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Leonardo DiCaprio Gives Solar Another Shot In The Arm

Posted by Joe Boyce on Aug 4, 2010 in Featured Visionaries, Visionaries | 0 comments

Leonardo DiCaprio is the green energy and sustainability industry’s best friend. He’s been using his global appeal to raise awareness on everything from climate change to poverty to endangered species. Moreover, he does it with an authenticity that we don’t get to see from the A-List crowd very often. It’s clear that he’s not supporting these causes because his Publicist thinks...

One You Should Know. SolarCity

Posted by Joe Boyce on Jul 13, 2010 in Companies, Resources | 0 comments

SolarCity is one of the fastest growing solar installers in the country. With their pioneering “Solar Lease” program, they have made solar affordable for thousands of homeowners just like you and me. Check out how they can make solar work for you at their website. You can also get to know the man who created the Solar Lease program, David Arfin, in our “Visionaries”...

Bill Jordan A New Future For Haiti

Posted by Joe Boyce on Jul 13, 2010 in Featured Visionaries, Thought Leaders | 2 comments

Is a Solar Panel Like a Cell Phone? Unique Infrastructure & Financing Challenges for Solar Adoption in Poor Communities In 1996 my wife, Nancy Brennan-Jordan, and I returned to the United States after six years of very fulfilling work in rural Chile. The majority of that time was spent in a small town about five hours south of Santiago, the country’s capital. We rented an adobe house on...

Video Interview: with 3M Executive Dan Chen

Posted by Joe Boyce on May 28, 2010 in Executives, Visionaries | 0 comments

SolarVisionaries.org Interviews Dan Chen of 3M

Conergy Solar Success! Day 1

Posted by Joe Boyce on May 17, 2010 in Thought Leaders | 0 comments

I landed in Phoenix around 11:30 last night and after a little bit of drama trying to find my hotel I was finally able to settle in and see what the week to come would bring. The American Solar Energy Society (ASES) has hosted their national conference for decades now, and the 2010 event is the best ever. We’re starting with two full days of Workshops for solar integrators and installers as...

David Arfin: Innovating Finance for Triple-Digit Growth

Posted by Solar Visionaries on Apr 14, 2010 in Executives, Featured Visionaries | 1 comment

David Arfin had “the bug” to do something great from the very beginning. Since graduating with degrees in Political Science from UCLA, a Masters in Public Policy from Claremont Graduate University and an MBA from Stanford, he immediately went the entrepreneurial route, starting CLE Group with money borrowed from family. While CLE was a decent success for a bootstapped startup and David’s...

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