solar summit 2017

Sponsorship

S3 Event Partner

Folsom Labs develops HelioScope, an advanced PV system design tool that integrates system layout and performance modeling to simplify the process of engineering and selling solar projects.

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Signature + Reception Sponsor

KACO new energy is a leader for PV system solutions with a culture of in the photovoltaic inverter and power electronics industries. The German-based engineers have been developing, designing and manufacturing current inverters and power electronics for 100 years. The KACO blueplanet product family has set new standards in photovoltaic applications - particularly in reliability, efficiency, power density, and patented intellectual technology. The Ultrverter is the first of it's class.

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S3 Platinum Sponsor

EagleView brings an intelligent approach to property data to the solar industry, energy utilities, roofing contractors, and other sectors throughout the world. The EagleView SunSite™ and SunSite Plus™ Reports deliver precise roof measurements, 3D models of structures and shade-causing objects, and CAD files designed to meet the needs of solar installers and designers at multiple stages of a photovoltaic (PV) project.

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Platinum Sponsors

As Arizona’s largest and longest-serving utility company, APS provides energy to 2.7 million Arizonans. The 6,400 APS employees work together to carry out the company mission to safely and efficiently deliver reliable energy for the changing needs of our customers. We do this through a balanced energy portfolio, with half of the energy coming from carbon-free resources. APS is the only utility outside of California to have reached over one gigawatt of solar energy capacity. This portfolio comes from a diverse mix of solar, including the one million solar panels throughout the state that are a part of the APS-owned, grid-scale solar program called AZ Sun. Customers also help the company advance Arizona’s solar leadership by taking part in two industry-leading programs that APS is using to study how to integrate rooftop solar reliably into the grid.

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Boviet Solar USA, a solely owned subsidiary of Powerway Group Co., delivers high quality modules from the largest manufacturing facility in Vietnam. With a capacity of 700 MWs and rapid expansion plans to add 1 gigawatt by 2017, Boviet Solar provides a consistent supply to performance-conscious customers in the residential and commercial solar markets. Focused on customer service, the company is headquartered in California with 6 warehouses across the U.S. to accelerate deliveries. Visit our website to learn more at www.bovietsolarusa.com.

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Huawei is a leading global ICT and network energy solutions provider. Currently, Huawei network energy products and solutions are used in over 170 countries, serving one third of the world's population. Huawei continuously brings high-quality products and services based on its experience accumulated over the past three decades. Ranked 83rd on the Fortune Global 500 companies and ranked 70th Top Global Brands by Interbrand, Huawei innovatively integrates digital information technology, Internet technology, and PV technology, combining with design concepts of Simple, Digital, and Smart O&M to promote an industry-leading FusionSolar smart PV solution. It greatly optimizes initial investments, reduces O&M costs, raises energy yield, and increases ROI of the PV plant. It has been widely deployed in various countries and regions and widely recognized by customers from China, Europe, Japan, America, India, Asia Pacific and Latin America region. Huawei FusionSolar smart PV solution takes power plants as products that can be delivered to customers. By optimizing and innovating the entire process, from power plant design, construction to O&M, Huawei realizes its core value of “Higher Yields, Smart O&M, Safe and Reliable”. Based on reports released by global consultancies IHS Markit and GTM, Huawei was ranked No. 1 globally in inverter shipment for two consecutive years, 2015 and 2016. Huawei has built full partnership with global TOP50 PV customers, and is always willing to work with partners in both upstream and downstream of the solar industry to establish an industry landmark by building an open, collaborative, and win-win PV eco-system, while continuously creating more value and better experiences for its customers. For more information, please visit: solar.huawei.com

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Registration Sponsor

APsystems is a global leader in the development, manufacturing and marketing of microinverters based on its proven, leading-edge solar technology. Founded in Silicon Valley in 2009, APsystems has grown to encompass three global business units with offices around the world, serving customers in more than 80 countries with its ground-breaking multi-module microinverters, including the YC1000, the world’s first true 3-phase, 4-module unit for commercial applications and still the top seller its product class. Today, with hundreds of thousands of units installed producing more than 130 GWh of clean, renewable energy, APsystems continues to be a leader in the ever-growing MLPE segment and a solid corporate performer, profitable each of the past five years. APsystems USA is based in Seattle, Washington.

