Welcome to our second daily update from California!
Today the focus of our reportage will be Concentrated Photovoltaics and Siemens $950 Million In-Kind Grant.

We learned what are the major challenges and opportunities for CPV from leading companies worldwide. We spoke with:

• Carla Pihowich, VP, Marketing and Regulatory at Amonix
  

• Hansjoerg Lerchenmueller, Senior Vice President Customer Group Solar Energy Business Unit at Soitec Solar
  

• Nancy Hartsoch, VP, Marketing & Business Development at SolFocus, Inc.
  

Rick Myers, Director IA/DT Business Development at Siemens and Michael Swords, Executive Director, Strategic Research & Global Partnerships, UCLA tell us a litle more about the Siemens grant which will support research and development efforts within the solar industry and clean technologies.