By Charles Ferer “Always Be Closing” is the mantra of any sales team, and especially those in solar, where small to midsize installers have formidable competition. If they don’t build proposals with compelling financing options quickly enough, impatient customers typically go somewhere else. “Every step along the sales proposal process … [continued]
Originally published on Climate Progress. By Ari Phillips. As part of President Obama’s executive order last week, which included directing the federal government to triple its use of renewable energy by 2020, Obama instructed agencies to incorporate “Green Button” data further into their energy management practices. First unveiled in 2012, the Green Button Initiative … [continued]
Below is some more cleantech news from the past week or so for your reading pleasure. However, this excludes some of our biggest categories — solar power, electric vehicles, and bikes. A couple roundups for those are coming soon. For now, here’s some pretty neat cleantech news: Tres Amigas Transmission … [continued]
With control over 320 megawatts of solar power generating capacity, Florida-based NextEra Energy Resources already calls itself the biggest solar power company in the U.S. (at least for now), and it is about to add a whopping 750 more megawatts in one fell swoop if the Environmental Impact Statement … [continued]
Other than our own stories, here’s some top cleantech and climate news of the day: Solar Power Top PV Module Suppliers Developing Own Utility Projects: “Research from Wiki-Solar has found that the most successful module providers to utility-scale photovoltaic plants are developing their own projects to accommodate their products.” … [continued]
A guest post from the White House: By Secretary Steven Chu, Todd Park, and Nancy Sutley Imagine it is a scorching hot summer day, and your smart phone beeps, asking if you’d like it to raise your home thermostat a degree or two to save money. Or, envision an easy-to-use … [continued]
Small Businesses are ignoring energy savings, leaving money on the table. Energy costs are rising every year, at a healthy clip of 6-8% annually. An increasing number of small and medium businesses quote energy costs as their biggest expense behind real estate and labor. But the small business energy landscape is changing. […]
Hope you all enjoyed your 3-day weekend! (Well, those of you in the US.) Here’s some more top cleantech news from around: Solar Power eSolar and Sanmina-SCI Partner to Advance CSP: eSolar and Sanmina-SCI have “announced that they have partnered to leverage their respective expertise in solar thermal energy … [continued]
I think I saw dozens of news releases come in yesterday about utilities’ or other companies’ participation in the new Green Button program. The reason was there was a big “Powering the People 2.0” event at the White House. I’m not going to run down how each of these companies is … [continued]
