Business


Finance and business operations are equally as important as technical know-how when it comes to the advancement of renewable energy, data center efficiency, and the business of commercial space. We write regularly on these topics and provide powerful free learning opportunities.

Renewable Energy Finance, Sales and Marketing Courses

Free Course: Commercial Solar PPA’s 101
Free Course: Taking Stock: Assessing the Conditioning of your Marketing Foundation
Mastering Commercial Solar Finance
Free Course: Complete Guide to Geothermal Tax Credits with Charlie Goulding

Free Commercial Space Leadership & Economics Training

Free Lecture: How to Succeed in the Emerging Newspace Industry

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Incubating Clean: Emily Reichert, Ph.D. of Greentown Labs

Emily Reichert, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer at Greentown Labs, spoke with us about the incubator, changes in the industry, the Massachusetts cleantech community and much more.

“Greentown Labs provides prototyping space, shared machine shop tools, office space and an event space. We leverage our facility, partners, and sponsors to provide our entrepreneurs access to the equipment, services, education, and […]

December 14th, 2015|Categories: Business, Clean Energy Policy, Solar Sales & Marketing, Technology & Engineering|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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The Solar Developer’s Modeling Challenge: How Much Detail Is Enough?

In the article below, Chris Lord, HeatSpring’s expert instructor, outlines when and why detail in modeling cash flows from a renewable energy project really matters.
Key Takeaways:

Modeling forces us to confront the troubling “unknowns” about our project, and that implicates two curious aspects of human nature.
The purpose of modeling is to help us get a handle […]

August 12th, 2015|Categories: Business, Solar Design & Installation, Solar Sales & Marketing|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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Free Lecture: “NASA-Funded Economic Analysis of Establishing a Moon Base” with Charles Miller

It’s been decades since humanity walked on the moon, but a new report says a partnership between NASA and private space companies could get us back. One of the authors of this report is Charles Miller. In this free lecture, Charles explains how moon base could be established for $10B via public-private partnerships.
The free lecture includes […]

August 6th, 2015|Categories: Commercial Space|Tags: , , , , , |
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Making the Financial Case for Microgrids: Microgrid Executive MBA Training

On the Microgrid Executive MBA Training discussion board…
Takeaways:

The clustering of microgrids creates a new set of considerations for executives.
It is worth investigating from a microgrid economics standpoint what other drivers (besides low price or cost to the consumer) may appeal to customers in developed countries.
“Product markets” within the electricity business are slowly emerging. This would mean very […]

July 25th, 2015|Categories: Business, Microgrid, Teaching|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |
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Solar Women Summer Series: Salary Negotiation Tips & Insights

Israela Adah Brill-Cass is an attorney and mediator with over twenty years of experience helping individuals engage in challenging conversations and asking for more. She was the Executive Director and ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) Program Manager at Boston Law Collaborative, LLC from 2003 to 2015. She currently teaches salary negotiation courses at Boston’s Society of Grownups, as well as […]

July 16th, 2015|Categories: Business, Teaching, Women in Solar Energy|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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