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Jesse Rudich - a True South Solar Solar Advisor

Meet Our Team: Jesse Rudich

I am a residential Solar advisor. I advise potential residential and commercial customers on best practices for converting to a solar-powered home. When did you first start thinking about solar? I first started thinking about solar in 2011 when planning an off-grid project What’s your favorite thing to do in the sun? One of my

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Aaron Westbrooks, True South Solar Project Manager. We are your local solar experts.

Meet Our Team: Aaron Westbrooks

My name is Aaron and I am the Project Manager. It’s my job to coordinate crews, materials, schedules, and direct the completion of solar installations. Why do you love working in the solar industry? I love working in the solar field because we get to create these awesome systems that capture this renewable clean power

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Shawn Schreiner, True South Solar Technical Sales Advisor. We are your local solar experts.

Meet The Team- Shawn Schreiner

Q: What is your role on the True South Solar team? I am the Technical Sales Manager for True South Solar. When I started True South Solar with Eric Hansen 12 years ago, I was an installer and I’m still a licensed solar electrician. These days managing sales and design takes up most of my

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End of Life solar panels

Recycling and Reusing Solar Panels

What happens to solar equipment when the system is no longer in use or at the end of its life? Unfortunately, many panels have ended up in landfills. We do our best to reuse old panels and recycle them if they have reached the end of their useful life or are no longer functioning. Today,

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Jamie Cavener - a member of the True South Solar team. She is a Commercial Solar Advisor. We are your local solar experts.

Meet our Team: Jamie Cavener

I am True South Solar’s Commercial Solar Advisor. Prior to joining True South, I worked for an accredited retail and design company based in LA. Specializing in operations and marketing, my career has focused on developing business growth and sustainability while maintaining customer retention. Moving into solar was a step to combine both of my

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Oregon Solar + Storage Industries Association

OSSIA – Oregon Solar + Storage Industries Association

Promoting clean, renewable solar and storage technologies in Oregon Who They Are The Oregon Solar Energy Industries Association is a trade association founded in 1981 to promote clean, renewable, solar technologies. OSEIA members include businesses, non-profit groups, and other solar industry stakeholders. They provide a unified and respected voice of the solar industry and focus exclusively on

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Talent’s Got Solar

“Solar’s Got Talent” is the name given by an Oregon clean energy co-op for a collaboration with three Talent institutions that obtained $149,656 in state grants to help construct solar arrays with battery backups.

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