Tony is the owner and CEO of Independent Power , a renewable energy design and installation company he founded in 1996. He holds a BSEE from the University of Massachusetts and is a licensed Professional Engineer and Master Electrician. His fascination with photovoltaics (PV) began when he was studying optoelectronics in college and was furthered upon his first witnessing a working solar panel powering a water pump at a remote mountain hut. That was the moment of enlightenment that set him on a path to realizing this amazing and disruptive technology—one that delivers electrical power wherever the sun shines—with no moving parts, no pollution, and no dependence on anything else.
