SEI partners with Western Colorado University’s Master in Environmental Management (MEM) that integrates solar training with program courses

Are you interested in being part of the global energy transition to renewables and participating in a two-year masters’ program? Western Colorado University’s Master in Environmental Management (MEM) has partnered with Solar Energy International (SEI) to create a master in environmental management degree that integrates SEI training with MEM program courses for students interested in doing their 600+ hour second year ...

By |2020-10-21T13:36:00-06:00December 4th, 2019|Categories: Developing World, Solar Training (Electric)|Comments Off on SEI partners with Western Colorado University’s Master in Environmental Management (MEM) that integrates solar training with program courses

Footprint Project empowering communities in Puerto Rico with SEI solar education

Footprint Project used Solar Energy International (SEI) curriculum to train workers from Puerto Rico communities in the design and installation of a 2.5KW PV battery system, to help with Mutual Aid Disaster Relief efforts after hurricane Maria. We talked with the Founder and Director of Footprint Project, William Heegaard to learn more about the experience ...

By |2020-10-21T13:36:03-06:00October 31st, 2019|Categories: Charitable Programs, Developing World, eNewsletter, Programa Hispano|Comments Off on Footprint Project empowering communities in Puerto Rico with SEI solar education

SEI supporting EWB solar project to improve water system in orphanage and boarding school Wema Centre in Kenya

Karo Fernandez, SEI Curriculum Developer and Technical Instructor, traveled to the Wema Children's Centre in Bukembe, Kenya volunteering for Engineers Without Borders Chicagoland Professional Chapter to support improvement efforts for the electrical and water pumping systems. This included solar site assessment and power calculations to shift the existing electrical water pump, currently not operating due to grid ...

By |2020-10-21T13:36:06-06:00April 26th, 2019|Categories: Developing World, Programa Hispano|Comments Off on SEI supporting EWB solar project to improve water system in orphanage and boarding school Wema Centre in Kenya

Happy Earth Week: Here’s Your Chance to Win a FREE SEI Class!

HAPPY EARTH WEEK! Monday, April 22 is officially Earth Day, but at Solar Energy International (SEI) every day is Earth Day. We’re taking this week to celebrate the successes and journeys of our SEI students and alumni. On Earth Day we’re making a BIG announcement: One person in our network is going to receive an ...

By |2020-10-21T13:36:06-06:00April 15th, 2019|Categories: Alumni, Battery-Based, Charitable Programs, Developing World, NABCEP Certification, Professional Services, Solar Training (Electric), Solar Training (Thermal), Special Events|Comments Off on Happy Earth Week: Here’s Your Chance to Win a FREE SEI Class!

Climate-related catastrophe is omnipresent, take action NOW with Solar Energy International (SEI)

On Monday the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report that reveals the severe impact of climate change may be experienced well within the lifetime of the general world population, if dramatic policy changes don’t happen fast. How fast? To prevent 2.7 degrees of warming, the report recommends that greenhouse pollution should be reduced ...

By |2020-10-21T13:36:09-06:00October 11th, 2018|Categories: Alumni, Battery-Based, Charitable Programs, Developing World, Solar Training (Electric), Solar Training (Thermal)|Comments Off on Climate-related catastrophe is omnipresent, take action NOW with Solar Energy International (SEI)

Members of the SEI community team up with San Juan College for a service trip in the Himalayas

For two weeks this past June, several members of the SEI family together with volunteers from San Juan College participated in a solar project in the Himalayas. In a continuation of the late SEI instructor Mike Sullivan’s humanitarian work on the Tibetan Plateau and throughout the world, SEI instructor Chris Brooks and San Juan College ...

By |2020-10-21T13:36:13-06:00July 30th, 2018|Categories: Alumni, Charitable Programs, Developing World|Comments Off on Members of the SEI community team up with San Juan College for a service trip in the Himalayas

Solar Energy International (SEI) opens its first International Solar Training Center in Costa Rica

With this facility SEI seeks to accelerate and expand access to solar training to Spanish speakers throughout Latin America CARTAGO, COSTA RICA- Solar Energy International (SEI), an industry leader in solar energy technical training, opened its first International Solar Training Center in Costa Rica through a partnership with CFIA (Federated College of Engineers and Architects ...

By |2021-11-17T13:42:20-07:00July 13th, 2018|Categories: Developing World, Programa Hispano, Solar Training (Electric)|Tags: |Comments Off on Solar Energy International (SEI) opens its first International Solar Training Center in Costa Rica

SEI Instructor Highlight: Meet Eissa Ali

From enrolling in Solar Energy International (SEI)’s RE100: Introduction to Renewable Energy to supervising the transition of more than 522 mobile network stations from conventional power supply to Off-Grid and Hybrid solar systems in Sudan, Mali, Ethiopia and Egypt, SEI Instructor Eissa Ali credits SEI’s solar energy training for his success in the solar industry. ...

By |2018-06-18T17:06:09-06:00June 18th, 2018|Categories: Alumni, Developing World, Solar Training (Electric)|Comments Off on SEI Instructor Highlight: Meet Eissa Ali

Solar Energy International and Shams Global Solutions Leaders of Solar Training in Oman

Solar Energy International (SEI) and Shams Global Solutions (SGS), a local Omani company, have partnered to launch Oman’s first and only certified solar photovoltaic training course! The course, PV101: Solar Electric Design and Installation (Grid-Direct) is officially certified by Oman’s Distribution Code Review Panel (DCRP) and supports applications to become a DCRP approved Solar Professional. ...

By |2021-11-17T13:44:03-07:00June 18th, 2018|Categories: Alumni, Developing World, Solar Training (Electric)|Tags: |Comments Off on Solar Energy International and Shams Global Solutions Leaders of Solar Training in Oman

Zero Mass Water system wows students and Solar Fair attendees

SEI would like to send a big shout out to Zero Mass Water for taking water vapor in the air and condensing it to a drinkable form!  Recently, SEI, through a generous donation by board member and instructor Ken Gardner, acquired a Zero Mass Water unit that with the aid of PV can take everyday ...

By |2020-10-21T13:36:15-06:00May 22nd, 2018|Categories: Alumni, Developing World, Solar Training (Electric), Solar Training (Thermal)|Comments Off on Zero Mass Water system wows students and Solar Fair attendees