# Dave Llorens > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dave_Llorens > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dave_Llorens.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Llorens > Source revision: 1264164221 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Dave Llorens** is an American entrepreneur and the founder of the [solar](/source/Solar_energy) financing aggregator 1BOG (One Block Off the Grid), serving as its [CEO](/source/CEO) from 2008 to 2012 before leaving due to personal reasons. The [startup](/source/Technology_startup) was notably featured in the 2010 documentary [Carbon Nation](/source/Carbon_Nation).[1][2] In 2009 the company accounted for a quarter of all solar installations in the San Francisco Bay area.[3] Llorens also started SolarPowerRocks.com, a website that consolidates information on solar grants and incentives by state, and co-founded [60-day MBA](http://60daymba.com), an online entrepreneurial course. ## 1BOG The company aims to put the cost of residential [solar technology](/source/Solar_technology) within the reach of more families and thereby increase the adoption of sustainable solar technology nationwide, mainly throughout [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco), [California](/source/California), and several other major [urban centers](/source/Urban_area).[2] 1BOG, however, has historically faced several [regulatory issues](/source/Regulation) due to state-independent protocol for metering, permits and rebates. Llorens reported to *[The Wall Street Journal](/source/The_Wall_Street_Journal)* in a 2011 interview that solving this confusion was an ongoing mission for 1BOG.[4] "We serve as a conduit between the consumer companies, and finance companies in 40 states and growing," Llorens further elaborated in an interview with the [Mother Nature Network](/source/Mother_Nature_Network).[5] As another 1BOG executive told Venture Beat, their company aimed to provide solar systems as a cheap and affordable solution for the regular person through low upfront payments.[6] 1BOG's industry model is an example of [social entrepreneurship](/source/Social_entrepreneurship), in which a company discovers a way to make [profit](/source/Profit_(accounting)) while promoting [social activism](/source/Social_activism) and [community development](/source/Community_development). It is a successful example of this model, making its money on [economies of scale](/source/Economies_of_scale) and payments from installers. ## See also - [American Solar Energy Society](/source/American_Solar_Energy_Society) - [List of photovoltaics companies](/source/List_of_photovoltaics_companies) - [National Renewable Energy Laboratory](/source/National_Renewable_Energy_Laboratory) - [Renewable energy in the United States](/source/Renewable_energy_in_the_United_States) - [Solar Energy Industries Association](/source/Solar_Energy_Industries_Association) ## References 1. ["One Block Off the Grid: Our Team"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130109091517/http://about.1bog.org/the-1bog-team/). Archived from [the original](http://about.1bog.org/the-1bog-team/) on 2013-01-09. Retrieved 2012-12-27. 1. [Video Q+A with solar entrepreneur Dave Llorens](https://web.archive.org/web/20100413222115/http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2010/04/09/video-qa-with-solar-entrepreneur-dave-llorens/) 1. Marketplace (June 23, 2009). ["Community solar power is within reach"](http://www.marketplace.org/topics/sustainability/community-solar-power-within-reach). American Public Media. Retrieved 2012-12-27. 1. Emily Glazer (August 14, 2011). ["Explore Costs of Going Solar"](https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424053111903918104576506733020411072?mod=googlenews_wsj). *The Wall Street Journal*. Retrieved 2012-12-27. 1. Amy Feinstein (March 1, 2012). ["How does solar leasing work?"](http://www.mnn.com/money/green-workplace/stories/how-does-solar-leasing-work). Mother Nature Network. Retrieved 2012-12-27. 1. Chris Morrison (March 31, 2009). ["SunRun teams with Virgance to finance solar for consumers"](https://venturebeat.com/2009/03/31/sunrun-teams-with-virgance-to-finance-solar-for-consumers/#LDjodItG0siv8Gig.99). Venture Beat. Retrieved 2012-12-26. ## External links - [SolarPowerRocks.com](http://SolarPowerRocks.com) - [Women Didn't Buy Smokes in the '20s for the Same Reason People Don't Buy Solar Power Today](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-llorens/solar-power-cost-savings_b_1773592.html) - [Solyndra Was Lame and Failed, But That's Not the End of Solar](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-llorens/solyndra-bankrupt_b_947299.html) - [60-Day MBA](http://www.60daymba.com) - [Plus-One This: Proof That Google Plus Will Prevail](http://www.fastcompany.com/3004448/plus-one-proof-google-plus-will-prevail) - [The Future Of Google Plus, And Its Path To Social-Media Domination](http://www.fastcompany.com/3005682/future-google-plus-and-its-path-social-media-domination) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Dave Llorens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Llorens) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Llorens?action=history)). 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