From new training programs, to conference sessions, to speakers, to networking events, Solar Promotion International has big plans for its Intersolar North America 2014 event. The event organizer’s CEO Markus Elsässer spoke with us about what else to expect as the show returns for its seventh year in San Francisco, California July 7 to 10.

You may have heard of Solar Power World Top 250 Contractor Vivint Solar’s acquisition of solar testing equipment manufacturer Solmetric. And if the possibility of Solmetric’s products coming off the market concerned you, rest assured. We spoke with Solmetric’s Keith Rose who cleared up some confusion about the acquisition, and explained how the two companies are working together on some pretty exciting ideas. He also tells us why solar analyzing is so important, and relates his own interesting background of how he got into solar too.

Joining us is Stephen Irvin from Amicus Solar Cooperative and Adrian De Luca from Locus Energy.

According to research, women are the chief financial officers in most homes and make 80% of the home improvement buying decisions. Hear what nearly 300 women from 34 states had to say about what you should be doing to reach them.

Adrian De Luca, vice president of sales and marketing, and Michael Herzig, CEO, of Locus Energy, a Hoboken, New Jersey-based solar monitoring company, agreed to dissect this coming solar boom and the role monitoring will play in its evolution.

Greg Butterfield, CEO of Vivint Solar, talks about what he sees as the best value proposition going today: residential solar power. In this episode of Contractors Corner, Butterfield breaks down the key to Vivint Solar’s explosive growth.

We caught up with Barry Cinnamon, owner and founder of Cinnamon Solar (and former president of Westinghouse Solar), who says he found some important flaws in some of the older mounting systems because installers improvised the systems instead of following the protocols.

We spoke with Geoff Stenrick, to find our more about his St. Paul-Minnesota based solar distribution company, as well as why SimpleRay is taking part in the Midwest Solar EXPO and why you should too.

We spoke with SolarBridge Technologies‘ Craig Lawrence and Paul Parker to see how the microinverter manufacturer is pushing the industry to do something about the issue.

Green Charge Networks says it’s come up with a solution to address grid storage challenges by bringing the public and private sectors together. We spoke with the company’s CEO Vic Shao to learn how his company will use Department Of Energy funding to develop agreements that help businesses cut their electricity bills by using a combination of energy storage and predictive algorithms.