#NationWISE 2016 Takeaways: Mentors, Allies & Revolutions in Solar #NationWise 2016 may be behind us, but there’s still plenty to learn about the burgeoning solar industry and opportunities for women within it. After an absolutely fantastic night at Greentown Labs with our esteemed panelists, guests and fellow women-in-solar supporters,… Continue reading “#NationWISE 2016 Takeaways: Mentors, Allies & Revolutions in Solar”
HeatSpring Named Co-Host & Partner for Women in Solar Energy Roundtable In the summer of 2015, HeatSpring set out to profile a few of the absolutely amazing women making waves in the solar industry… After discovering a shocking dearth of women students enrolled in our courses, and researching the far larger industry trend boasting… Continue reading “HeatSpring Named Co-Host & Partner for Women in Solar Energy Roundtable”
Post-ITC Planning: Key Questions for Everyone in the Solar Value Chain The solar industry received a holiday gift this year in the form of the extension of the ITC. But we aren’t entirely out of the woods. Numerous threats to NEM and rate cases at dozens of utilities across the nation… Continue reading “Post-ITC Planning: Key Questions for Everyone in the Solar Value Chain”
Download HeatSpring’s FREE Women in Solar Energy Career Guide! Three months and 24 interviews later, HeatSpring and RenewableEnergyWorld.com‘s Solar Women Summer Series has finally come to a close! NOW, you can download our FREE Women in Solar Energy Career Guide today. This free guide is intended to introduce women to career… Continue reading “Download HeatSpring’s FREE Women in Solar Energy Career Guide!”
Solar Women Summer Series: Funding Sun Through Solar Investing/Borrowing We’re wrapping up the Solar Women Summer Series, and Audrey Desiderato, the Co-Founder/ COO of SunFunder, is helping us end things on a sunny note! SunFunder finances solar projects “beyond the grid” and offers investors opportunities to help fund offgrid solar projects, as… Continue reading “Solar Women Summer Series: Funding Sun Through Solar Investing/Borrowing”
Solar Women Summer Series: Silicor CEO & WiSE Award Winner Terry Jester We met Terry Jester, CEO of Silicor Materials, at the WiSE Luncheon during the ASES Solar 2015 Conference at Penn State. She spoke with us about her role as CEO, the benefits of solar silicon, Silicor’s Icelandic expansion and her… Continue reading “Solar Women Summer Series: Silicor CEO & WiSE Award Winner Terry Jester”
Solar Women Summer Series: Cycle For Science The Solar Women Summer Series continues! Meet Elizabeth Case and Rachel Woods-Robinson, the young women behind Cycle For Science, a cross-country education initiative and journey. What is Cycle For Science? Why did you set out on this journey? Rachel: Cycle for Science is both a journey… Continue reading “Solar Women Summer Series: Cycle For Science”
Solar Women Summer Series: Success in the Employee-Owned Solar Business Model The Solar Women Summer Series continues with Co-Owner and Director of Strategic Planning & Initiatives at Namasté Solar, Amanda Bybee. Namasté Solar provides PV design, engineering, installation, maintenance, and consulting services to residential, commercial, builder, non-profit, and government customers throughout the U.S., with… Continue reading “Solar Women Summer Series: Success in the Employee-Owned Solar Business Model”
Solar Women Summer Series: Business Development in Solar The Solar Women Summer Series continues with Danielle Sheppard, Business Development Associate at Locus Energy headquartered in San Francisco, CA. What do you do in the solar industry? How’d you get started? My first experience in the solar industry was an entry-level… Continue reading “Solar Women Summer Series: Business Development in Solar”
Solar Women Summer Series: Reaching a Majority Female Office Sarah Gaddis and Jodi White work at BayWa r.e. Solar Systems, a Solar PV organization dedicated to supporting local, independent installers by offering only a select group of top-quality products. Sarah and Jodi spoke with us about their roles at BayWa r.e., their… Continue reading “Solar Women Summer Series: Reaching a Majority Female Office”
Solar Women Summer Series: Commercial Project Design and Engineering Shannon Ware is a Commercial Project Design Engineer and NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional at Microgrid Energy, LLC. She is also Certified in Shade Analysis, is a DOE Home Energy Score Qualified Assessor and has completed Energy Technician Training in addition to… Continue reading “Solar Women Summer Series: Commercial Project Design and Engineering”
Solar Women Summer Series: Bringing Solar to Rural Communities We’re excited to feature Neha Misra, Chief Collaboration Officer & Co-Founder of Solar Sister in our Solar Women Summer Series, powered by RenewableEnergyWorld.com. Neha is an Energy Economist passionate about women’s economic empowerment, energy access, climate justice and collaborative leadership.… Continue reading “Solar Women Summer Series: Bringing Solar to Rural Communities”
Solar Women Summer Series: Community Solar and Grid Installation This week’s Solar Women Summer Series interview, powered by RenewableEnergyWorld.com, features Anna Bowler, Office Manager at Soveren Solar, a solar design/install company specializing in grid-tied photovoltaics with a mission to help build sustainable communities through the development of local renewable energy.… Continue reading “Solar Women Summer Series: Community Solar and Grid Installation”
Solar Women Summer Series: Resources for the Solar Startup This week’s Solar Women Summer Series interview features Emily Kirsch, CEO and Co-Founder of SfunCube, the world’s only incubator and accelerator dedicated to solar. SfunCube is an epicenter of solar innovation that houses and provides resources for entrepreneurs working to spread solar with smart… Continue reading “Solar Women Summer Series: Resources for the Solar Startup”
Solar Women Summer Series: Finding Funding in Solar Our fifth Solar Women Summer Series interview (powered by RenewableEnergyWorld.com) features Sara Rafalson, Senior Associate at Sol Systems, a solar energy finance and investment firm with offices in D.C., San Francisco, and Philadelphia. Ms. Rafalson is also the President of… Continue reading “Solar Women Summer Series: Finding Funding in Solar”
Solar Women Summer Series: The #1 Networking Organization for Women in Solar This week’s Solar Women Summer Series interview (powered by RenewableEnergyWorld.com) features Kristen Nicole, Founder and Executive Director at Women in Solar Energy (WISE). Kristen Nicole is a solar industry and power systems professional. Her research focus has been on strategies to… Continue reading “Solar Women Summer Series: The #1 Networking Organization for Women in Solar”
Solar Women Summer Series: The Solar Business Skillset Our third Solar Women Summer Series interview (powered by RenewableEnergyWorld.com) features Pamela Cargill, Principal at Chaolysti, a strategic consulting firm that helps residential solar installers operate more effectively. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Chaolysti aims to massively scale the deployment of… Continue reading “Solar Women Summer Series: The Solar Business Skillset”
Solar Women Summer Series: Find A Mentor! It’s week two of our Solar Women Summer Series! Last week we featured Lidija Sekaric, Director of the Technology to Market Program at the Department of Energy’s SunShot Initiative. This week, we’re excited to feature Tamika Jacques, Director of Workforce Development Programs at… Continue reading “Solar Women Summer Series: Find A Mentor!”
Solar Women Summer Series: Getting Involved with the D.O.E. SunShot Initiative The teams at HeatSpring and RenewableEnergyWorld.com are excited to kick off Solar Women Summer Series, a series of interviews featuring women who have taken HeatSpring’s solar courses and other interesting women doing important work in the solar industry. This week we feature Dr. Lidija Sekaric, Director of… Continue reading “Solar Women Summer Series: Getting Involved with the D.O.E. SunShot Initiative”