SOLAR ENERGY NEWS & TECHNICAL INSIGHTS
Elizabeth Sanderson, SEI’s Executive Director, elected as new board member of Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
PAONIA, CO. – Solar Energy International (SEI) is proud to announce that Elizabeth Sanderson, SEI’s Executive Director, was recently elected as a board member of Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). Sanderson is one of fifteen other newly elected SEIA board members and division chairs that will serve for a two-year term, helping SEIA advance strong policies at the state and federal levels to ensure open, competitive ...
Solar Energy International and Mayfield Renewables Team Up to Offer Online Energy Storage Training
PAONIA, CO. - The cooperative relationship between Solar Energy International (SEI), the industry-leading training organization for solar professionals, and PV design firm Mayfield Renewables goes back decades. In January 2022, the two organizations will start a new collaborative chapter by hosting two training courses developed by Mayfield Renewables on SEI’s online educational platform. The launch represents their first official educational collaboration. SEI’s Executive Director, ...
SEI’s Latin America Business Development Director shares in a discussion on Building the Workforce of the Future
How can we build the robust, resilient workforce necessary for a regenerative future? Matthew Harris, SEI’s Latin America Business Development Director, shares in a discussion on Building the Workforce of the Future. Play the video above to learn how SEI is approaching the demand for solar workers, if we are on track with estimates, and what can be done to diversify the solar ...
This university’s two year master’s program incorporates SEI solar training into its curriculum and offers $10k in fellowship funds
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 project ...
Solar Forward Welcomes Graduate Fellow, Eryka Thorley
Master in Environmental Management student Eryka Thorley joins the Solar Forward team to help create a network for solar education and outreach Paonia, CO - When Solar Forward first began a partnership with Western Colorado University (WCU) of Gunnison, CO in 2018, it could not have predicted the quality and experience that the Solar Forward Fellows would bring to developing the program. Over the past ...
SEI alumni Jorge Fernández, a solar revolutionary in Mexico
The PV industry in Latin America is largely made up of professionals seeking training to transition from other careers to become solar energy professionals. Jorge Luis Fernández Gómez is part of a small segment that, since the beginning, has always aligned his career with renewable energy, laying a solid foundation by getting involved in the development and healthy growth of the solar industry in Mexico. ...
To Utility and Beyond
Susannah Pedigo came to Solar Energy International (SEI) with more than 20 years of management experience in the renewable energy sector. Her resume reads a lot like a recent history of the solar industry as she’s navigated the changes of the emerging market. Each role she took was newly designed to keep up with the changing demands of a growing industry. The unifying role of ...
SEI Instructors Reach New Heights in Solar
Jay Pozner and Lena Wilensky are SEI Instructors and solar extraordinaires with over 25 years of combined experience in the industry. For them, solar is a family affair. Jay, Lena and their daughter are based out of Almont, (on the Western Slope of Colorado) where they own and operate Nunatak Alternative Energy Solutions. Their business specializes in designing, installing, and maintaining power systems that will ...
SEI Team Member Highlight: Andrew Sprauer
Recently we had a chance to sit down for an interview with Andrew Sprauer, SEI's new Social Coordinator, who will be a great resource for our students when they are here this hands-on lab season. Andrew is super excited to show our students all of the great things to do while here in Paonia, Colorado. We asked Andrew to tell us a little more about ...
Strengthening Community Through Solar
Dayne came to Solar Energy International (SEI) with his eyes toward the future: his future career, a more prosperous future for his community, and a sustainable future for his wife and son. Dayne travelled from Lapwai, ID where he works at the Nez Perce National Historic Park and is a member of the Nez Perce Tribe. He sees solar as a way to support the ...
Solar Career Platform Launched!
We’re excited to announce the launch of the new Solar Career Platform at solartrainingUSA.org. Solar Energy International (SEI) is proud to be an official Training Provider of the Solar Training Network, and we know this platform will be helpful for students and job seekers nationwide. If you’re interested in a career in solar, you’ll be glad to know that the number of solar jobs in ...
Sudanese Student Invigorates SEI’s Mission
It is stories like the one of Eissa Ali, that galvanize the work of SEI. Eissa is from Khartoum, Sudan where he and his wife are raising two children. His background is in electrical engineering and he’s built a career in the green building industry. He is a talented professional who will do great things with SEI’s solar training. He is also someone who would ...
Native Americans Embrace the Sun
A New Way to Honor the Old Ways Pine Ridge, South Dakota (August 15, 2019) - Red Cloud Renewable (RCR) and Solar Energy International (SEI) are pleased to announce selection of the first class of Native Americans to receive a full scholarship as part of the professional level Tribal Train the Trainer (T4) Program for Solar Certification. Seven Native Americans, four men and three women ...
