About Brian Hayden

HeatSpring co-founder. You can reach me directly at bhayden @ heatspring.com or 800-393-2044 x1.

3 Things Your Solar Company Should Do Right Now to Capitalize on the Inflation Reduction Act

Adam Gerza from Energy Toolbase joined this week’s live Solar Entrepreneurship class. Adam is incredibly knowledgeable about solar policy and we asked him to speak about the Inflation Reduction Act. What’s really changing and where are the new opportunities for entrepreneurial thinkers. It was a fun discussion because he and Kerim are both so smart. […]

Building and Managing Decentralized Solar Project Teams

Chris Lord has helped fund and develop hundreds of megawatts of solar projects over the past eight years, but his company is small. I asked Chris to explain how he builds and manages a decentralized group of collaborators to have a big impact on the industry.

Chris, talk to me about the nature of the teams […]

Provisions Affecting Geothermal Heat Pumps in the Proposed “Inflation Reduction Act”

The Geothermal Exchange Organization (GEO) is the voice of the geothermal heat pump industry in the United States. Below is their summary of the provisions affecting geothermal heat pumps in the ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ and a brief outlook on where things will go from here. You can read the full text of the bill here.

Section 25D […]

Managing a Commercial Solar Portfolio: How Solar Developers, EPC Contractors and O&M Teams Work Together

Chris Lord helps his clients manage a portfolio of solar assets. In that role he’s also managing a network of subcontractors who don’t always have aligned interests. This is the sort of thing Chris and Keith Cronin cover in their Solar Executive MBA course. I asked Chris for a quick overview of how solar developers, […]

Construction & Project Managers: Demand is High, Supply is Low

Chris Lord helps put together and finance large solar projects. From that vantage point he’s able to see where bottlenecks are in the industry. Recently Chris was telling me how hard it is to find experienced construction and project managers for his solar projects. I asked him to explain.

You talked a little bit about construction […]