Austin Explores 300MW of Rooftop Solar
Courtesy of Solarpanelspower.net
On April 26th, the Austin City Council passed a resolution creating the Local Solar Advisory Committee, a team which will explore the proposition of 300MW of rooftop solar in our city over the next 10 years.
The Austin American-Statesman said Austin “agreed to form a committee to look into whether Austin Energy should focus more of its efforts on local solar projects.” The City Council appointed ImagineSolar CEO Michael Kuhn to this committee.
According to ...
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April / May Newsletter’s Industry Insight
From Roofsolarpanels.biz
In this month’s newsletter, we asked the following question:
I wish to increase the current ...
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Industry Update: Oncor Has $1.4MIL Available for Solar PV

Oncor, Texas’ largest electricity distribution & transmission system for approx. 3 million homes and businesses, is moving forward with their 2012 Oncor PV Incentive Program.
The first two steps have been completed: 1) Receiving authorization to continue with funded projects in January and 2) Establishing a 2012 program budget of $1,530,000 in February. Here is a message from Oncor about their progress:
Today we are glad to report ...
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Austin Earth Day Festival 2012

This Sunday, join ImagineSolar and Austin’s green community at the 2012 Austin Earth Day Festival!
The ImagineSolar booth will be directly behind the Hangar at Mueller. Visit us and enter our raffles to win a free SG101 course or free 1-hour Massage by Deborah Nicosia, and play with interactive solar ...
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ImagineSolar Hosting Free Training Event for Schletter Inc.

Austin, TX – ImagineSolar is pleased to announce a training partnership event with Schletter Inc, an international market leader in solar photovoltaic (PV) mounting systems, by hosting their “Truckathon Across America” from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. ...
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TWIC Praises ImagineSolar for CNEST Training Program
In March, the Texas Workforce Investment Council (TWIC – Office of the Governor) applauded ImagineSolar’s CNEST Grant training program. The TWIC commended us for being one of five projects in Texas recognized as “models of promising practice” in training our state’s workforce.
At ImagineSolar, we are so honored to receive statewide recognition from the Governor’s office! Click the image below to read the full TWIC letter:
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Industry Insight Answer!

Our March Newsletter Industry Insight:
The majority of today’s commercially available solar modules use what type of technology for the solar cells?
A. Crystalline Silicon
B. ...
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U.S. Solar Industry Statistics Show Strong Job Growth

U.S. Solar Industry’s Impressive Job Growth
Given by Michael Kuhn, ImagineSolar CEO
This June, our CEO Michael Kuhn is speaking at Austin Solar Day. Michael will provide compelling solar job growth statistics, including the following:
ImagineSolar’s Michael Kuhn Speaks at Solar Austin Press Conference on Solar Jobs Survey
Solar Austin Press Conference Unveils Surprising Solar Job Growth

ImagineSolar’s Michael Kuhn Addresses Austin’s Solar Workforce Value
Austin, TX – Michael Kuhn, President, CEO and Chief Learning Officer at ImagineSolar is speaking at the Solar Austin Press Conference this Tuesday, February 14th where surprising information on local solar jobs will be discussed. At issue are solar job projections, where solar jobs and investment capital are headed if Austin maintains current plans to phase out local rooftop solar programs, and how this plan destroys the opportunity ...
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