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Marketing ideas and best practices to help you accelerate your clean energy marketing.

Marketing Clean Energy and Climate Solutions from a Firm Foundation

Marketing Clean Energy and Climate Solutions from a Firm Foundation

With RE+ now in our rearview mirror (and my feet finally recovering!), get ready for a big finish to 2023. This year is expected to be the biggest ever for solar. No doubt 2024 is sure to keep pace. Now is the time to double down on your clean energy marketing efforts — and get your marketing plan in place for next year.

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Why You Should Care About Solar Recycling, and What to Do Next

Why You Should Care About Solar Recycling, and What to Do Next

Solar energy powers 4 percent of the world’s electricity, according to The International Energy Agency  — the result of record-breaking growth in clean energy over the last 20-plus years. That’s the good news. At the same time, 8 million metric tons of solar panels are nearing the end of their (25-30 year) life expectancy and could be headed to landfills by 2030. Not so good.

Preparing for this onslaught of decommissioned solar panels requires us to advance the solar panel recycling process. It’s a critical step to fortify the solar industry’s effectiveness and reputation as a sustainable source of clean energy. 

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Q&A on the IRA with Energy Transition Ventures

Q&A on the IRA with Energy Transition Ventures

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will touch nearly every sector of clean energy. This Q&A with Craig Lawrence of Energy Transition Ventures provides insight into how the IRA could affect investment strategies for clean energy and climate tech.

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A Three-Step Guide to Improving Clean Energy Content Marketing

A Three-Step Guide to Improving Clean Energy Content Marketing

Why are you in renewable energy? Why do you believe in this industry? In clean energy, it’s not about what your selling, it’s about why. This is what your customers want to know. And if you tell that story well, those customers will follow you from education and consideration to purchase and even advocacy.

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Clean Energy Marketing: What to Do in Urgent Times

Clean Energy Marketing: What to Do in Urgent Times

It’s no secret that the future of energy lies in harnessing renewable sources, like solar, wind and energy storage. The recent IPCC report highlighted the urgency of the clean energy transition. For those of us involved in marketing the solutions of that transition, our jobs just went from challenging…to critical. How can you make your marketing efforts more effective when the planet’s clock is so relentlessly ticking? 

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