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Reception Sponsor

Shoals Technologies Group is a leading manufacturer of balance of systems solutions. Shoals has grown exponentially since its founding in 1996, and maintains a diverse portfolio of PV balance of systems products, including, combiner/re-combiner boxes, disconnecting combiner boxes, custom harnessing solutions, junction boxes, PV wire, in-line fuses, racking and PV monitoring solutions. Additional information is available at www.shoals.com.

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Gold + Lunch Sponsor

JinkoSolar (NYSE: JKS) is a global leader in the solar industry. JinkoSolar distributes its solar products and sells its solutions and services to a diversified international utility, commercial and residential customer base in China, the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Chile, South Africa, India, Mexico, Brazil, United Arab Emirates, Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, and other countries and regions. JinkoSolar has built a vertically integrated solar product value chain, with an integrated annual capacity of 8.0 GW for silicon wafers, 5.0 GW for solar cells, and 8.0 GW for solar modules, as of December 31, 2017. JinkoSolar (U.S.) Inc. works closely with top financial institutions and key stakeholders in the solar industry. Publicly vetted by trusted industry third party laboratories, JinkoSolar is one of the fastest growing and most reliable PV suppliers in the United States and Canada. The North American headquarters is located in San Francisco with 5 regional sales offices.

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S3 Gold Sponsors

ENACT’s SaaS platform provides end-to-end business process automation solutions for distributed energy developers, installers, investors as well as Utilities & Energy co-operatives. ENACT’s Enterprise platform is focused on lowering customer acquisition, operational and financing costs, while enabling incremental revenue growth for all stakeholders. ENACT Systems Inc. is headquartered in San Ramon, CA.

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Locus Energy is a solar monitoring and data analytics platform provider for the solar photovoltaic (PV) market spanning the residential, commercial, and utility sectors, with over 100,000 systems deployed across North America. Locus Energy’s cloud-based software aggregates, organizes, and analyzes performance data from multiple sources, making it easier to access, manage, and identify the causes of a solar system’s failure to meet performance expectations. Locus Energy is an affiliate of Genscape, the premier global commodity and energy information services company.

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Sighten offers the leading software toolset for solar—a comprehensive and flexible platform spanning the entire project lifecycle from initial lead through to install. Built with care by a team of solar industry veterans, the Sighten platform helps solar companies and financiers optimize their businesses, driving growth and efficiency through technology.

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Gold Sponsors

Altus Power America (“Altus”) is an investment management firm backed by GSO Blackstone that invests directly into alternative energy projects throughout the Western Hemisphere. Altus currently has 55 operating projects with additional 47 projects that have current financial commitments and are in some form of construction. Altus originates, owns and operates solar power generation systems on roofs, carports or ground mounts of commercial, industrial, not-for-profit, utility and public entities. Altus targets project that range in size from 500kW to 20 MW.

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Ampt is the world’s #1 DC optimizer company for large-scale PV systems. Ampt delivers innovative products that are used to lower the cost and improve performance of new PV systems, repower existing systems to produce more energy, enable lower cost DC-coupled storage systems, and provide string-level data for improved O&M. With installations and experience serving markets around the world, the company is headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado and has sales and support locations in North America, Europe and Japan as well as representation in Asia, Australia and the Middle East. Learn more at www.ampt.com.

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Array Technologies, Inc. is the leading solar tracking solutions and services provider for utility-scale projects. With efficient installation and terrain flexibility coupled with high reliability, durability, and performance, Array delivers the best project returns in the industry. As the chosen tracker for more than 25 GW years of energy production, Array’s products have been optimized through unparalleled experience garnered over three decades. Array Technologies is headquartered in the United States with offices in Europe, Central and South America, and Australia. For more information, please visit http://www.arraytechinc.com.

