Join other NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professionals and PV Technical Sales Professionals in Denver, March 13-15, 2014 for NABCEP's Continuing Education Conference. Obtain all of the continuing education credits needed for recertification.

A group of well-established, nationally accredited credentialing organizations announced the formation of a unique Clean Energy Credentialing Coalition (CECC) to demonstrate and promote the collective importance of third-party quality assessment, and the value it brings to building strong and competent renewable energy and energy efficiency markets.

It’s Opening Day week across the land as the Boys of Summer take the field. While it will be wonderful to see the lights back on at Fenway, I enjoy watching Spring Training and the new guys joining the team. Some will make the majors; others will go back to minor league ball.  Baseball has...

ImagineSolar in Austin, Texas, is the first in the U.S. to offer a training program to qualify electricians for the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) new Alternative Experience Pathway program.  Can’t say I’m surprised. It was just January 2010 when ImagineSolar, the Austin Electrical Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee (AEJATC), and the Austin...

Last week, we posted Sarah White and colleague’s, Greener Skills: How Credentials Create Value in the Clean Energy Economy, a brilliant report that makes the case for a national policy of portable, transparent, industry-specific credentials — and state-supported pathways up to them.  The report outlines critical, early steps toward a national credentialing system for clean...

Charting Your Solar Course, in the April/May 2010 issue of Home Power Magazine, is a one of the most comprehensive, easy-to-understand articles about renewable energy training I’ve seen.  Don’t be intimidated by the 11-page article; consider it the preface as you begin to learn what a quality renewable energy training program should look like. The...