Solar Executive MBA Training
Rigorous, hands-on business training for solar professionals. Learn all of the skills to finance the commercial solar projects in your pipeline. Includes Excel modeling, legal documents, individual feedback, and weekly conference calls.
by Chris Lord and 1 other
Solar Finance Professional Masters Series
This series includes of our top two Solar Executive MBA and Financial Modeling courses taught by experts Chris Lord and Keith Cronin.
by Chris Lord and 1 other
Microgrid Design and Implementation
Microgrids are the future. This course provides a practical foundation for understanding microgrids and how to build them.
by Dr. Andrew Skumanich
The Marginator
Gross margin is the one (and often) only metric to give you a sense of how you are doing. Using this simple yet powerful excel tool will revolutionize how you and your company thinks and how you lead your company into the future.
by Keith Cronin
Financial Modeling for Solar PV Projects
This is a unique and intensive hands-on course on modeling distributed generation solar PV projects. The course includes sample models of an unstructured income statement, a partnership flip, and a sale-leaseback.
by Chris Lord
Solar Power 101
This course is designed to help professionals in the traditional energy sector make the transition to selling, delivering, and managing solar power assets. You'll learn the business and finance side of solar, plus the technical and engineering side.
by Scott Sklar
Finance 101 for Renewable Energy Professionals
Learn how to understand and communicate the financial benefits of geothermal, solar PV, and solar thermal projects to property owners in order to sell more projects.
by Chris Williams
Commercial Solar PPAs 101
Enroll in this free course and learn the basics of community solar, how PPAs work, the key legal structures used to finance projects, and the basics of financial modeling.
by Mahesh Bhave and 2 others
Mastering Commercial Solar Finance
This course includes hours of expert-led videos, advice from a $20MM solar tax equity investor, non-profit solar financing/PPA best practices and much more!
by Keith Cronin and 1 other
California C&I Energy Storage Market - State of the Union
This course explores the dynamics influencing the California C&I solar + storage market in 2022. We reviewed the headwinds and tailwinds we’re seeing in the market today, drawing from data that we’ve compiled from internal and external sources.
by Adam Gerza
Accurately Calculate the "Avoided Cost" of A Solar Project
This free course covers how to precisely calculate the dollar savings (aka avoided cost) of a solar project using Energy Toolbase.
by Adam Gerza
Accurately Modeling the Economics of Customer Sited Energy Storage Projects
This lecture demonstrates how to accurately, objectively, and transparently
by Adam Gerza
ETB Masterclass: Optimizing the Economics of C&I Solar + Storage Projects
Important findings from a rigorous, months-long analysis where we studied the economics of solar + storage projects on every C&I (commercial and industrial) utility rate tariff in California’s Investor-Owned Utility (PG&E, SCE, SDG&E) territories.
by Adam Gerza
Role of Appraisal and Cost Segregation Analysis in a Renewable Energy Project
In this interview we talk with Mike about appraisals and cost segregation for solar and other renewable energy projects.
by Chris Lord
Photovoltaic Project Development Using RETScreen 4
This free course will introduce the RETScreen 4 software through an example of its use for assessing a proposed photovoltaic project.
by Michael Ross
Solar PV Finance for Non-Profits
Join solar experts Keith Cronin and Chris Lord in their discussion of selling solar pv to non-profits and important things to know before pitching non-profit clients.
by Keith Cronin and 1 other
Efficient Activation: Tools and Strategies for Efficient Campaign Delivery
“Efficient Activation: Tools and Strategies for Efficient Campaign Delivery” explores building more money into your solar installation marketing budget through co-op funds and using the resources you have the most effectively.
by Glenna Wiseman
Modeling Time-of-use Rates & the Quantifying the Value of Solar
This course will explore in depth how to model solar projects on Time-of-use (TOU) rates, and how they effect the 'value of solar' calculation.
by Adam Gerza
Presenting Your Best: Marketing Campaigns and Creative Content
"Presenting Your Best: Marketing Campaigns and Creative Content" is focused on campaign priorities and creative development for effective solar marketing.
by Glenna Wiseman
Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) Financing
Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) is a method of providing 100% long-term, fixed-rate financing for energy efficiency, resiliency, water conservation and sustainability upgrades. This is a quick, free introduction to the program.
by Taimur Jamil