Get Your Certification Questions Answered in Our Monthly Live Q&A Sessions Navigating professional certifications in the clean energy space can be challenging. That’s why we host our monthly Let’s Talk Certifications: Live Q&A meetings – your trusted resource for expert guidance on all things professional certifications. What to Expect Join us… Continue reading “Get Your Certification Questions Answered in Our Monthly Live Q&A Sessions”
Celebrating Top Geothermal Companies: Midwest Geothermal As the geothermal industry experiences unprecedented growth, finding skilled technicians has become one of the biggest challenges facing contractors nationwide. While many companies struggle to hire qualified workers, Midwest Geothermal has taken a proactive approach by launching a comprehensive registered… Continue reading “Celebrating Top Geothermal Companies: Midwest Geothermal”
Keep Your Learning Journey in One Place: How to Merge Your HeatSpring Accounts As your career evolves and you move between companies, you might find yourself with multiple HeatSpring accounts tied to different work email addresses. Sound familiar? You’re not alone! Many of our learners have taken courses with us over several years… Continue reading “Keep Your Learning Journey in One Place: How to Merge Your HeatSpring Accounts”
How Choosing Curiosity Over Comfort Launched a Solar Career: Nico’s Story What happens when you choose the uncomfortable path over the easy one? In this snippet from an interview at the 2025 NABCEP Conference, HeatSpring’s Brittany Heller sits down with Nico Johnson to explore the pivotal moment that launched his clean… Continue reading “How Choosing Curiosity Over Comfort Launched a Solar Career: Nico’s Story”
Solar Company Spotlight: How Cherry Street Energy Is Building Tomorrow’s Solar Workforce As solar companies expand across the Southeast, many focus solely on installing systems and moving to the next project. Cherry Street Energy takes a fundamentally different approach – they’re building lasting workforce opportunities in every community where they operate, creating… Continue reading “Solar Company Spotlight: How Cherry Street Energy Is Building Tomorrow’s Solar Workforce”
Win A Free Ticket to the Mayfield Education Summit – Enter Our Monthly Certification Tracker Raffle! We’re giving away two tickets to the highly anticipated Mayfield Renewables Education Summit 2025 (valued at $550 each), and entering is simple – just use our new Certification Tracker feature to add any of your credentials or certifications. How to… Continue reading “Win A Free Ticket to the Mayfield Education Summit – Enter Our Monthly Certification Tracker Raffle!”
Celebrating Top Solar Companies: Renu Energy Solutions Like many industries, the solar industry faces a persistent challenge: finding and retaining skilled workers who can grow with rapidly changing companies. While many organizations struggle with high turnover and difficulty scaling their workforce, Renu Energy Solutions has cracked the… Continue reading “Celebrating Top Solar Companies: Renu Energy Solutions”
Select HeatSpring Courses Approved for Virginia Electrician Continuing Education Great news for electricians in Virginia! HeatSpring is excited to announce that several of our courses have been officially approved by the Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation for electrician continuing education credits. Approved Courses for Virginia Electricians The… Continue reading “Select HeatSpring Courses Approved for Virginia Electrician Continuing Education”
How HeatSpring Turns Industry Experts into Course Creators While the clean energy industry navigates political uncertainty, one constant remains: the demand for skilled, capable, and confident professionals continues to grow. At the 2025 NABCEP Conference, SunCast Media host Nico Johnson sat down with Brick Maier, HeatSpring’s Director of… Continue reading “How HeatSpring Turns Industry Experts into Course Creators”
Meet Baker Makarem – Instructor Spotlight Behind every HeatSpring course is an expert instructor—a seasoned professional who brings not just knowledge, but passion, real-world experience, and a commitment to helping others grow. While thousands of students benefit from their expertise through our online courses, the remote… Continue reading “Meet Baker Makarem – Instructor Spotlight”
Celebrating Top Solar Companies: BayWa r.e. Power Solutions For the team at BayWa r.e. Power Solutions, Inc., getting everyone home safely is just as important as the megawatts they install. As an EPC contractor constructing renewable energy systems for medium to utility-scale projects, the team has completed over… Continue reading “Celebrating Top Solar Companies: BayWa r.e. Power Solutions”
NABCEP PV Associate Course approved for GI Bill Education Benefits HeatSpring’s Solar PV Bootcamp + NABCEP PV Associate Prep course is a newly approved prep course in the Veterans Administration’s WEAMS system. That means the GI Bill education benefits will reimburse you for the full course tuition. The NABCEP PV Associate exam… Continue reading “NABCEP PV Associate Course approved for GI Bill Education Benefits”
Win a Free Residential Grid-Tied Solar Design Course – Enter Our Certification Tracker Raffle! We’re giving away one enrollment in our new Residential Grid-Tied Solar Design course (valued at $795), and entering is simple – just use our new Certification Tracker feature to add your NABCEP credential or certification. How to Enter That’s it… Continue reading “Win a Free Residential Grid-Tied Solar Design Course – Enter Our Certification Tracker Raffle!”
Introducing In-Person Training: Bring HeatSpring Courses to Your Location HeatSpring now offers a new “book this course in-person” feature, available on select course landing pages. This option allows companies and workforce training groups to bring our expert instructors directly to their location for focused, professional training sessions. When you… Continue reading “Introducing In-Person Training: Bring HeatSpring Courses to Your Location”
NABCEP ESIP Provides a Pathway to NY State Energy Storage Incentives As New York State accelerates its ambitious clean energy goals, including 6 GW of energy storage by 2030, qualified professionals will be in high demand to implement energy storage systems properly and safely. The NABCEP Energy Storage Installation Professional (ESIP)… Continue reading “NABCEP ESIP Provides a Pathway to NY State Energy Storage Incentives”
Track Your Certifications and Never Miss A Renewal Again Professional certifications represent a significant investment of your time, energy, and resources. But keeping track of multiple certifications with different renewal timelines can be challenging. That’s why we’re excited to announce HeatSpring’s new Certification Tracker feature, designed to help you… Continue reading “Track Your Certifications and Never Miss A Renewal Again”
Steve’s Story – How Advanced Training & a Solid Professional Background Led to the Launch of an Installation Company Join us in celebrating Steven Sherman whose journey from automotive engineering to founding his own residential solar and storage business has been selected for HeatSpring’s Stay Curious campaign! Through this initiative, we spotlight individuals whose passion for continuous learning has… Continue reading “Steve’s Story – How Advanced Training & a Solid Professional Background Led to the Launch of an Installation Company”
HeatSpring Becomes a Certified B Corporation We have exciting news to share with our community – HeatSpring is now a Certified B Corporation! While creating positive impact has always been a part of our ethos here at HeatSpring, this certification marks a big shift—we’re now quantifying… Continue reading “HeatSpring Becomes a Certified B Corporation”
How to Find Employees with the Skills You Need (Pt. 2) It’s no secret that one of the most challenging aspects of operating a solar or other clean energy business is sourcing and hiring new employees. Buzz about the ‘skills gap’ across the trades, STEM, and other careers points to a… Continue reading “How to Find Employees with the Skills You Need (Pt. 2)”
Got Talent? HeatSpring Wants to Help You Bring New Employees into Solar I think we can all agree that the first quarter of 2025 was marked by uncertainty in the U.S. market. We see this in the usual economic indicators, but also in the ‘wait and see’ mood across the industry, as… Continue reading “Got Talent? HeatSpring Wants to Help You Bring New Employees into Solar”