The solar industry in Wisconsin now employs more than 3,000 people. This comes after years of a lean industry, according to J.D. Smith, head of business development for Arch Solar. Smith credits solar veterans, including Angie Kochanski, director of Arch Solar, for laying the foundation of the industry’s current success.
“Angie was Milwaukee’s all-in-one solar consultant, designer, site assessor, program coordinator, marketer, project manager, and most importantly, educator,” Smith said. “Sticking with it through those years of difficulty paid off in 2019 when the Wisconsin solar industry began to take off in earnest.”
In the recent years, Angie trained nine new solar professionals and still found time to bartend Wednesday nights at the bar in the Burnham Park neighborhood in Milwaukee that she co-owns with her husband.
