William T. Guiney (Bill) has more than 40-years of experience in the solar industry as a retailer, solar contractor, distributor, manufacturer and educator. Currently Bill is the President of Artic Solar Inc., they manufacture the XCPC , a Non-tracking concentrating high temperature solar thermal collector generating heat up to 250C in Jacksonville, FL . Previously, Bill was the Director of the Solar Heating and Cooling business at Johnson Controls. Inc., he also served as the Program Director for Global Renewable Energy Development and Program Manager for the development of the PV and Solar Thermal business at JCI. Prior to JCI, he was the General Manager of Solar Thermal at Duke Solar & Solargenix Energy. Bill also was a consultant to the Florida Solar Energy Center, at the University of Central Florida. He has an inactive Solar Contracting license on Florida and was founder of a solar distribution business with three branches in Florida. Nominated for a World Energy Award for “A guide to Fee-for-Service Solar Water Heating Programs for Caribbean Electric Utilities” business plan. Bill has previously been the primary Solar Thermal Instructor for both the North Carolina and Florida Solar Energy Centers and provided training workshops throughout the Caribbean, and Asia. Bill also chaired the Entry Level Solar Thermal Committee for NABCEP and has been active in many state’s solar organizations.