The IREC State & Stakeholder Newsletter
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Volume #9, Issue #19
Editor: Jane Pulaski
From the editor:
For those of you who are wondering if I’m showing a little bit of hometown pride by featuring (now) two Texas cities in the past two issues of this newsletter, you might be right. Maybe it’s because I’m not there right now; perhaps I’m ...
Continue Reading →Austin, TX — ImagineSolar is hosting a Solar and Smart Grid Open House to introduce brand-new training courses for 2012. The Open House is Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 4000 Caven Road in Austin. The tour presentations are scheduled at 10:15am and 11:15am. Attendees will have five opportunities to win a free seat ...
Continue Reading →In November 2011, ImagineSolar was in the Austin Business Journal’s “Sustainable Austin” section! Download the PDF here: “Solar and Smart Grid Training Solutions” Austin Business Journal
See below for the full article.
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Sometimes you know just what you want to do with your career when you’ve finished school and enter business. That’s the case with Michael Kuhn, MSMT/BSEE, NABCEP Certified, ISPQ Master Trainer, CEO and founder of Austin based, ImagineSolar. ImagineSolar is accelerating ...
Continue Reading →SG101 And Triple-O Rollout
The solar industry has continued to experience record growth and with it the need for a highly trained and knowledgeable solar workforce. ImagineSolar has expanded educational offerings to provide flexibility for corporate consulting, for workforce education, for training, retraining, repositioning or business building strategies.
Expanding to meet the growing workforce need ImagineSolar has introduced their unique Triple-O Solar Training program, an in depth workforce training program delivering multi-level instruction that is effective for a wide range of abilities. ...
Continue Reading →ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– “Trained and ready to work!” – that’s the motto of ImagineSolar who conducted their Large Commercial and Utility-Scale Photovoltaic (PV) System Design and Installation Workshop for local IBEW electricians at the New Mexico Electrical NMJATC in Albuquerque. The two career workshops in Albuquerque were over capacity with a significant waiting list for workforce ready electricians.
Nationally more businesses, electricians and individuals are repositioning and re-training to be part of the growing ...
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Reliability in the Universe of Solar Products
Tuesday, April 5, 2011, 11am – 1 pm CDT
Via Webinar at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/524265507
Program:
The universe of solar products is large and expanding exponentially. Most of us are not aware of the manifold applications of solar energy from photovoltaic modules and solar furnaces through manned air travel in planes that never need fuel.
Of all of the emerging clean tech industries, the solar industry is one ...
Continue Reading →ImagineSolar, Austin’s premier solar career school, is pleased to announce that 2 of our instructors, Richard Stovall and Cathy Redson, are among the first in the country to pass the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) PV Technical Sales Examination. NABCEP recently announced that only 97 individuals nationwide passed the July 2010 exam. This exam covered a great deal of material, ranging from site analysis to financial and non-financial analysis to proposal ...
Continue Reading →Solar energy and interest grows in Texas
Published : Sunday, 13 Feb 2011, 12:06 PM CST
Catenya McHenry
AUSTIN (KXAN) – “This is an industry that’s booming and it’s important to have a qualified workforce that’s available to serve it,” said Michael Kuhn, president and CEO of ImagineSolar.
Michael Kuhn has made it his mission to train the next batch of solar energy experts.
“People get into solar to reduce their dependence of the utility, to save ...
Continue Reading →Solar Austin is hosting a free event, “Austin’s Place in the Solar Universe”, on Wednesday, February 9th from 6:30pm to 8pm, at the Shoal Creek Saloon. Mike Sloan (moderator) will begin with an introduction and conduct a Q&A session after all the speakers present. The speakers include the following: Tom Ortman, President, Concurrent Design – The Solar Universe
Daven Mehta, CEO, RRE Austin Solar, LLC – Solar is an economical option
Michael Kuhn, CEO, Continue Reading →
Published: Dec 21, 2010
The S&P analysts expect solar manufacturers whose sales are focused on the United States to outperform peers in 2011. The U.S could see at least a 60 percent rise in unit installations, which the analysts said is “far greater than our 20 percent forecast for the industry overall.” The analysts attributed this mostly to “robust utility and commercially driven projects” as companies transition to renewable sources, given favorable incentives and more attractive prices. Solar panel prices are ...
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