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CohnReznick LLP is one of the top accounting, tax, and advisory firms in the United States, combining the deep resources of a national firm with the hands-on, agile approach that today's dynamic business environment demands. With diverse industry expertise, the Firm provides companies with the insight and experience to help them break through and seize growth opportunities. The Firm, with origins dating back to 1919, is headquartered in New York, NY with 2,700 employees in offices nationwide. CohnReznick is a member of Nexia International, a global network of independent accountancy, tax, and business advisors. For more information, visit www.cohnreznick.com.

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Royal DSM is a purpose-led, global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living with annual net sales of about €10 billion and approximately 23,000 employees worldwide. In the solar industry, we apply our 100-year plus track record in materials sciences to create a family of unique, sustainable technologies that reduce the LCoE. Our Anti-Reflective coating for PV modules leads the industry by enabling a 3% power gain compared to untreated glass. This technology has now been extended to create an Anti-Soiling coating that harnesses more energy by reducing soiling losses in arid climates. Our Endurance backsheets are redefining the way manufacturers safeguard their modules by delivering both maximum protection and energy gain. We’ve recently launched Conductive backsheets for high power back-contact modules, for increased efficiency. Our latest development is an Anti-Reflective coating for aftermarket applications that boosts solar output by up to 3%. Same sun. More power.™ www.dsm.com/solar.

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DuPont is the leading specialty materials supplier to the solar energy industry, with advanced materials including Solamet® photovoltaic metallization pastes and Tedlar® polyvinyl fluoride films that help improve the power output, durability and return on investments for solar energy systems. What goes into your solar panels determines what you get out of them: Materials Matter™.

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EnergyBin.com is the leading B2B member-only, community and online marketplace for the renewable energy industry that provides trusted, centralized, access to the most competitively priced renewable energy components and market intelligence, saving you time and money. Our mission is to create a trusted, community and marketplace for renewable energy companies across the supply-chain to gain equal access to low cost new, excess, used, and refurbished renewable energy components.

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Namasté Solar is an employee-owned cooperative providing commercial and utility-scale solar EPC and O&M solutions. With offices in Colorado, California, and New York, Namasté Solar works with businesses, corporates, governmental organizations, and developers to deploy solar power systems in key U.S. solar markets. Our nationally recognized team has over ten years of PV experience partnering with our clients to navigate the complexities of project siting, financing, permitting, interconnection and construction to build cost-competitive projects. We believe in transforming energy and transforming business through pioneering conscientious business practices and providing unparalleled customer experience and complete turn-key solar solutions.

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Schneider Electric is leading the Digital Transformation of Energy Management and Automation in Homes, Buildings, Data Centers, Infrastructure and Industries. With global presence in over 100 countries, Schneider is the undisputable leader in Power Management – Medium Voltage, Low Voltage and Secure Power, and in Automation Systems. We provide integrated efficiency solutions, combining energy, automation and software. In our global Ecosystem, we collaborate with the largest Partner, Integrator and Developer Community on our Open Platform to deliver real-time control and operational efficiency. We believe that great people and partners make Schneider a great company and that our commitment to Innovation, Diversity and Sustainability ensures that Life Is On everywhere, for everyone and at every moment.

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As a top-tier inverter company and the leader of the DC power optimizer segment, SolarEdge has shipped over 1.3 GW of its DC optimized inverter systems, which have been installed in more than 70 countries. Maximizing power generation while lowering the cost of energy produced, the SolarEdge system consists of power optimizers, inverters, and a cloud-based monitoring platform.

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Soltec is a global leader in the manufacture and supply of single-axis solar trackers. Soltec’s global operations and workforce of over 1500 people blend experience with innovation. The company has manufacturing facilities in Brazil and Spain, as well as offices in Argentina, Brazil, China, and Spain, as well as offices in Australia, Chile, Denmark, Egypt, India, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Peru and the United States. The company has a track record of over 9 GW. The SF7 Bifacial Solar Tracker, which collects energy on both the front and rear sides, capturing reflected irradiance from the ground surface, under and around the tracker and from other modules. Depending on site conditions, bifacial yield-gain can reach +16% according to BiTEC results.

