Principal Solar Institute

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Kirk Blankenship

Institute Development
Principal Solar Institute
Dallas TX
Timezone: America/Chicago

Kirk has over 25 years’ experience in planning, developing and leading a variety of company-wide initiatives to provide strategic and tactical direction for improved growth and profitability. He has consulted with small to multi-national Fortune 500 companies in the areas of Customer Experience, Marketing Planning and Performance, Market Research, Operations Analysis, and Operations Excellence.

Kirk spent more than 11 years at Synovate, Inc., as a vice-president in the Restaurant and Retail Practice where he guided large-scale ongoing customer experience programs. Prior to that he designed, developed and managed a comprehensive Patient Satisfaction Measurement Program for the Kaiser Permanente Southwest Division. He also has over ten years of experience in various management areas of the airline industry, having worked for American Airlines in Network Planning, Marketing, and Operations Analysis.

Kirk has an MBA from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas and a BA from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

Webinars

Date & Time (EST)	Title	Role
Thursday, August 21, 2014 10:00am – 11:00am	As Coal Dims, Will Solar Shine? Perspective on a Changing Electricity Industry	Viewed Archive
Thursday, April 3, 2014 1:00pm – 2:00pm	Myths and Legends of Microinverters and Other DC Power Converters for Solar Energy	Viewed Archive
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 2:00am – 3:00am	Leading Change in the Energy Industry	Viewed Archive
Thursday, October 31, 2013 1:00pm – 2:00pm	How Do Recent Changes At ERCOT Affect YOU?	Registered
Thursday, September 26, 2013 12:00pm – 1:00pm	PACE Comes To Texas	Viewed Archive
Thursday, June 6, 2013 2:00am – 2:50am	Gravity Power’s Design Change and Progress Update	Viewed Archive
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 8:00am – 8:50am	Solar Above, Oil & Gas Below: Coexistence in Energy Project Development	Registered
Thursday, March 14, 2013 2:00am – 2:50am	Could Texas Become The Largest Solar Opportunity in the World? An Update on the ERCOT Resource Adequacy Situation	Viewed Archive
Thursday, January 17, 2013 11:00am – 12:00pm	Solar Project Finance: Turning Sunlight Into Green	Viewed Archive
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 10:00am – 11:00am	You Be the Judge: A Ratings Tool for Selecting the Best Solar Module	Viewed Archive
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 6:00pm – 7:00pm	Will the 2013 Texas Legislative Session Awaken a Sleeping Giant in the Solar Market?	Viewed Archive
Wednesday, October 10, 2012 3:00am – 3:45am	Why Not? The Case for an American Feed-In Tariff	Registered
Thursday, September 27, 2012 10:00am – 10:45am	BUILDING THE LARGEST SOLAR SMART ARRAY IN NORTH AMERICA: Behind the Scenes of a 2.2 MW Solar Power Plant	Registered
Thursday, September 20, 2012 11:00am – 11:30am	Solutions for the Texas Energy Shortage	Viewed Archive
Thursday, July 19, 2012 11:00am – 11:45am	Solar Energy in the Military	Viewed Archive
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 4:00am – 4:45am	PV SOLAR ROOF RACKING: Current Issues and State-of-the-Art Solutions	Registered
Sunday, June 24, 2012 8:00am – 9:00am	International Fact Finding Mission to Germany	Registered
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 12:00pm – 5:00pm	Sunny Central 1 – Overview	Registered
Thursday, April 26, 2012 2:00pm – 3:00pm	CLEAN Programs: Helping Utilities Meet Renewable Energy Goals	Registered
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 2:00pm – 3:00pm	Is Thin-Film PV Dead? Costs and Competitiveness in a Low-Cost Module Market	Registered
Thursday, April 19, 2012 2:00pm – 3:00pm	How to make a smart choice: Decades-lasting communications technology for advanced smart grid applications	Registered
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 1:00pm – 2:00pm	Introducing Solar 3.0: Reducing Soft Costs in Solar PV	Registered
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 11:00am – 12:00pm	Utility Solar Conference	Registered
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 1:00pm – 1:30pm	Reduce costs by outsourcing solar project management	Viewed Archive
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 1:00pm – 2:30pm	SREC Markets: Status and Trends	Viewed Archive
Thursday, December 15, 2011 1:00pm – 1:30pm	High Performance Power Electronics Systems for PV Solar Applications	Viewed Archive

