Help us win $20,000 to support our mission!  Solar Energy International is competing to win $20,000 through Sungevity Gives Back, a contest focused on what we do to Generate Positive in the world.  All you have to do is cast your vote today.

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How is SEI going to Generate Positive for the Spanish Speaking Community?
With the Sungevity Generate Positive award, SEI will provide scholarship money to a select group of Latin American technicians, trades men and women, and high school students to participate in our Spanish PV  training program. Via our online course FV101: PV Design & Installation and our hands-on Solar Electric Lab week workshop in Paonia, Colorado, these trainees will gain a comprehensive education that will prepare them for future careers in the clean energy workforce of Latin America.

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SEI Needs Your Help to Generate Positive!
Recently, SEI provided a training program in Spanish and today 42 Chilean students have finished FV101 and FV201L level trainings. This educational opportunity culminated with the installation of a 1.7 kW PV system built on the roof of a local public school. The students that completed FV201L have now been hired by the company HEC, the contractor building the 140MW PV plant for First Solar. Opportunties like this can continue with your vote so SEI can award $20,000 in scholarships to Latin American and Spanish speaking students!

Solar Energy International (SEI) has trained over 35,000 people worldwide and over a ⅓ of all NABCEP certified solar PV installers in North America.  We now are striving to “Generate Positive” by bringing this high level of technical solar PV training to spanish speaking communities in Latin America through our Programa Hispano (Spanish Program). SEI is one of the only training providers in the world that offers a very unique product and service; technical solar PV training programs in both English AND Spanish creating a highly skilled clean energy workforce.

30 Million People Without Electricity in Latin America
By all indicators renewable energy is poised to grow considerably within Latin America. High energy costs, need to boost competitiveness, increasing per capita energy use, more access to education, curbing climate change and 30 million people without electricity are among the top challenges facing all governments in the LATAM region today.

Lack of local technical knowledge in renewable energy systems at the design, construction, operation and maintenance levels represents a key limitation for effective and timely adoption of sustainable energy solutions in the region, both at the utility and residential scale.

SEI’s Track Record Working in Latin America
SEI’s Programa Hispano focuses on safe, code compliant PV design & installation, through a rigorous training program that goes beyond a basic knowledge level of training and truly prepares highly skilled technicians and designers for the clean energy workforce.

There is clear interest in renewable energy and specifically SEI’s training program throughout Spanish speaking communities worldwide.  Specifically, in Chile for training programs in Solar PV and other renewable energy technologies capable of building a national clean energy workforce qualified to serve a growing renewable energy market.

Maximizing US-Latin American trade in renewable energy technologies, including both equipment and knowledge, requires a trained and qualified local population.  The level of local technical expertise affects  both the business and technical sides of the industry. We will offer trainings and technical expertise in these areas for Latin American communities.  VOTE TODAY!