If you’re interested in starting a solar installation company, you’ve just found a gold mine.

I’ve been editing HeatSpring Magazine while helping a friend start a solar business. I’ve found myself constantly answering the same questions, what do I need to go to start a solar company. So, with help from HeatSpring instructors and based on my own experience, I created this handy guide.

There’s a complete reading list below for anyone who’s really interested in the solar industry. If you’ve like to see or download the guide, you can find it here “Learn how to Start a Solar Company with the Solar Startup Guide”

Reading Guide for a New Solar Company

Marketing

• How to Build a Renewable Energy Division in an Existing Construction Company
• Create a Workshop and Have Customers Come to You
• Designing a Sellable Solar Company

Sales

• How to Create a Sales Presentation for a Homeowner Workshop
• 5 key Items to Writing a Solid Solar Sales Proposal
• How to Overcome the Top 5 Objections when Selling Solar
• 3 Things You May Not Know About Solar PV Sales
• Top 5 Ways to Spot a Bad Solar Roof

Solar Financing

• Solar Financing Options and the Benefits of Each
• What is an SREC? 
• HS TV Ep 3. The Development of the US SREC Market
• The 4 Ownership Structures Used to Finance Solar Projects
• Beginners Guide to Financing Solar Projects
• 5 Basics Elements You Need to Know to Finance a Solar Project
• How to Create a Solar PPA

Design and Installation

• How to Use Lean Startup Methods to Increase Renewable Energy Profits
• The Solar Interconnection Process 101
• 9 Things You Must Know to Become a Solar Designer
• What Licenses Do You Need to Install Solar
• 90 Second Solar PV Training

Other

• Free NABCEP Exam Study Guide Cliff Notes

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About Chris Williams

Chris Williams is the editor of Green Light Distrikt and Chief Marketing Officer at HeatSpring . He has experience in business development, prototyping and new venture research with a focus on geothermal heat pumps, solar thermal and solar photovoltaic technologies. Chris is an IGSHPA accredited geothermal installer and NABCEP certified solar installer. Chris is focused on solving customer facing issues in the creation and adoption of clean energy technologies and products. Chris has installed over 300kW of solar and tens of geothermal systems. He's invented the PV Pal , developed many trainings at HeatSpring, publishes the NABCEP Study Guide , the Hitchhikers Guide to Cleantech and has done due diligence research for Urgent VC . Feel free to connect with him @topherwiliams , on Linkedin , or through email about new ventures, collaborating, writing, research or whatever is on your mind.

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