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Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd (“Sungrow”) is a global leading inverter solution supplier for renewables with over 60GW installed worldwide as of December 2017. Founded in 1997 by University Professor Renxian Cao, Sungrow is a leader in the research and development of solar inverters, with the largest dedicated R&D team in the industry and a broad product portfolio offering PV inverter solutions and energy storage systems for utility-scale, commercial, and residential applications, as well as internationally recognized floating PV plant solutions. With a strong 20-year track record in the PV space, Sungrow products power installations in over 50 countries, maintaining a worldwide market share of over 15%. Learn more about Sungrow by visiting www.sungrowpower.com

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SunSystem Technology (SST) is a leading independent EPC, O&M and Asset Management provider to the residential and commercial PV industry. An SST partnership minimizes project lead-time, maximizes system production, and enhances the economics of our clients’ projects. Our unparalleled breadth of services provides our clients the inherent confidence of receiving a consistent, quality solution for any requirement. Investing in our experienced and meticulous professionals is our path to success.

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Unirac provides innovative solutions for PV racking. Recognized for our excellence in product development, Unirac develops progressive residential, commercial and utility scale mounting solutions tailored for performance. Our high quality, competitively priced products are enhanced by responsive customer support, integrated technology solutions, robust engineering services, certified quality, and supply chain excellence. With over 15 years of customer service, Unirac is fast approaching 5GW of experience with more than 500,000 installations worth of knowledge.

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Yaskawa – Solectria Solar, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yaskawa America, Inc., is the #1 commercial inverter supplier in the U.S. Solectria’s products include 3.8 to 750 kW inverters, string combiners and web-based monitoring for all size solar systems. Solectria is backed by over 100 years of power electronics and inverter experience. All of Solectria’s three-phase central inverters are made in the USA. PV System owners, developers and EPCs rely on the high performance, reliability and bankability of Yaskawa – Solectria Solar. To learn more, please go to www.solectria.com.

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Silver Sponsors

Chint Power Systems America is a global inverter solutions provider with service centers in Texas and California. CPS is delivering flexible, high performance products, and since 2015 CPS has been the leading provider of 3-phase string inverters (USA, GTM Research data). Low cost leadership is achieved by leveraging Chint’s vertical integration and supply chain economies of scale. Chint is a $7B diversified group of industrial and energy systems companies; T&D substations, PV panels, inverters, storage systems, finance and EPC. www.chintpowersystems.com.

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Fronius USA LLC is a leader in the PV industry, offering solar solutions built to last. For decades, and more recently with the SnapINverter line, we have been manufacturing grid-connected inverters and monitoring systems for residential and commercial solar systems. Through innovation and new technologies, Fronius USA has become the resource for quality service, products and innovations to a growing power electronics industry. For more information, visit www.fronius-usa.com.

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Hanwha Q CELLS America is headquartered in Irvine, CA and is one of the world´s largest and most recognized photovoltaic manufacturers for its high-performance, high-quality solar cells and modules. It is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea (Global Executive HQ) and Thalheim, Germany (Technology & Innovation HQ) and offers the full spectrum of photovoltaic products, applications, and solutions.

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Kipp & Zonen provides class-leading instruments for measuring solar radiation and atmospheric properties in Meteorology, Climatology, Hydrology, Industry, Renewable Energy, Agriculture and Public Health. Kipp & Zonen is the specialist in the measurement of solar and sky radiation, from the ultraviolet to the far infrared. We offer a complete range of high quality instrumentation and accessories, from reliable cost-effective products to the best performance available. Our pyranometers, for example, are used in meteorological networks around the world. Furthermore, our expertise and close links with the scientific community have led to high-end solutions for the measurement of atmospheric properties such as stratospheric Ozone, UV Spectra and evapo-transpiration. Our mission is to satisfy the fundamental need to monitor atmospheric properties related to climate change, classical meteorology, agriculture, renewable energy and the available water budget.

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At Maxim, we invent highly integrated solutions that make technology seamless. We channel our collective expertise to stretch the limits of technology, understand your needs, and help you get to market faster.

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Mission Solar Energy is a U.S. solar module manufacturer based in San Antonio, Texas. Mission Solar's high-power modules are well suited for residential, utility and commercial applications. Through state-of-the-art engineering and outstanding quality, the modules offer world-class performance and guaranteed long-term reliability. Learn more at missionsolar.com.