Whitepapers

	Title	Role
	Solutions for the Texas Energy Shortage	Registered
	Solar Industry Goes Mainstream: Revolutionary PV Module Rating System Empowers Solar Professionals	Author
	Technological Niches: Concentrated Solar Thermal vs. Photovoltaic Solar	Registered
	Webinar Slides: PACE Comes To Texas	Registered
	Turning Green into Greener	Registered
	Principal Solar Institute Resource Guide Rate Card	Registered
	Company History	Registered
	Why Hard Assets Still Matter	Registered
	PV Racking Criteria for Effective Rooftop Solar Integration	Registered
	Mineral Issues’ Impact on Solar Energy Development in Texas and Other States	Registered
	Feed-In Tariffs: The Proven Road Not Taken… Why Not?	Registered
	Energy Efficiency & Sustainability in Organic Food Supply	Registered
	Eco-65 Product Guide	Registered
	EcoFasten Solar Bracket Guide	Registered
	EcoFasten Product & Application Guide	Registered
	GreenFasten™ GF1 Product Guide	Registered
	SOLON Vega Web-Bsed Control System for Solar Power Plants Brochure	Registered
	SOLON Andromeda Solar Power Plant Brochure	Registered
	SOLON SOLQuick Photovoltaic System for Flat Rooftops Datasheet	Registered
	Trinamount Presentation	Registered
	Vendor Signup Form	Registered
	Webinar Proposal Form	Registered
	Interfacing with the Electrical Grid	Registered
	Shining Light on Renewable Energy in Developing Countries	Registered
	Vendors – Why Join the Principal Solar Institute?	Registered
	Heating Up: The Impact of Third-Party Business Models on the U.S. Market for Solar Water and Space Heating – January 2012	Registered

Networks

	Name	Role
	Principal Solar Institute	Administrator
	The Job Search Solution	Administrator

