New Course: Comprehensive 2026 NEC Requirements for Electrotech: PV, ESS, EVs, PCS, and More The team behind the new “Comprehensive 2026 NEC Requirements for Electrotech: PV, ESS, EVs, PCS, and More” course has spent years helping shape the National Electrical Code, not just applying it (although they do that plenty too). Solar Tech Collective’s… Continue reading “New Course: Comprehensive 2026 NEC Requirements for Electrotech: PV, ESS, EVs, PCS, and More”
Meet Wes Kennedy – Instructor Spotlight Thirty years is a long time to do anything. For Wes Kennedy, three decades in solar hasn’t felt like standing still. It felt like watching history happen from the inside. Wes came up in the industry when solar was still… Continue reading “Meet Wes Kennedy – Instructor Spotlight”
Your Team Training Dashboard Just Got a Lot More Useful If you manage training for a team on HeatSpring, log in and take a look around. We just rolled out a massive redesign to the team dashboard, and it makes a real difference for the people running training programs day… Continue reading “Your Team Training Dashboard Just Got a Lot More Useful”
Why Solar Professionals Should Care About Building Performance & Where to Start Brian Hayden of HeatSpring sat down with Nancy Kaplan, Director of Workforce Development at the Building Performance Institute (BPI), at the 2026 NABCEP Conference in Milwaukee to talk about the intersection of solar and home performance. The conversation covered why… Continue reading “Why Solar Professionals Should Care About Building Performance & Where to Start”
What’s New with NABCEP Credentials in 2026? Sean White Breaks It Down NABCEP credentials have always been the benchmark for solar and storage professionals, but 2026 is shaping up to be an interesting year for their credential landscape. The PV Associate exam has gotten a Job Task Analysis (JTA) update, the newer… Continue reading “What’s New with NABCEP Credentials in 2026? Sean White Breaks It Down”
New Free Course: Ace the Interview, Know Your Value, and Negotiate Like a Pro If you’ve ever accepted a job offer wishing you had pushed back on the salary, or left an interview unsure whether you actually communicated your value, this course is for you. Solar for Women just released a new free on-demand… Continue reading “New Free Course: Ace the Interview, Know Your Value, and Negotiate Like a Pro”
New Courses: Introduction to Hand Tools and Power Tools for Solar HeatSpring is excited to announce two new courses from Jenny Conrardy: Introduction to Hand Tools for Solar and Introduction to Power Tools for Solar. Who These Courses Are For These courses are built for new solar employees, apprentices, and career… Continue reading “New Courses: Introduction to Hand Tools and Power Tools for Solar”
What Does SCADA Connect on a Utility-Scale Solar Project? On a utility-scale solar project, SCADA connects three distinct parts of the system: the PV equipment, the substation, and the utility. Each layer often speaks a different protocol, and understanding how they fit together is foundational to working with these… Continue reading “What Does SCADA Connect on a Utility-Scale Solar Project? “
We Just Redesigned the HeatSpring Classroom When was the last time you took a class on HeatSpring? Last week we rolled out a redesigned classroom and it’s pretty sweet. You should check it out. What’s New? The average HeatSpring learner works at a bigger company than… Continue reading “We Just Redesigned the HeatSpring Classroom”
Student Spotlight: How Amelia Fox Is Helping Mississippi Homeowners Take Control of Their Energy When Amelia Fox signed up for her first BPI course through HeatSpring, she had already done something most building performance professionals never do: she used herself as the test case. Before she ever knocked on a client’s door, she spent… Continue reading “Student Spotlight: How Amelia Fox Is Helping Mississippi Homeowners Take Control of Their Energy”
The Complete Utility-Scale Solar Curriculum: Introducing the Utility-Scale Solar Executive Bundle If you’ve been following Andy Nyce’s courses on HeatSpring, you know the catalog has grown substantially. Andy has spent over a decade working across every phase of utility-scale solar execution, and over the past few years he’s turned that experience… Continue reading “The Complete Utility-Scale Solar Curriculum: Introducing the Utility-Scale Solar Executive Bundle”
The Ultimate Guide to Getting Your NABCEP OMAT Credential The NABCEP Operations & Maintenance Associate Technician (OMAT) credential is the newest entry-level credential from the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP), and it officially launched on April 7, 2026. While the PV Associate has long served as… Continue reading “The Ultimate Guide to Getting Your NABCEP OMAT Credential”
Meet Jenny Conrardy – Instructor Spotlight Meet Jenny Conrardy, the new Lead Instructor for HeatSpring CORE. Jenny’s path into the trades grew organically from years of farm work, food systems advocacy, and a deep belief that good work and good values go hand in hand. Six… Continue reading “Meet Jenny Conrardy – Instructor Spotlight”
New Course: Development in Utility-Scale Solar Many people who work in solar have never seen all the work that gets put in before construction begins. If you’re in construction, you inherit a project that someone else spent years putting together. If you’re in finance or asset… Continue reading “New Course: Development in Utility-Scale Solar”
Build a Solar Financial Model from Scratch with This New HeatSpring Course Plenty of solar professionals can spec a system. Fewer can build a financial model that can inform a real investment decision. HeatSpring’s new course, Intro to Solar Financial Modeling in Excel, helps to close that gap. The course is led… Continue reading “Build a Solar Financial Model from Scratch with This New HeatSpring Course”
What Is a Certificate of Insurance on a Solar Construction Site? Before a subcontractor ever sets foot on a utility-scale solar project, there’s a stack of paperwork that has to be in order: contracts, licenses, bonds, and one document that tends to get overlooked until something goes wrong – the certificate… Continue reading “What Is a Certificate of Insurance on a Solar Construction Site?”
New Course: Hand & Power Tools for Construction Professionals Construction is bringing in more new workers than it has in years. That means more people on job sites who are still building their tool knowledge and more pressure on experienced leaders to close that gap quickly. Hand & Power… Continue reading “New Course: Hand & Power Tools for Construction Professionals”
The NABCEP ESIP Exam Is Now Available in Spanish NABCEP has announced that the Energy Storage Installation Professional (ESIP) exam is now available in Spanish. For professionals who prefer Spanish and want to demonstrate their expertise in battery storage systems, this is a big step forward. To take the… Continue reading “The NABCEP ESIP Exam Is Now Available in Spanish”
Meet Tripper Gawan – Instructor Spotlight The best clean energy education comes from people who’ve done the work. Not only studied it, but shown up on job sites, solved the hard problems, and grown through the process. Those are the instructors HeatSpring is built around. The… Continue reading “Meet Tripper Gawan – Instructor Spotlight”
What is SCADA? More than 43 GW of new utility-scale solar capacity is planned for 2026 in the U.S., which would represent a 60% increase over the previous year, according to the Energy Information Administration. Every one of those plants runs on a… Continue reading “What is SCADA?”