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Nearmap brings the real world to you. We capture, manage and deliver the most frequently updated location content in the world, allowing businesses and governments to explore their environment easily. With Nearmap, organizations unlock opportunities that consistently inform decision-making and transform the way they work. Delivered within days of capture, our imagery is much higher resolution than satellite imagery and shows changes over time. Nearmap helps users save time and money, reduce site visits and make informed decisions with current, clear imagery. Nearmap is delivered through our web-based MapBrowser or accessed via third-party applications.

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OMCO Holdings renewable division, OMCO Solar, was launched in 2007 and produces custom solar mounting structures for the solar industry. OMCO has become one of the racking leaders in the industry with 8GW of installed product. In 2017, OMCO Solar launched its proprietary Field-Fast™ solar mounting solution, benefiting from a nationwide manufacturing footprint (Ohio, Arizona, Alabama, Indiana) and leveraging steel procurement expertise to scale manufacturing in the US. For more information about OMCO Solar’s Field-Fast™ fixed-tilt racking, please visit: https://omcosolar.com.

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Power Electronics is a worldwide supplier of solar and energy storage inverters, with over 2GW installed. Our PECS product line offers a modular design, from 1MW to 2.3MW, for utility scale energy storage projects. PECS inverters support all battery technologies and are compatible with all SCADA and plant controller solutions. The company was founded 30 years ago in Valencia Spain and is now present in 28 countries. Our US headquarters is in Phoenix Arizona with our World Headquarters in Valencia Spain.

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Solargraf is the #1 solar sales accelerator. Allowing solar pros to create dazzling proposals in seconds, easily manage projects and get high quality leads anywhere in North-America, Solargraf has helped hundreds of companies to rapidly scale their business while keeping a solid structure.

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Swinerton Renewable Energy (SRE) offers engineering, procurement, construction, and SOLV® services for solar photovoltaic plants throughout North America to a diverse range of clients. Over 130 years of building landmark projects, Swinerton has forged a reputation for unsurpassed safety, workmanship, on-time delivery, and customer satisfaction. Today, our team takes pride in building cost-effective solar systems that will generate reliable, clean power for many years to come. SRE has delivered over 4 GW solar projects and our SOLV team manages over 4.5 GW of PV plants. Learn more about Swinerton Renewable Energy at swinertonrenewable.com.

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Suzhou Talesun Solar Technologies Co., Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jiangsu Zhongli Group (SZ: 002309), Talesun Solar Technologies was established in 2010 with a total investment of 5 billion RMB(the registered capital of 3 billion RMB). With an annual capacity of 3 GW cells and 5 GW modules, Talesun Solar Technologies has built the state-of-art, fully automated production line; all equipment comes from Italy, Germany and Japan. It enabled us to be the world’s leading large-scale scientific & PV manufacturing company. Talesun Solar Technologies is the only Chinese company who had received the VDE Quality-tested Certificate in PV industry, which guarantees Talesun Solar Technologies excellent product quality. Talesun Solar Technologies has also received “2015 china photovoltaic top runner award” for being an excellent inverter enterprise. Talesun Solar Technologies takes the lead in extending PV industry chain: till end of 2016, Talesun Solar Technologies has cumulatively invested and developed more than 4GW PV power plants. Talesun Technologies will innovatively launch high-efficiency“Diversified eco-agricultural PV”project in 2016.Talesun Solar Technologies plays a leading role in the global photovoltaic industry chain extension and contributes to a better world environment.

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Whisker Labs is bringing next generation home energy intelligence technologies to market. Our do-it-yourself (DIY) home energy monitoring sensor delivers accurate, real-time power usage data and diagnostics for appliances without costly professional installation. Bring all non-connected devices online for applications related to energy consumption, fault detection and overall home efficiency. Our intelligent demand side management platform, Connected Savings, provides unparalleled DR, EE and engagement. We provide a single DRMS interface across multiple devices, tailored DR strategies, and flexible dispatch. Our intelligent automated EE solution optimizes connected devices and provides personalized analytics via a mobile app or portal. Measure, inform and control with us.

