History
North Texas Renewable Energy Inc. is the oldest exclusive solar electric design and installation specialist in North Texas, originally doing business as Solar Source beginning in 1994. Incorporated in 2003 as North Texas Renewable Energy, NTREI has worked hard to survive in the very solar unfriendly state of Texas while continuing to set the standard of quality for installations of solar electric systems from the Red River to Glen Rose. NTREI specializes in tracker mounted PV arrays.
With 17 years of training, instructing and hands-on experience, Jim Duncan is without question one of the pioneers in the solar PV industry in Texas.
An Almost Complete History of Jim Duncans Solar PV Experience
- Completed, Siemens Solar PV Design & Installation training, 40 hr - 1993
- Attendee, TREIA Renewable Energy Conference – 1996
- Attendee, TREIA Texas Renewables Conference - 2001
- Attendee, 3 day Successful Solar Business 2003, Home Power Magazine - 2003
- Attendee, Solar 2003 TREIA conference – 2003
- Completed, 3 day Kyocera Solar Dealers Training – 2003»«Energy Congress – 2004
- Completed, 3 day Grundfos Technical Institute Groundwater Course - 2005
- Speaker, Texas Renewables, TREIA ‘06 – 2006
- Exhibitor, Building Professional Institute – Bldg. Officials Assoc. of Texas - 2006
- Attendee, 3 day Energy Outfitters 2nd Annual Tech Conference – 2006
- Attendee, Vision North Texas workshop – 2006
- Completed, SHW & PV Systems workshop – 2006
- Tree Hugger, 80 hr Citizen Forester, Cross Timbers Urban Forestry Council - 2006
- Attendee, Energy Futures for Texas - TCU & the Univ. of Oxford, England 2007
- Attendee, TREIA Texas Renewables ‘07 – 2007
- Attendee, Energy Outfitters 3rd Annual Tech Conference – 2007
- Completed, Surette Lead-Acid Battery Technical Training - 2007
- Completed, IREC, DOE - NEC Compliance for PV Systems - 2007
- Attendee, Sunwize Dealers Conference – 2007
- Completed, Thermal Solar Training, Think Solar - 2007
- Attendee, Conference of Institute for Environmental Studies at TCU – 2007
- Attendee, IREC/TREIA Conference – 2007
- Completed, John Wiles – PV System Design, ’05 & ’08 NEC - 2007
- Completed, Brooks Engineering – NEC PV Codes & Standards - 2008
- Attendee, Texas Solar Forum – 2008
- Speaker, Natl. Assoc of Home Builders - 2009
- Attendee, Andy Black - On Grid Solar Financial Analysis class 2009
- Instructor, NABCEP 40 hr. Entry Level preparation course – 2010
- Exhibitor, Renewable Energy Stampede & Green Living Fair - 2010
- Exhibitor, Renewable Energy Roundup & Green Living Fair, 2004 thru 2010
Accreditations
- Member Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association 2004 to Present
- Member Texas Solar Energy Society 2004 to Present
- Member, American Solar Energy Society, 2004 to Present
- NABCEP™ Solar PV Certification #031310-57
- Texas Licensed Electrical Contractor Lic. # 27398