Established in 1989, Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association (COSEIA) is the nonprofit trade association that’s leading Colorado’s solar industry. Together with more than 200 solar business members we work to advance solar policy, remove market barriers, highlight emerging trends, and improve public outreach & education.
COSEIA Wins National Policy Innovation Award
Published: February 15, 2012
The Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association (COSEIA) this week won a prestigious national award for policy innovation for its work on a new state law governing solar permits. The Policy Innovation of the Year award from Renewable Energy World cited Colorado’s “Fair Permit Act’’ as a way to ease a bottleneck that was stifling solar development. The new law extends existing caps on solar permit fees and closes loopholes to create additional cost reductions. The Fair Permit Act HB-1199 was sponsored by Representative Bob Gardner and Senator Bob Bacon.
Solar Power Colorado to Launch Local Government Program
Published: February 6, 2012
As hundreds of solar energy leaders and government officials head to Loveland later this week to attend Solar Power Colorado, the industry’s annual conference, they’ll be joining forces to battle an unlikely foe – soft costs. Permitting complexity, regulatory burdens, and other non-hardware costs, also known as “soft costs”, can increase the cost of going solar by up to 50%. This will be a major focus at this upcoming conference.
Solar Power Colorado to Highlight ‘State of the Industry’ Panel
Published: January 31, 2012
National solar leaders and hundreds of business executives are set to convene to discuss emerging trends and opportunities for continued growth. Solar Power Colorado is the largest business-to-business solar conference and expo in the state and takes place February 9-10, 2012 at the Embassy Suites Conference Center in Loveland, Colorado. Solar leaders are traveling from across the U.S. to attend.
DOE selects COSEIA team for $491k grant to help cut red tape
Published: December 1, 2011
A Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association team today received a $491,000 federal grant to develop a system that will cut red tape and cost for solar panel installations.
'Solar Finance Roundtable' Executives Tackle Next Big Challenge
Published: October 27, 2011
Solar energy and banking executives are joining forces to address one of the biggest barriers in the solar marketplace -- the lack of widespread availability of financing. Industry leaders are hosting a ‘Solar Finance Roundtable’ event on Friday, November 4 at 1pm at the St. Julien Hotel in Boulder to better understand what’s causing this barrier, and what can be done about it. While solar leases and power purchase agreements are becoming more common today, industry leaders estimate that hundreds of solar companies across Colorado still lack sufficient access to capital to help finance customer solar projects as well as internal growth. The Solar Finance Roundtable will explore why this has been such a problem and will seek to uncover the emerging market solutions.