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S3 Bronze Sponsors

Genability works with companies making New Energy a reality. They are the biggest names in solar, storage, electric transportation, connected home and connected business. They are Smart Utilities and Retail Electric Providers (REPs) who are embracing and enabling our new energy future. Genability helps them identify opportunities, present savings beautifully, and keep new energy customers happy. Underlying all of these products is our sophisticated rate engine, our accurate and comprehensive database of electricity rates and incentives, and our best in class tools for collecting or modeling energy usage.

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THE FIRST LEAN BPN. G-force™ leads the way with the industry’s most comprehensive and unified SaaS platform to build intelligent and highly-curated BPNs (Business Process Networks). Intuitive and easy to use, just click-to-configure workflows, manage operations, dynamically allocate resources, control logistics, generate reports and BOMs, manage security, streamline 3rd party software integrations and view meaningful metrics. NO MORE KLUGE TOGETHER OF EXISTING SOFTWARE. You can’t afford to have people swiveling between different software performing mission-critical, but yet mundane, repetitive tasks. Why should your resources work to complete thousands of time-consuming business tasks and processes that demand accuracy and speed that don’t necessarily require human decision-making to complete? "With G-force™ bots, we automated high-volume, repeatable tasks within existing processes. This freed-up team members to direct their efforts and attention to higher-value interactions to build customer relationships and trust while expanding revenue opportunities." VP Operations of major U.S. solar company

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LeanCog is a leader in IT consulting and software development services for renewable energy companies. We have worked with dozens of companies across the Solar and Storage value chains to deliver high quality, cost-effective solutions empowering their businesses. Our Agile, user-centric approach, combined with our deep industry expertise, allows us to help renewable companies efficiently design, deliver, and integrate systems for sales, financing, partner portals and operations.

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Supporting Organizations

The American Energy Society is the world’s professional association dedicated to accelerating the pursuit of abundant, affordable, safe energy. Scientists and engineers, executives and managers, academics and investigators, public and private investors, policy-makers and administrators ... they all come together thru Society hosted events, publications, consulting services, and its advanced web-based platform that harnesses the power of social media. Put simply, the American Energy Society offers unparalleled professional support for every professional in energy.

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Founded in 1997, AriSEIA is a non-profit trade organization representing local, national and international solar companies in Arizona. Our focus is on educating the public and key decision makers about solar and how to tap its benefits. We are also intensely focused on promoting professionalism within the solar industry and helping create and protect public policies that support the solar industry and its customers. AriSEIA is a state chapter of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), a national trade organization headquartered in Washington, D.C.

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The Arizona Solar Water Heating Alliance (AZSWHA) is a newly formed trade association for the solar heating and cooling industry in Arizona. The goal of the organization is to promote the solar water heating industry. The group will concentrate on public policy and public education to seek greater adoption of solar water heating in Arizona.

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Clean Edge, Inc. is one of the world’s first research and advisory firms devoted to the clean-tech sector. For more than a decade, the firm has delivered timely data, expert analysis, and comprehensive insights. Clean Edge offers an unparalleled suite of indexing, benchmarking, and advisory services, including stock indexes, the U.S. Clean Tech Leadership Index, and the Utility Clean Energy Benchmarking Report. To learn more about working with Clean Edge, visit www.cleanedge.com.

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Cleantech Law Partners is a full-service law firm dedicated exclusively to the legal and policy needs of renewable energy project developers and cleantech companies. CLP helps renewable energy developers, investors, manufacturers, and entrepreneurs obtain permits, negotiate key legal documents, secure intellectual property rights, and manage financial transactions. CLP also advises clients on corporate and tax matters, and serves as outside in-house counsel.

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The Oregon Solar Energy Industries Association is a trade association founded in 1981 to promote clean, renewable, solar technologies. OSEIA works with industry leaders, academic scholars, legislators, government, and non-profit agencies to advocate for solar technologies and raise awareness of its potential to help secure an affordable, reliable, and clean energy future.

