As utility rates continue to rise, homeowners are looking for smarter paths to solar ownership. Join Doug Pierce and Andrew McGuigan to learn how Sungage's expanded loan suite and integrated OpenSolar workflow help you close more deals. 🤝 Register here: hubs.li/Q04kYhHF0

ProEnergy Supply, OpenSolar partner on distributor inventory platform #energysky -- via Solar Power World: solarpowerworldonline.com/20…

🚨 Our CEO @josefow joined Volts with @drvolts & Birchy from @opensolar to talk about how we make home solar in the U.S. as cheap as Australia’s! ☀️ 🧠 Key takeaways: 🔹 20,000 local permitting authorities = soft-cost nightmare. 🔹 Standardized, automated permitting can slash costs & delays. 🔹 Better interconnection = more solar batteries VPPs. 🔹 With soft cost reform, home solar can compete. Huge thanks to David and team! Listen here 👉 volts.wtf/p/how-to-make-roof…

It’s been 2 months since we launched OS 3.0 and you can now run your entire solar business through OpenSolar. 💻 Learn more from our Global Head of Product, Oz Wilks: bit.ly/4pjdsy7 #OS3 #OperatingSystem #Launch #OpenSolar

We’re featured in Solar Builder Magazine on pages 51 and 52! 👉 Check out the full feature to read how AI is shaping the future of solar: bit.ly/47XcWPo #OpenSolar #SolarBuilderMagazine #AIinSolar

‘You deserve your seat at the table’: This week Women in Solar Europe gives voice to Hollie Carek, General Manager UK & Global Head of Partner Marketing Strategy at UK-based OpenSolar. She urges women to… dlvr.it/TNbWqg #Photovoltaics #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy

#RenewableEnergy Funding and M&A transactions for the week mercomindia.com/funding-and-… @opensolar @OpusFlow_io @BowmanCG @alpexsolar @OlaElectric

OpenSolar Raises $20 Million In Equity Funding techcompanynews.com/opensola…

OpenSolar Raises $20 Million In Equity Funding

Australian-born, US-based @opensolar has banked US$20 million (A$30m) in a fresh raise as it looks to expand its AI implementation in the renawables design and sales platform. startupdaily.net/topic/fundi…

And just invested in @opensolar, the most widely used residential solar design software

Can you also offer pre-installed Tesla charging port, Starlink and OpenSolar installation?

Watching @opensolar OS3 launch, looking impressive, solar companies are going to be much leaner! 2-3 person multi million turnover incoming

Had a cool moment this week. A former PWC partner and chair of the South West Investment Group (whom we just got investment loan from) contacted us to become a Non-Executive Director. Have scheduled a meeting for a couple of weeks time, but that was a “nice” vote of confidence. In addition to that, someone at the Installer Show (Heat Pump specialist wholesaler) offered to buy into my business. There is some genuine synergy and overlap between us. Whilst I won’t rush to give away equity, it’s another positive development. Had an initial discussion with @BitcoinColl which got me a bit further forwards with what we need to do to start accepting and trading with BTC. The idea of being a Renewables Treasury is tantalising. Still not sure I could do it but there is a start towards at least making it a relevant part of my business. Our rebrand discussions have really nailed down on the name and the “mission” behind the name. My whole ethos on Renewables is, and has always been, taking back control of one’s Energy and therefore destiny. I’ve realised this is the same as BTC insofar as currency/money is concerned and also AI, which gives ordinary folk the opportunity to not work for corporates and can truly do something for themselves at scale. All of these are key in our future business developments and I’m leaning into that massively. Kudos to @trevgoes4th whom has helped a lot in regards to the AI stuff. The 21st Century playbook is asset/people lite, and it’s very early still as I feel shit scared doing it as all my peers are running on the 20th Century playbook (asset heavy: lots of buildings, vehicles, and people) and as such are getting further ahead of us. We contracted a digital agency that specialises in industrial product companies PPC/SEO stuff. We need help on this as we generate so many leads and enquiries but the conversions (around 25%) I’d like to move nearer 2/3rds as that is historically my benchmark as a salesman. Lead curation needs to improve to get to 66% also a rebrand is a shit tonne of work. We made a list of what’s involved and it’s too much for a lean 4 person team. My goodness is it exciting, though. I’ve also signed up formally to be hosted on the OpenSolar platform. We’ve done this as it’s the UKs largest design tool and has approximately 25,000 designs per month on their service. Reducing our Salespeople on the road (which was essential) means we need to work productively and having designs at the top of the funnel, drop into the CRM without rep involvement. I believe in a Human centric business and will reinvest in Salespeople but having them on the road without design software was putting the cart before the horse. I outsourced an AI project to some geeks I’ve known centred around leads and conversions (I’ve got 3 bets here, if you’re still reading and paying attention 👀) I’ve given them the logic for how I prospect and we’ve coached LLM to basically do what Clay AI does, which is scrape the database in our niche by learning from our data what an ideal customer is, and then find those customers and create a CRM-esque entry for the lead, with a customer biography and suggested tactics that will lead to conversion based on how the prospect has interacted with our business up to now. I’m very excited about this product we’re building. Lastly I formally signed a contract with DX group to move our 3PL from SW to them. I will do a big post on this stuff because it’s been a nightmare. DX have however super impressed me: same day service anywhere in the UK, every delivery on a dedicated truck pre 10:30, and the clincher was their software: it’s the same brand as our ERP and CRM. What this means is our business is going to become among the most Frictionless to deal with on the front end (OpenSolar) and also on the back end once the order is confirmed. It’s been HELL to get here, but I really think it will be an amazing service offering. Not as exciting as $SWC updates, but it’s just as busy!!

How to cut U.S. residential solar costs in half: Residential solar is about to get more expensive as the 30% investment tax credit expires at the end of 2025. OpenSolar, operator of a free solar design and… dlvr.it/TLvMNP #Photovoltaics #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy

Via PV Mag: " How to cut U.S. residential solar costs in half: Residential solar is about to get more expensive as the 30% investment tax credit expires at the end of 2025. OpenSolar, operator of a free solar… dlvr.it/TLsYSP " #EnergyStrorage #BatteryStorage #Energy

UKSOL isn’t just making solar panels, they’re setting a new standard for how clean energy should be made: ethically, responsibly, and with full transparency. 🔎 Learn how #ethical manufacturing is reshaping the solar industry: bit.ly/3ZeuUZY #SMETA #UKSOL #OpenSolar

Hallo! OpenSolar has landed in Munich! 🇩🇪 We're happy to be at Intersolar Europe today. Come say hi to Frankie if you’re around! ☀️ #OpenSolar #IntersolarEurope #SolarEnergy #CleanTech #Renewables #Munich

.@OpenSolar and @LoanOptions_ai’s new tech partnership brings instant solar financing to homes across Australia australianfintech.com.au/ope… #australianfintech #fintech #fintechnews #finance #financialtechnology #solar #financing #solarfinancing

For those of you who aren't familiar with these numbers, this is MASSIVE! We have seen forecasts that solar could make up 50% of global energy demand by 2025. The compound growth, year after year, is the most powerful thing on Earth. Thank you to @opensolar for some incredible analysis on this.