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Tor Solar Fred Valenza

Building Solar Brands with PR and Communications
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Email: ****r@unthinksolar.com
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
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Probably True Solar Stories podcast
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Podcast Host, Writer, and Producer
Last updated: 02/06/2026 09:20 AM
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Tor Solar Fred Valenza is from San Francisco Bay Area. Tor is currently Podcast Host, Writer, and Producer at Probably True Solar Stories podcast, located in Oakland, California, United States. Tor also works as Founder and Chief Communications Officer at UnThink Solar, LLC, a job Tor has held since Sep 2008. In Tor's previous role as a Director of Marketing and Communications at SepiSolar, Tor worked in San Francisco Bay Area until Mar 2019. Prior to joining SepiSolar, Tor was a Senior Strategy Advisor at Kiterocket and held the position of Senior Strategy Advisor at San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to that, Tor was a Chief Marketing Officer of Solar at Kiterocket, based in San Francisco Bay Area from Jan 2015 to Jan 2018. Tor started working as Solar Content Marketing Consultant at REC Solar in Aug 2013. From Jun 2009 to Nov 2015, Tor was Solar Industry Marketing and Advocacy Blogger at RenewableEnergyWorld.com. Prior to that, Tor was a Solar Content Marketing Consultant at Go Green Solar from Feb 2014 to Jul 2014. Tor started working as Solar Marketing Consultant at SunPower in Jan 2014.

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Tor Solar Fred Valenza's current jobs
Company: Probably True Solar Stories podcast
Title: Podcast Host, Writer, and Producer
Period: Sep 2022 - Present (3 years, 9 months)
Location: Oakland, California, United States

Probably True Solar Stories is a comedic podcast that reveals the secret solar stories and people that you never hear about. And why don’t you hear about them? Because they’re fiction. Why not true solar stories? Because it’s always more fun to make sh#t up. Written and produced by Tor "Solar Fred" Valenza, a solar pro and former Hollywood Film & TV writer.

Title: Founder and Chief Communications Officer
Period: Sep 2008 - Present (17 years, 9 months)
Location: San Francisco Bay Area

At UnThink Solar, your "solar plus" cleantech product or service is never a commodity. Led by industry thought leader Tor Valenza, Unthink Solar provides B2B public relations, content marketing, brand development, social media management for established brands and clean energy startups. Clients have included Fortune 500 companies as well as startups seeking VC series financing. Regardless of size, we're driven to help our clients to "be bold, stand out, and educate."

Tor Solar Fred Valenza's past jobs
Company: SepiSolar
Title: Director of Marketing and Communications
Period: Jan 2018 - Mar 2019 (1 year, 2 months)
Location: San Francisco Bay Area

My goal for SepiSolar was to elevate a 10-year-old solar design firm into a recognized and trusted, national solar+storage engineering brand. To accomplish this, we completely redesigned the logo, tagline, mission, and website for better SEO and UX; wrote monthly blogs and white papers, email marketing, and webinars. To boost SepiSolar's brand recognition and thought leadership, we placed SepiSolar news, myself, and SepiSolar's CEO in over 20 solar and storage trade publications and podcasts, including GTM, The Interchange, PV Magazine, SunCast, Solar Power World, Solar Builder, and many more. We also established marketing relationships and collaborated with channel partners that often refer design and engineering services. The results: A nearly 98.97% YOY increase in unique monthly website visits, a 287.56% increase in website page views, and the average time spent on the new website increasing from 1:28 minutes in January 2018 to 4:24 minutes in January 2019.

Company: Kiterocket
Title: Senior Strategy Advisor
Period: Aug 2017 - Jan 2018 (5 months)
Location: San Francisco Bay Area

In this role at Kiterocket (formerly Impress Labs; see below), I developed creative communication, marketing, and PR strategies for our solar and clean energy clients, as well as led clean energy business development for the agency. I also continued blogging on solar marketing best practices for the agency as well as for selected clients and executives.

Company: Kiterocket
Title: Chief Marketing Officer of Solar
Period: Jan 2015 - Jan 2018 (3 years)
Location: San Francisco Bay Area

After merging UnThink Solar with Impress Labs (now Kiterocket) in 2015, I brought my "UnThinking" solar marketing philosophy and creative solar strategies, adding 15 B2B and B2C solar clients and establishing the solar division as a clean energy thought leader and go-to solar marketing agency. Our dedicated solar marketing, public relations, and in-house graphic, web design, SEO, and video services teams served top tier solar brands, as well as clean energy start-ups.

Company: REC Solar
Title: Solar Content Marketing Consultant
Period: Aug 2013 - Dec 2015 (2 years, 4 months)

Content marketing development and services for REC Solar's residential and commercial divisions. • Content marketing strategy • Blogging • Newsletters • Twitter and LinkedIn customer engagement • Event marketing

Company: RenewableEnergyWorld.com
Title: Solar Industry Marketing and Advocacy Blogger
Period: Jun 2009 - Nov 2015 (6 years, 5 months)

A leading solar industry blog that inspires solar companies to "UnThink" their solar marketing and communications. Since 2009, Solar Fred's "UnThink Solar" posts have received over 2 million pageviews on Renewable Energy World and followed by B2B and B2C solar pros looking for solar marketing advice and inspiration. My most recent posts are now published at SolarMarketingThinkTank.com, an open solar advocacy and thought leadership blog at Impress Labs.

Company: Go Green Solar
Title: Solar Content Marketing Consultant
Period: Feb 2014 - Jul 2014 (5 months)

Provided content marketing and social media services for main website and the launch of a new solar product.

Company: SunPower
Title: Solar Marketing Consultant
Period: Jan 2014 - Mar 2014 (2 months)

Solar marketing analysis and strategy recommendations. Further information not available.

Company: Free Hot Water
Title: Solar Social Media Marketing and Communications Consultant
Period: Jan 2010 - Dec 2013 (3 years, 11 months)

Using multiple social media tools, such as blogging, Twitter, and e-newsletters, and managing a website redesign, I helped Free Hot Water to become a leading brand in solar thermal engineering and design and products. The company is now on the first page of Google for high ranking solar thermal key word search terms.

Company: SolarCity
Title: Solar Social Media Marketing and Communications Consultant
Period: Aug 2011 - Apr 2012 (8 months)

Solar marketing analysis and strategy recommendations; content marketing services. Further information not available.

Tor Solar Fred Valenza's education
BA
1985 - 1989
Solar Energy International (SEI)
N/A
2009 - 2009
Seth Godin's altMBA
2018 - 2018
The Solar Living Institute
N/A
2008 - 2008
Tor Solar Fred Valenza's top skills
Blog Marketing Community Engagement Editorial Solar Advocacy Video Editing Community Management Facebook Marketing Corporate Blogging Community Outreach Damage Control Solar Hot Water Guerrilla Marketing Solar Energy Increasing Brand Awareness Twitter Marketing Environmental Advocacy Social Media Strategist Corporate Communications Solar Thermal Brand Management
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