About

Hi! I’m Chris. I’m the founder of SolProxima and a true believer in the good that solar (and wind, and batteries) can do for the world, and that’s what I write about here.

There’s a ton of great innovation happening, and a lot of culture shifting, too. As the world warms, it can’t come soon enough. It’s too late to prevent the tragic consequences of climate change, but the faster we act, the less damage there will be. I want to share the exciting (and aggravating) news about those shifts, and I hope to get you excited (and aggravated) about it, too.

I started on this path on Labor Day weekend, 2025, by reading Bill McKibben’s fantastic book Here Comes the Sun. I expect to share some of the insights from it here, but I cannot recommend it highly enough. Phrases like “paradigm shift” have long been eye-roll-inducing corporate jargon, but that’s a good word for McKibben’s message. In short: transitioning to solar is essential, eminently doable, and imperative. And here we are!

I don’t have a background in solar energy, or any other kind of energy, for that matter. In my day job, I’m a software developer. I don’t even have solar panels on my own roof (yet!). But since that fateful weekend, I’ve immersed myself in this fascinating world and what it can mean for our future.

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