New Free Course: Denowatts Installer Certification Training Total global solar installed capacity is expected to reach 2.2 terawatts by 2030, which means the solar O&M sector will be continuing to rapidly grow to keep pace. According to research from Wood Mackenzie cited in Solar Builder Magazine, the… Continue reading “New Free Course: Denowatts Installer Certification Training”
Younger Investors Want to Own Solar Too The founders of Legends Solar joined our Solar Entrepreneurship course recently to talk about their startup. Every month we invite a solar entrepreneur to present their unique approach to the class so we can learn from them and – hopefully… Continue reading “Younger Investors Want to Own Solar Too”
New Free Webinar: Digital Marketing Strategies to Grow Your Solar Business Solar capacity in the United States is expected to grow at unprecedented rates. According to the Solar Energy Industries Association and Wood Mackenzie, over the next 5 years, the industry is expected to install nearly 200 GW of new solar… Continue reading “New Free Webinar: Digital Marketing Strategies to Grow Your Solar Business”
Understanding Active and Passive Income Offset While Investing in Solar Projects When investing in solar projects, one of the biggest concepts to understand is whether you are looking to offset passive or active income. Join Chris Lord, HeatSpring instructor and Managing Director at CapIron, Inc., and Nick Giannotti, Managing Member at… Continue reading “Understanding Active and Passive Income Offset While Investing in Solar Projects”
Standards for Distributed Energy Resources Interconnecting to Utility Systems Interconnection standards for Distributed Energy Resources (DER) connecting to utility transmission and distribution systems have evolved and will continue to change in the coming decades. DER includes inverter-based resources (IBR), such as solar PV, battery energy storage, and vehicle-to-grid (V2G),… Continue reading “Standards for Distributed Energy Resources Interconnecting to Utility Systems”
OSHA 10 and Other Safety Courses Now Available with HeatSpring Safety training is often required – and arguably should always be required – to work on construction job sites. It’s also essential to qualify for most NABCEP professional certification exams. The HeatSpring community asks us all the time where to… Continue reading “OSHA 10 and Other Safety Courses Now Available with HeatSpring”
Tax Benefits and Investing in Solar Projects With so many commercial and industrial solar projects slated to come online in the next ten years, investing in solar projects is becoming a more popular and lucrative business venture. In this blog post, we are joined by Nick Giannotti,… Continue reading “Tax Benefits and Investing in Solar Projects”
New Free Webinar: Unconventional Solar Applications While we know solar can be a great way to reduce energy costs for your residence or business, there are so many ways to apply solar technology to projects outside the standard use cases. If you’ve worked in the solar… Continue reading “New Free Webinar: Unconventional Solar Applications”
Celebrating Top Solar Companies: A Conversation with Ecogy Energy According to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), more than 255,000 Americans work in solar at more than 10,000 different companies. That’s a ton of options for companies in the solar industry to work for and work with. We wanted… Continue reading “Celebrating Top Solar Companies: A Conversation with Ecogy Energy”
New Course Announcement: The Hydrogen Economy If you see yourself as a solar person like me, you’ve likely heard about hydrogen being a key to unlocking a decarbonized future, but you may not know too much about the technology or how many opportunities for partnership lie… Continue reading “New Course Announcement: The Hydrogen Economy”
New Course: Understanding IEEE 1547-2018 – The Interconnection Standard for DER on Distribution HeatSpring is pleased to announce a new course focusing on IEEE 1547-2018, the interconnection standard for Distributed Energy Resources (DER) on utility distribution systems. Understanding IEEE 1547-2018 – The Interconnection Standard for DER on Distribution, will launch in February 2023,… Continue reading “New Course: Understanding IEEE 1547-2018 – The Interconnection Standard for DER on Distribution”
The best time to get into climate technology was twenty years ago. The second best time is now. Want to hear a true story about the growth happening in renewable energy? In 2005 Dan Leary and Will Thompson – two veterans – started a solar company called Nexamp in North Andover, Massachusetts. Committed to expanding access to clean energy, the company grew out of… Continue reading “The best time to get into climate technology was twenty years ago. The second best time is now.”
Stay Curious and Build Your Climatetech Knowledge with Canary Canary Media is one of our favorite ways to stay up to date with the fast growing renewable energy sector, and at Heatspring, we all enjoy tuning into their daily newsletter. Many of Canary’s journalists have been following the rise… Continue reading “Stay Curious and Build Your Climatetech Knowledge with Canary”
Looking at North Carolina Outages and Distributed Energy Resources An incident occurred in central North Carolina on the evening of December 3, 2022, about 45 minutes from where I live, in which equipment in two substations was made inoperable by gunfire. The result was approximately 40,000 customers without power. … Continue reading “Looking at North Carolina Outages and Distributed Energy Resources”
Project Managers & Interconnection Specialists Needed to Build 437GW of New Utility-Scale Solar Wood Mackenzie projects the U.S. utility-scale PV market will add 437 GW between 2022 and 2032. That’s 43,700 MW every year for ten years. It’s a staggering number and no solar company has the people they need to deliver at… Continue reading “Project Managers & Interconnection Specialists Needed to Build 437GW of New Utility-Scale Solar”
Guidelines for Designing Grounding Systems for Solar PV Installations in Accordance With the NEC Grounding and bonding is a subject area that can be confusing to many. In this blog post, we summarize key points according to the NEC. The NEC is the primary guiding document for the safe designing and installation practices of… Continue reading “Guidelines for Designing Grounding Systems for Solar PV Installations in Accordance With the NEC”
New Course Announcement: Solar Energy, PV Modules & Others: Learn Essential Theory with Calculations HeatSpring is launching a new course – Solar Energy, PV Modules & Others: Learn Essential Theory with Calculations. This is a comprehensive course for those new to solar or who want to advance their understanding of key components and applied… Continue reading “New Course Announcement: Solar Energy, PV Modules & Others: Learn Essential Theory with Calculations”
Characteristics of a Winning Residential Solar Sales Team There is something to be said about having a team of individuals working cohesively together to effectively and efficiently reach a common goal. On my former solar sales team, our mission was to help more homeowners understand how solar could… Continue reading “Characteristics of a Winning Residential Solar Sales Team”
Using Apprenticeships to Meet a Dire Need for Skilled and Licensed Electricians: ReVision Energy Launching a Registered Apprenticeship Program (RAP) at your company can initially seem daunting. It requires intention and consistency as the structure for apprentice training and development is created and implemented. If your team is just starting their journey into RAPs,… Continue reading “Using Apprenticeships to Meet a Dire Need for Skilled and Licensed Electricians: ReVision Energy”
Understanding Registered Apprenticeship Program Standards: Solar Technician Example Casey Coghlan understands all the ins and outs of Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAPs). Before she worked as a Colorado Apprenticeship Consultant, Casey worked on the employer side of apprenticeship equation where she built a RAP for a construction company. Through… Continue reading “Understanding Registered Apprenticeship Program Standards: Solar Technician Example”