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I’ve been getting to know today's featured clean energy entrepreneur, Wattmonk founder Ankit Sheoran, over the last few months. I must say that I was astounded to hear the traction Ankit and his team at Wattmonk have had helping the solar industry’s installers get more projects done. The numbers they’re moving for permitting packages are staggering, but it definitely points to how one of the most common bottlenecks in the residential solar installation process often comes down to manpower and man(or woman) hours. Still, it’s increasingly important to get facetime with customers as we emerge from the pandemic travel restrictions, so I was able to catch up in-person with Ankit on his recent trip to the US when we were both at the RE Plus Northeast show in February.
It was delightful to meet Ankit in person finally in Boston and learn more about why he sees the US market as such a key component to the global energy transition. Special thanks to our mutual friend Anthony Conklin for making the connection and for bringin Wattmonk to my attention. Ankit’s team is quite literally moving mountains for their clients as one of the fastest growing offshore system design & permitting companies in the industry. His success stems from more than a decade of global experience leveraging technology to accelerate the homeowner & installer timeline to solar project completion, and today you get to learn from his decade-plus of experience & insights.
Timestamps
(3:25) Importance of in person meetings
(4:10) Overview of Wattmonk
(10:21) What has not changed about doing business
(11:28) What is going to impact the residential sector the most
(14:29) A serendipitous encounter in the elevator
(16:58) Solar is going to be big
(18:05) Wrap up
“It takes a village to raise a child, this child is solar, and all of us need to come together to make it bigger, it is going to go become bigger, it is going to be bigger than any of us.”
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