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Solar Leadership Summit, Presented by SolarTech

This year's Summit will take place over two days, combining industry collaboration with a training forum to streamline new product introduction into our industry. April 21st and 22nd, San Ramon, CA http://www.calsolarsummit.org    

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SolarTech Initiatives

Initiatives >> Installation

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Solartech identifies six key issues currently facing the solar industry and hindering widespread adoption of solar renewable energy on residences and on commercial buildings. Working together as an industry to address these six areas, we aim to drive for actionable solutions that reduce cost, support innovation, and provide a solid foundation for rapid growth in the near future.We focus on…

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SolarTech Study Reports Massive Procedural Delays for Customers Installing Solar Panels

Solar Leadership Summit to Address Solutions that Cut Procedural Red Tape by 75% and Reduce Costs for Solar Customers

San Jose, CA, January 27, 2010SolarTech, and initiative of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, released a white paper, "Addressing Institutional Barriers, Opportunities for Streamlining Project Timelines" that finds for every typical 4-5kW residential system, the average 5 day on-site installation masks an average of 100-120 days in procedural work. The paper identifies challenges within today's solar project development cycle and suggests methods to reduce project cycle times, while creating uniform, efficient and repeatable processes, resulting in better customer service and lower administrative costs of delivering solar energy solutions.

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Partners Release SolarHub Website

A Free Industry Resource with Detailed Solar Product Information

Industry consortium, leading professional magazine, and software developer collaborate to produce the solar industry's centralized repository of product specification data.

Berkeley, CA, February 4, 2010SolarTech, SolarPro magazine, and SolarNexus today announced the launch of a new, free resource for solar professionals called SolarHub (www.solarhub.com). The site provides a one-stop shop, aggregating detailed product specifications and allowing users to search listed products by a variety of attributes specific to each product type. Data in the site maintained directly by manufacturers and the SolarHub team.

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SolarTech Launches Clean Energy Fund

SOLARTECH AWARDS SOLAR HEROES TO TWO BAY AREA LEADERS

Not-for-profit consortium launches new 501c3 Fund and engages audience in lively debate on the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference.

San Jose, CA, December 7, 2009SolarTech today honored San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and McCalmont Engineering CEO Tom McCalmont for their continuous commitment and work to promote clean energy business, new technologies, and the jobs that come with them. The awards ceremony launched the company’s 501c(3), SolarTech Clean Energy Fund.

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Accelerating Solar Permitting

SolarTech Launches Solar Industry “Permitting Challenge” to Showcase Integrated Solutions for Online Permit Applications.

Not-for-profit consortium eliminates barriers to solar photovoltaic (PV) market growth.

San Jose, November 19th, 2009: SolarTech (www.solartech.org) convenes an industry wide competition to develop online permitting solutions that will reduce time and eliminate the redundant paperwork associated with the permitting of solar systems. This work is in-line with the consortium’s goal to reduce permitting cycle time by 50% by 2011. SolarTech issued a software interoperability standard at the Solar Power International conference in Anaheim last month for different programs to exchange data using the same protocols.

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Accelerating Solar Financing

SolarTech reduces finance transaction costs through release of first industry standardized PPA contract template

Not-for-profit consortium eliminates barriers to solar PV market growth

San Jose, October 13, 2009: SolarTech today announced a major milestone in the development of best practices. The consortium will unveil the first ever contract template for Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) solar financing at the upcoming Solar Power International 2009 conference in Anaheim on October 28, 2009.

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