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  • GRID Alternatives’ Install Basics Training program accredited by IREC

    GRID Alternatives is building one of the nation’s most competitive clean energy workforce programs. Last week, its Installations Basics Training 200 Program, which provides hands-on training to entry-level solar installers, was accredited by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). GRID’s IREC Accreditation will be held at its headquarters, with Central Valley being the first affiliate……

  • Mind the gap: Building the solar workforce

    The solar industry was supercharged by the historic Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which not only supports deployment of solar PV through the extension of tax credits, but also creates incentives for U.S.-based manufacturing. The flip side of all this good news is that the industry now faces a substantial shortage of skilled labor. This includes……

  • Incentive financing enables solar, battery storage at low-income community in Calif.

    A California-based non-profit organization dedicated to bringing clean energy to communities has secured financing to deploy affordable energy storage in low-income homes. The financing is part of The Energy Coalition’s (TEC) development of the Bassett Avocado Heights Advanced Energy Community (BAAEC) project, in partnership with Perl Street and Urban Us Capital. As part of the……

  • Bank of America invests $300,000 in GRID Alternatives’ SolarCorp program

    Bank of America renewed its partnership with GRID Alternatives, a nonprofit solar + storage installer in the U.S., with a $300,000 investment in GRID’s SolarCorps Fellowship Program. The funding will support GRID’s 37 SolarCorps Fellows in obtaining hands-on experience, mentorship, professional development, and increased knowledge about a career in renewable energy. “Bank of America is……

  • SMA America now a supplier for GRID Alternatives

    SMA America is now a national equipment supplier for GRID Alternatives, the nation’s largest nonprofit solar installer. The partnership will build on the organizations’ mutual goals to extend access to clean, affordable energy technologies in communities across the United States. SMA will do in-kind equipment donations as well as trainingsRead More — Solar Builder magazine