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Powerhouse is the world’s first and only incubator and accelerator dedicated to solar+ startups. Since its inception in 2013, Powerhouse has hosted over 40 solar-focused startups and organizations, has invested in 14, and has celebrated 4 acquisitions. Powerhouse startups have collectively generated over $150m in revenue, raised $270m in capital, created 400 direct jobs, and have contributed to the installation of over 300 MW of solar in the US and around the world. Powerhouse's Incubator houses the nation’s most ingenious solar software startups and its accelerator invests in them. The Powerhouse Incubator is a collaborative co-working space that grants over 100 mission-aligned entrepreneurs and policy advocates access to some of the best and brightest minds in the new energy industry. The Accelerator is a 6-month program to supercharge solar+ startups. Admitted ventures receive a cash investment, dedicated space in the incubator, and mentorship from leading solar+ investors, though leaders, and industry executives.

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The Solar Foundation® (TSF) is an independent 501(c) (3) nonprofit whose mission is to increase understanding of solar energy through strategic research and education that transform markets. TSF is considered the premier research organization on the solar workforce, employer trends, and the economic impacts of solar. We’re also a leading provider of educational materials on the economic impacts of solar for local governments through our work with the U.S. Department of Energy. In addition, TSF chairs the National Solar Schools Consortium, a group of stakeholders seeking to make solar a larger part of the national K-12 system.

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Vote Solar is a non-profit advocacy organization with the mission of making solar a mainstream energy resource. We work at the state level all across the U.S. to support the policies and programs needed to repower our grid with clean energy.

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Women in Solar Energy is a 501(c)3 nonprofit membership organization dedicated to promoting diversity and inclusion in all areas of the solar industry. For more information, please visit www.solwomen.org or contact us at info@solwomen.org.

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Media Partners

AltEnergyMag is technical resource full of News, Articles and Interviews covering the trends and breakthroughs in the Alternative Energy industry, with an emphasis on the state of the art and on the horizon technologies that have strong prospects of commercialization.

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The mission of Az4Solar is to promote development of a Solar Economy that will create thousands of sustainable high-wage jobs in Arizona. Az4Solar is creating programs and initiatives designed to: Educate consumers, business leaders, policy makers and the emerging solar workforce; Advocate our solar energy imperatives and the compelling opportunity to stimulate economic growth; Facilitate interaction amongst members of the solar energy food chain

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Midwest Energy News is a daily collection of the most important energy stories in the Midwest and beyond, and a nationally recognized source of original journalism. Join our growing audience of entrepreneurs, government officials, utility managers, media professionals and other stakeholders in the changing energy economy. Sign up for our daily email digest today, or find us on Twitter at @MWenergynews.

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Launched in Berlin, Germany, in 2008, pv magazine has become the leading trade media platform for the global solar PV industry. Its flagship publication is a monthly printed magazine distributed in all key solar markets worldwide. It provides in-depth coverage of key market, technology and product developments across the entire solar PV value chain. Daily news updates and analysis is provided at www.pv-magazine.com, where visitors can sign up for a free daily e-newsletter. In addition to its global platform, regional platforms like the German website www.pv-magazine.de, U.S. website www.pv-magazine-usa.com, Latam website www.pv-magazine-latam.com, India website www.pv-magazine-india.com and Australia website www.pv-magazine-australia.com provide the latest in PV developments in these important markets.

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PV Solar Report publishes news for busy solar professionals. Our goal is to share valuable insights with our dedicated readers, subscribers, and followers to move the U.S. solar industry forward.

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Solar Power World is the leading online and print resource for news and information regarding solar installation, development and technology. Since 2011, SPW has helped solar contractors—including installers, developers and EPCs in all markets—do their jobs better. Solar Power World produces weekly e-newsletters, bimonthly print issues, regular webinars, podcasts, videos and social media. SPW has the largest engaged online audience of any solar industry magazine.

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SolarPro is a technical trade publication whose mission is to increase the deployment of solar generation in North America through industry-leading coverage of utility, commercial and residential system design and installation best practices. Subject matter experts with significant experience working in the North American solar markets write the all-original editorial content for system designers, engineers, installers, project managers, integrators, equipment manufacturers, product wholesalers, and business owners and executives.

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SolarWakeup is the most influential newsletter in the solar industry. Thousands of solar executives 'wake up' to the most important solar news articles and insights each morning. The newsletter is sent 6 days a week and free of charge.

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