab to VR

2024-11-24

Description: I first met Mark Mrohs in 2008 and have always been fascinated by his experience in the industry. Some years ago, I made a list of people I wanted to be on my podcast, and Mark’s name was at the top. Mark has been in the industry since terrestrial solar was a pipedream. He started out working at Spectrolab, which is still making solar cells for space and is not a Boeing company. I once tried calling Spectrolab to see how much solar cells were and they told me they needed government clearance to tell me. They also discuss his work at Arco Solar and Siemens Solar and transitioning the industry from space cells to terrestrial solar. Mark also s...

Description:

I first met Mark Mrohs in 2008 and have always been fascinated by his experience in the industry. Some years ago, I made a list of people I wanted to be on my podcast, and Mark’s name was at the top.

Mark has been in the industry since terrestrial solar was a pipedream. He started out working at Spectrolab, which is still making solar cells for space and is not a Boeing company. I once tried calling Spectrolab to see how much solar cells were and they told me they needed government clearance to tell me.

They also discuss his work at Arco Solar and Siemens Solar and transitioning the industry from space cells to terrestrial solar. Mark also shares his journey into training and the evolution of the solar industry.

Here are some of the topics discussed:

SunPower Certification in Richnmond California

Ecosolar: https://us.sunpower.com/dealers-installers/ecosolar-usa

SunEdison

Mark Mrohs’ Solar journey – beginning

Spectrolab: www.spectrolab.com

Space Solar Cells

Charlie Gay

Bill Yerkes

ArcoSolar

Carrizo Project

Arco Module