New England Clean Energy Council

Title: Pitch contest boosts start-up - Council Fellow Peter Vandermeulen's 7Solar profiled in The Boston Herald

Industry sector: Solar

June 6, 2010

Pitch contest boosts start-up

Boston Herald
By Jennifer Heldt Powell

It started when Peter Vandermuelen’s wife suggested that he invent something.

He had recently closed out a start-up company and was figuring out what to do next. Given his background in the semiconductor industry, Vandermuelen’s wife suggested finding a way to make solar energy feasible and affordable.

At first it seemed like a tall order. But then Vandermuelen got the idea to use a salt solution to develop panels that could provide heating and air conditioning as well as electricity. He created 7 Solar Technologies a year ago to work on the idea.

Read more about Council Fellow Peter Vandermeulen's company in The Boston Herald.