SOLAR ENERGY NEWS & TECHNICAL INSIGHTS
SEI Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with scholarships for U.S. Spanish-speaking residents
Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated in the United States from September 15th through October 15th to recognize a diverse range of people with Spanish-speaking backgrounds and honor their heritage, culture, spirit and extraordinary contributions as Hispanic Americans. At SEI we want to celebrate all of our Spanish-speaking students who inspire us daily with their initiative, commitment and dedication to pursuing the energy transition in their ...
Join the Solar Ready Vets Network for a virtual hiring fair
Solar Ready Vets Network is proud to offer a virtual solar hiring fair to connect service members and veterans with careers in the rapidly growing solar industry. The event will focus on positions in craft, skilled trade and technical roles, such as: installation, electrical, operations and maintenance, technical sales, and more. Participating employers range from major national solar companies to regional companies, and the event ...
Underserved Coloradoans will continue to receive solar energy education scholarships in 2022, thanks to The Kenneth King Foundation
Paonia, Colo., August 30, 2021 – Solar Energy International (SEI), The Kenneth King Foundation, and GRID Alternatives Colorado, announced today the continuation of their partnership to provide underserved Coloradans with scholarships, performance-based stipends, and support services to reduce the burden of pursuing solar training and job placement. Focused on improving Coloradans lives, The Kenneth King Foundation Scholarship Fund brings hope to many in the midst ...
Free Seminar: Grow your Business with C-PACE Financing
Join us for a FREE one-hour seminar to learn about how the Colorado C-PACE program and Colorado Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) provides options to commercial and industrial building owners that can help finance up to 100% of RE improvements. Seminar topics include: C-PACE background & market opportunity CCEF overview and mission Meeting the needs of key gatekeepers “How it works” best practices Program case studies Resources Happening Tuesday, September 7 from ...
Nextracker and Solar Energy International announce global scholarship to bring more women into solar
Nextracker and Solar Energy International (SEI) have announced their partnership to launch Half the Sun, a global scholarship program to support more women in joining the solar workforce. Women continue to be severely underrepresented in the solar industry, despite overwhelming agreement that a diverse workplace makes smart business sense. According the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), women account for only 28% of the Science, ...
CANCELLED: SEI is leading multiple technical training seminars at SPI 2021
While many of SEI’s team members were slated to attend SPI, the conference has been canceled due to Hurricane Ida. Click the button below to view more information. LEARN MORE
SEI Alumni Highlight: Patrick Bunton – A Story Bigger than Solar
For Patrick Bunton, the story was always bigger than solar, however photovoltaic technology has always been a constant. A Professor of Physics at William Jewell College, Patrick came to Solar Energy International as student instead of a teacher. He attended SEI’s PV 201L solar installer training, a week-long, hands-on lab class where students experience the installation and commissioning of multiple PV systems. However, his first ...
Solar Energy International (SEI) Solar Installer Training Alumni Highlight: Alex Jahp
Alex Jahp returned to Solar Energy International (SEI) this month after beginning his solar installation training at SEI last fall. Alex’s solar career began after he was inspired by the impact of PV in the developing world. While travelling through areas of rural Africa, Alex was struck by just how big of a difference small PV systems could make in these communities, many of which ...
Solar Energy International (SEI) and GRID Alternatives Colorado Create Partnership in Support of Solar Ready Colorado Training and Outreach Program
Solar Energy International (SEI) and GRID Alternatives Colorado team up to promote Solar Ready Colorado, SEI’s comprehensive training and career outreach program for Colorado residents. Visit SolarReadyColorado.org The program, a part of a matching grant awarded to SEI through the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment’s WORK Act Grant, enables dedicated staffing and outreach efforts to a Colorado specific market. Chris Turek, Director of Marketing ...
SEI Alumni Highlight: Ethan Mendel
For some, beginning a career in the solar industry is like going home. This is especially true for SEI Student Ethan Mendel. Ethan rolled up to the SEI Campus with his off-grid tiny home in tow. Appropriately, he was enrolled in PV 203, Fundamentals of Battery Based PV Systems. A veteran from Georgia, Ethan not only wants to learn more about battery based systems to ...
SEI Alumni Highlight: Fred Munn
Fred Munn came to Paonia this April, seeing a sunny future for himself and his business. Fred and his business partner, Michael Hendrix, journeyed to SEI’s Paonia campus from Wisconsin to jump start their solar installer training experience. Beginning with PV 101- Grid Direct Solar Design and Installation and continued on with PV 203- Fundamentals of Battery Based PV Systems, they dove into their new ...
Solar Energy International (SEI) Celebrates 25th Anniversary at Solar Battle of the Bands 2016
Solar Battle of the Bands, a solar industry party and musical competition, announces its sixth annual event at the Mezzanine in San Francisco on Wednesday, July 13 at 8 pm. Founded in 2011, Solar Battle of the Bands (SBOB) is produced by Quick Mount PV, a solar mounting manufacturer based in Walnut Creek, CA. SBOB is a unique industry event that coincides with the Intersolar ...
SEI is leading two FREE technical seminars at Middle East Electricity, sign up for a free visitor’s pass today!
In less than two months Solar Energy International (SEI) will be leading two free technical seminars at Middle East Electricity running March 5-7 in Dubai. If you haven't already registered, you can sign up for a free visitor's pass to attend the "world's largest power conference," which includes power professionals from over 130 countries and 1500 exhibitors from around the globe. In its 43rd year, ...
Congratulations from SEI: Solar Access Team wins first place for innovative community solar business model
Solar Energy International wants to acknowledge and congratulate the Access Solar team for taking first place in the business model pitch competition, and second place in the business plan presentation competition, that represented the culmination of their work in Colorado State University’s Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise (GSSE) MBA program. The team is made up of four incredibly talented and driven women: Addison Arnold, Luciana ...
Colorado: The epicenter of a pivotal renewable energy shift
Colorado has been the epicenter of a pivotal shift in the energy industry this past week. From a groundbreaking announcement of the state’s largest utility moving to zero carbon emissions by 2050 followed by a municipal utility making a similar pledge, to a rural electric cooperative in the West asking state regulators to weigh in on a fair exit fee from their coal-heavy electricity supplier, ...
SEI accepted to participate in the My Career Advancement Account Scholarship Program, provides financial assistance to military spouses
Solar Energy International (SEI) loves training active duty military and Veterans and now we can offer training funding for spouses too! We are excited to have been accepted to participate in the The My Career Advancement Account (MyCAA) Scholarship Program. MyCAA is a workforce development program (sponsored by The Department of Defense) and provides up to $4,000 of financial assistance to eligible military spouses who ...
[PHOTOS] SEI kicks off first hands-on training in Muscat, Oman!
Greetings from Muscat, Oman! It's week three of classes and the first week ever of PVOL201L: Solar Electric Lab week (Grid-Direct). Our inaugural hands-on training experience in the Middle East kicks off with 16 students from installation companies, academia and more! Shout out to all of the work from our partners at Shams Global Solutions who were integral in making this training happen. We're so ...
Alumni Highlight: SEI Alum Edwin Bifelt founds solar company, celebrates major installation and local job creation
Solar energy training can have a life-changing impact on your career path. Solar Energy International (SEI) Alum Edwin Bifelt first took SEI training online in November of 2017. Not even a full year later, he founded a solar company and just celebrated completing the first phase of a 120 kW solar PV ground mount array project on October 26th in Hughes, Alaska. Edwin explained that ...
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