Cold contacts have a very low rate of conversion, so it works best to be extra efficient when pursuing them. Aurora put together tips on how to qualify them in 10 min. Their three tips are to conduct a virtual assessment, get a quick and accurate site design vamped up, and build trust quickly through open communication and honest education. They’ve also got a gated webinar that digs more deeply into how to proceed.
This article digs into the process of reframing land and vegetation management by the solar industry as an asset rather than a liability – the basic idea that a technical asset (as an array) is housed within a biological asset (the land and the vegetation, soil, etc. that goes with it). The article digs into the details about how to do this, including pitfalls to avoid, as well as why it behooves solar business to think this way.
SEIA has created a bi-weekly newsletter to give industry stakeholders all the info they need to be up on the latest developments in the Commerce Dept anti-circ probe. The newsletter provides news updates, most useful social media posts (that can be shared and responded to), recent data about the impact on the market, and actions to take. It also has an extensive social media toolkit page.
In this short video, SolarEdge gives a nice overview of their DC-optimized inverter offering when applied to commercial ground mount and rooftop installs. They dig into the tech – including basic layout and drawbacks of string inverters – and detail why their solution optimizes power generation per panel, lowers O&M costs and doesn’t add new install requirements when compared to traditional offering installs. The video is below.
In this video, the first of a six-part series, John Davis of Cal Solar Inc, a leading veteran of the solar industry, talks with Kerim Baran of SolarAcademy about the opportunities and changing needs in the California multifamily solar market. He describes issues related to state codes, financing, what makes the California market unique, as well as the benefits of the tenant/owner relationship around solar. The video is below.
In this third video in a ten-part training series of key concepts for people looking to buy a solar system, Kerim Baran of SolarAcademy digs into some key terms and concepts about solar: power and energy and how they are measured. He discusses the difference between watt and watt-hours and how the concepts relate to solar panels and energy generation. The 2.5-minute video and transcript are below. The entire series can be viewed here. The video is below.