Category: Green & Clean
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Installer perception problems and more resi solar market insight from The Buzz
On the latest edition of Solar Builder Buzz, Editor-in-Chief Chris Crowell is joined by Sarah Kim, VP of marketing at Aurora Solar, to discuss their Solar Industry Snapshot, which included data from their database of over six million projects, a survey of 1, 000 U.S. homeowners and a pulse check of nearly 1,000 U.S. solar……
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Opis Renewables opens renewable energy training center with turnkey O&M services
As renewable energy continues to see dramatic growth in the United States, there has been a resulting, and concerning shortage of trained and qualified wind, solar and battery storage technicians to meet that growth. To fill that gap, operations and maintenance (O&M) provider Opis Renewables announced the launch of its turnkey concierge training program. This……
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Opis Renewables opens renewable energy training center with turnkey O&M services
As renewable energy continues to see dramatic growth in the United States, there has been a resulting, and concerning shortage of trained and qualified wind, solar and battery storage technicians to meet that growth. To fill that gap, operations and maintenance (O&M) provider Opis Renewables announced the launch of its turnkey concierge training program. This……
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Solar Switch connects homeowners with solar education, group-buy discounts
Solar has the potential to save many homeowners around the country hundreds of dollars a year. But as this Buzz episode showed, customer education and advocacy is still needed. A cool partnership just launched in Illinois to do just that. Five Chicagoland counties, nonprofit advocates and expert solar professionals are partnering to educate homeowners on……
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DSD explains long-term purchase strategy to counter supply chain risks
This column is from the Q2 2023 issue of Solar Builder magazine. Subscribe for free here. Demand for solar is so high that, for certain equipment and materials, it’s outpacing manufacturing capabilities, adding challenges for developers during the procurement process. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is pushing to increase domestic solar manufacturing with landmark tax……