Fluke supports Solar Energy International (SEI) as industry sponsor through equipment donation
Fluke’s generous donation will be featured in SEI’s industry-leading lab training facility in Paonia, Colorado PAONIA, CO. –Solar Energy International (SEI) is excited to announce its collaboration with Fluke as a megawatt-level industry sponsor through SEI’s Industry Sponsorship Program. Fluke achieved megawatt sponsor status through a donation of professional electronic test tools and softwareto be featured in SEI’s industry-leading lab training facility in Paonia, Colorado. ...
Alumni Highlight: Josh Rogers, from SEI student to Director of Solar Operations for Duke Energy Renewables
At Solar Energy International (SEI), we love to share exciting news about what our alumni are up to as they move forward in their careers out in the field. Alumni Josh Rogers, currently the Senior Director of Workforce Safety, Training, and Operations at the American Clean Power Association, is driving industry-wide initiatives to enhance safety, asset performance, and worker effectiveness/efficiency. Josh's career journey began a ...
Check out the solar-powered clipper trike making its way across the Western U.S.!
This month, Eric Goakes stopped by Solar Energy International (SEI)’s campus in Paonia, Colorado during is cross country journey in his solar-powered “Clipper Trike.” The Trike is quite impressive! It can go up to 20mph on highways and interstates, in addition to having regenerative breaking and cruise control. It has 270W of solar on the bike which powers the motor on the rear wheel, a ...
Panasonic supports Solar Energy International (SEI) as key industry sponsor
Program recognizes highly-valued industry sponsors with long-term commitment to advancing SEI’s vision of a world powered by renewable energy PAONIA, Colo., – Solar Energy International (SEI) is excited to announce its collaboration with Panasonic Corporation of North America as a kilowatt-level industry sponsor through SEI’s Industry Sponsorship Program. SEI is a nonprofit training organization which offers cutting-edge solar and renewable energy training to the solar ...
Solar Energy International (SEI) and Red Cloud Renewable Launch Tribal Train the Trainer Program
SEI is proud to once again join hands with Red Cloud Renewable Energy Center (RCR) bringing advanced solar PV expertise, with an accessible technical curriculum that puts power into the hands of learners. Our ‘Tribal Train the Trainer’ model creates a new web of skillful solar trainers, equipped to initiate solar teaching and related projects in their own communities. Collaboratively, with generous support from All Points North Foundation, ...
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SEI Alumni Highlight: Martin Hirschhorn
We recently received a great story by one of our SEI Alumni that demonstrates the connections you can make in the solar industry by becoming an Alumni of SEI's solar training program. Your path WILL cross many times with fellow SEI alumni and instructors on many projects during your career. "The last system I project managed was a 1.1MW system featuring 28, PVI 28TL’s and ...
Solar Energy International (SEI) Offers PV101 Solar PV Training in Tucson, AZ – Feb. 16
This course will provide an overview of the three basic PV system applications, primarily focusing on grid-direct systems. The goal of the course is to create a fundamental understanding of the core concepts necessary to work with all PV systems, including: system components, site analysis, PV module criteria, mounting solutions, safety, and commissioning. The course will also cover the basics of sizing a residential grid-direct ...
Solar Energy International (SEI) Announces Scholarship Award to Support National Shout Out for Solar Day – Jan. 16
With over 35,000+ alumni worldwide, Solar Energy International (SEI) instructors, staff, students, and alumni are prepping for National Shout Out for Solar Day. This special day is meant to display visual support for solar energy by people from all over the country (and the world) by posting photos into social media with posters available through the Solar Energy Industries Association website. To make things a ...
Over 200 Students Kick Off 2015 with Professional Solar Installer Training
Monday, January 12th was a big day at Solar Energy International (SEI). Not only for the fact that it was our first day of online courses for the 2015 calendar year, but available student spots for our online courses are almost completely full! With over 200 students starting courses this week, it is exciting to see how many people are hungry for technical training in ...
Help SEI Turn Sand Into Electricity – Open Letter to Solar Energy International (SEI) Alumnus
Dear Solar Energy International Alumnus, If you came away from your time at SEI with new and valuable skills… If your week or two weeks or month with SEI in Paonia left an impact on your life… If your training at SEI helped you get a job or grow your business… If you met others with whom you have maintained contact or perhaps even created ...
Solar Energy International (SEI) Kicks Off End of Year Giving Campaign to Support Non-Profit Mission
Greetings from all of us here at Solar Energy International (SEI), new test We are writing you today to thank you for helping us make this a successful year for renewable energy adoption all over the world. Your interest in renewables has helped SEI spread the word about our mission! We are asking for your continued support of our nonprofit mission as the year draws ...