Resource Guide

	Name	Role
	1SolTech	Owner
	3TIER	Owner
	ACA Solar	Administrator
	ACORE American Council on Renewable Energy	Owner
	Advanced Solar Photonics (ASP)	Owner
	AE Solar Energy	Owner
	aleo solar	Owner
	AlsoEnergy	Owner
	altenergymag.com	Administrator
	Ambassador Energy	Owner
	American Precision Solar	Owner
	American Prefabricated Structures, Inc.	Owner
	American Solar Energy Society	Administrator
	Amonix	Owner
	Aon plc	Owner
	Apex Solar, Inc.	Owner
	Applied Energy Technologies (AET)	Owner
	Applied Power Technologies	Owner
	Around Town Electric	Owner
	Array Technologies	Owner
	Astronergy	Owner
	AU Optronics	Owner
	Auxin Solar	Owner
	B-Line	Owner
	Baja Construction Inc.	Owner
	BenQ Solar	Owner
	Black and Veatch	Owner
	Bloo Solar	Owner
	Bloomberg New Energy Finance	Owner
	Bosch Solar Energy	Owner
	Braya Solar Group	Administrator
	California Power Save	Owner
	California Solar Energy Industries Association	Administrator
	Canadian Solar, Inc.	Owner
	Captive Fuel	Owner
	Carina Technology	Owner
	Cbeyond Solar Inc.	Owner
	Center for Environmental Innovation in Roofing	Administrator
	Centrosolar America	Owner
	Chevron Energy Solutions	Owner
	China Sunergy	Owner
	Chint Solar (Astroenergy)	Owner
	Cirasys	Owner
	CitiGreen, Inc.	Owner
	Clean Edge	Administrator
	CNPV Solar Power	Owner
	Cobra Monitoring	Owner
	Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association	Owner
	Colored Solar	Owner
	Conergy	Owner
	Constant Solar Power Corporation	Owner
	Craft Insurance	Owner
	CSG PVTech	Owner
	CSS-Technologies	Owner
	DEB Solar	Owner
	Deck Monitoring, LLC	Owner
	DelSolar	Owner
	Demeter Power Group	Owner
	Don Pickett & Associates, Inc.	Owner
	Dorado Construction Inc. Solar	Owner
	DPW Solar	Owner
	Draker Laboratories, Inc	Owner
	DS Energy Solutions	Owner
	DynoRaxx	Owner
	E-Village Solar	Owner
	Earth Wind & Solar, Inc.	Owner
	EcoFasten Solar	Owner
	Ecolibrium Solar	Owner
	ecoSolargy	Owner
	Ejot	Owner
	Emcore	Owner
	Enecsys Ltd	Owner
	enerG Magazine	Administrator
	Energi	Owner
	Energy Inc.	Owner
	Energy Self-Reliant States	Administrator
	Enerlon	Owner
	Enphase Energy, Inc	Owner
	ENSYSS	Owner
	Environmental Defense Fund	Owner
	eSolar	Owner
	ET Solar	Owner
	Evergreen Solar	Administrator
	Exeltech	Administrator
	First Solar, Inc.	Owner
	Flash Technology, A Division of SPX	Owner
	Fraunhofer USA	Administrator
	Freedom in Community Restorative Ministry	Owner
	GCL-Poly Energy	Owner
	General Specialties	Owner
	Geostellar	Administrator
	Gloria Solar	Owner
	GMI Solar	Owner
	Grape Solar	Owner
	Green Mountain Energy	Administrator
	Green Mountain Power	Owner
	Green Power Conferences	Administrator
	Green Volt Energy	Owner
	GreenBrilliance	Owner
	GreenPowerMonitor	Owner
	Greentech Media	Administrator
	GridNavigator	Owner
	Hanwha SolarOne	Owner
	HelioPower	Owner
	Helios Solar Works	Owner
	Hollaender Solar Mounting Systems	Owner
	Home Energy Magazine	Administrator
	Hybridyne Power Electronics, Inc.	Administrator
	infiniRel Corporation	Owner
	Infocast	Administrator
	Institut fur Solarenergieforschung GmbH	Administrator
	Institut fur Solartechnik SPF (Solar Energy Lab)	Administrator
	Institute of Energy Conversion	Administrator
	InterSolar	Administrator
	IronRidge	Owner
	Itek Energy	Owner
	JA Solar	Owner
	Jinko Solar	Owner
	JK Solar	Owner
	JT Solar Inc.	Owner
	Kachan & Co.	Administrator
	Keeping PACE in Texas	Owner
	Kenmec	Owner
	Lauritzen Inc	Owner
	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	Administrator
	LDK Solar	Owner
	LG Electronics	Owner
	Lightway Solar	Owner
	LimeAmps	Owner
	Locus Energy	Owner
	Lumos	Owner
	MAGE Solar	Owner
	Marex Spectron	Owner
	McKinstry Essention, Inc	Owner
	MECASOLAR	Owner
	MEMC	Owner
	Meteocontrol GmbH	Owner
	Mid-Atlantic Solar Energy Industries Association	Owner
	MItsubishi Electric	Owner
	Mitsubishi Electric Solar	Administrator
	Motech Americas	Owner
	Mounting Systems, Inc.	Owner
	MX Solar	Owner
	My Solar Stats	Owner
	N2 Electric, Inc.	Owner
	NABCEP	Administrator
	Nanosolar	Administrator
	Natcon7	Owner
	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	Administrator
	nbsolar (Sun Earth Solar Power)	Owner
	NEDO	Administrator
	NergyOS	Owner
