Renewable Power Perspectives Q&A with Kevin Butler, Founder & CEO of Sole Trader Renewable Energy

By Constance ThompsonAugust 30, 2021

The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) is pleased to share the second installation in our “Accelerating Renewables” blog site series.
Each installation will include market leaders and topics connected to speeding up a fair and simply shift to a renewable energy economy.
In acknowledgment of National Black Business Month, our August features highlight how three Black-owned Accelerate member business are thriving in the renewable energy sector.
Kevin Butler, PMP, PE, is the Chief Executive Officer of Sole Trader Renewable Energy LLC, a minority- and veteran-owned renewable resource company based in Memphis, Tennessee. Sole Trader helps utilities, governments and co-ops incorporate renewables into their energy portfolios
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What inspired you to begin your business?
A drive to bring innovative innovations and advanced structure strategies to the renewable resource market. I wish to minimize the amount of green space utilized to support the growth of renewable resource around the world and help bring our market into the future. I founded this business after working for a number of large energies and realizing that the old design will not get us to where we need to be as a nation. We require dynamic, unencumbered idea that welcomes the possibility of where we can go. Albert Einstein said, “Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you all over.” This is the genesis of Sole Trader.
How are you making an impact through your business?
We are changing the method co-ops, federal governments and energies think about powering the future of this fantastic country. We invest in finding and making use of tested, emerging technologies from around the globe that can be used to power the present and the future. Sole Trader offers our customers access to tidy energy, and we are motivating the next generation with our capability to form the country each and every day.
Inform us about your company?
Sole Trader is a diverse, professional, leading-edge sustainable energy business with 200+ combined years of experience covering power generation, construction, operations and maintenance. Our team of utility professionals assists us reduce building expenses and timelines for our customers. We can also supply consulting and strategic preparation services, website identification and preparation, building, operations and maintenance, devices recycling, cybersecurity, website start-up or shutdown, and so much more.
Exists anything else you wish to show ACORE members and partners?
There is no obstacle little or too large for us. We embrace chances to bring our customers into the future, using our comprehensive lessons discovered and our tested new technologies. We can help our customers think differently about their community and the world. We like to state, “We offer you more power over your power.” And we believe energy self-reliance is the essential to green development.
For more information about Sole Trader, check out soletraderenergy.org.
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A drive to bring ingenious technologies and advanced structure techniques to the renewable energy industry. I desire to minimize the quantity of green area used to support the growth of eco-friendly energy around the world and aid bring our industry into the future. Sole Trader provides our customers access to clean energy, and we are inspiring the next generation with our capability to form the country each and every day.
Sole Trader is a diverse, professional, leading-edge eco-friendly energy business with 200+ combined years of experience covering power generation, construction, operations and upkeep. And we think energy independence is the crucial to green development.