	NESL USA	Owner
	Netherlands Energy Research Foundation (ECN)	Administrator
	New York Solar Energy Industries Association	Administrator
	NextEra Energy	Owner
	Ningbo Ulica Solar Science & Technology	Owner
	North American Clean Energy	Administrator
	North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association	Administrator
	Northern California Solar Energy Association	Administrator
	Nova West Solar	Owner
	Noveda Technologies	Owner
	Novogradac & Company	Administrator
	Ohmic Electric	Owner
	One Block Off the Grid (1BOG)	Owner
	Ontility	Administrator
	Oregon Department of Energy	Administrator
	PACENow	Owner
	Pacific Power Renewables	Owner
	Panasonic USA	Owner
	PanelClaw	Owner
	Pasan Measurement Systems	Owner
	Pazz Group	Owner
	Peak Demand Automation	Owner
	Pepper Hamilton LLP	Administrator
	Perlight Solar	Owner
	Pew Clean Energy Business Network	Owner
	Phono Solar	Owner
	Pioneer Electric	Owner
	Polar Racking	Owner
	Polycab	Owner
	Power-One Renewable Energy Solutions	Owner
	Power-One Vision Systems	Owner
	PowerDash	Owner
	Powernet Global Services, Inc.	Owner
	PowerParasol by Strategic Solar Energy, LLC	Owner
	Powerway	Owner
	Principal Solar, Inc.	Administrator
	Professional Solar Products	Owner
	Pulse Energy	Owner
	PV Racking	Owner
	Pyramid Solar Energy	Owner
	Quick Mount PV	Owner
	Radback Energy Services	Owner
	RBI Solar	Owner
	RBS Energy Consulting	Owner
	REC Group	Owner
	REC Solar, Inc.	Owner
	Recurrent Energy	Owner
	ReneSola	Owner
	Renewable Energy World	Administrator
	Renewable Integrator	Owner
	Renogy	Owner
	RGS Energy	Owner
	Rich Hessler	Owner
	RITEK Solar	Owner
	Roof Integrated Solar Energy (RISE)	Owner
	RR Electric Heating & Air Conditioning	Owner
	Rushton Atlantic, LLC	Administrator
	S-5!	Owner
	Samsung	Owner
	Sandia National Laboratories Photovoltaic Program	Administrator
	Sanyo Electric	Administrator
	Satec	Owner
	Schatz Energy Research Center	Administrator
	Schletter Inc.	Owner
	Schneider Electric	Owner
	Schüco USA	Owner
	ServoTech	Owner
	Sharp	Owner
	Silevo	Owner
	Silicon Energy	Owner
	Siliken	Owner
	Silverback Solar	Owner
	Skyline Solar	Owner
	SMA Solar Technology	Administrator
	SnapNrack PV Mounting Systems	Owner
	So-Cal Solar	Owner
	Socal Solar Energy, Inc	Owner
	Soitec	Owner
	SolaDeck	Owner
	Solar 3.0	Owner
	Solar Austin	Owner
	Solar City	Owner
	Solar Design Associates	Owner
	Solar Electric Power Association	Administrator
	Solar Energy Industries Association	Administrator
	Solar FlexRack	Owner
	Solar Integrated Technologies	Owner
	Solar Power Engineer Corporation	Owner
	Solar Power, Inc.	Owner
	Solar Racks	Owner
	Solar-Log	Owner
	SolarBridge Technologies	Owner
	SolarDock	Owner
	SolarEdge Technologies	Owner
	Solaria	Owner
	SolarTech	Administrator
	SolarWakeup	Owner
	SolarWorld USA	Owner
	Solectria Renewables	Owner
	Solectria Renewables, LLC	Owner
	SolFocus	Owner
	Sollega	Owner
	SOLON	Owner
	SolPowerPeople	Owner
	sonnen_systems	Owner
	Sonoma Solar	Owner
	Southern California Telephone & Energy	Owner
	SREC Trade	Administrator
	SST Solar USA	Owner
	Stahl, Bernal & Davies	Owner
	Sun Earth Solar Power (nbsolar)	Owner
	SunEdison	Owner
	Suniva	Owner
	SunLink Corporation	Owner
	SunPerfect Solar	Owner
	SunPods	Administrator
	SunPower	Owner
	Sunpreme	Owner
	SunReports, Inc.	Owner
	SunRun, Inc	Owner
	SunShot Initiative	Owner
	Suntech	Owner
	Tainergy Tech	Owner
	Talesun Solar	Owner
	Talmage Solar Engineering, Inc.	Owner
	Telvent USA Corp.	Owner
	Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association	Administrator
	The Crest Company, Inc	Owner
	The Mapdwell Project	Owner
	ThePowerStore.com	Administrator
	Thompson Technology Industries (TTi)	Owner
	Thompson Technology Industries, Inc	Owner
	Tigo Energy	Owner
	Trimark Associates	Owner
	Trina Solar	Owner
	TUV Rheinland	Owner
	U.S. Department of Energy	Administrator
	Unirac	Owner
	Upsolar	Owner
	Vermont SPEED	Owner
	Viasyn, Inc.	Owner
	WattMetrics	Owner
	Westinghouse Solar	Owner
	Xslent Energy Technologies	Owner
	YES Yankee Environmental Systems, Inc.	Owner
	Yingli Solar	Owner
	ZEP Solar	Owner
	Zomeworks	Owner

Participation

Webinars26
Networks2
Resource Guide300
JoinedMarch 30, 2012