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SEI Solar Training Instructor Spotlight: Laura Conchelos
SEI Welcomes New Instructor: Laura Conchelos SEI Alumni Laura Conchelos recently came back to Solar Energy International (SEI), this time as an instructor. Prior Laura to coming to SEI, Laura spent seven years doing seasonal construction work where gained some experience with solar electric systems while working on off-grid cabins in New Hampshire. Her experience is like the many others who come from a construction ...
SEI Alumni Highlight: Noel Wichman – Veteran
Solar Energy International (SEI) is proud to welcome Noel Wichman into SEI’s alumni network. Noel has the distinction of being the first student to utilize his Veterans Benefits to enroll in classes at SEI. Living just 10 miles away from SEI’s Campus in Paonia, CO, Noel’s drive to SEI was short but his journey to solar training was long. Noel has been interested in the ...
Solar Energy International (SEI) Launches Solar Ready Colorado Training Outreach Program
Building upon Solar Energy International’s (SEI) technical solar training program that has been in operation for over 25 years with over 45,000 alumni worldwide - SEI is launching a Colorado based training and career outreach program titled - Solar Ready Colorado: Solar Professionals Training and Outreach Program. SEI will lead a team of industry partners to promote and offer SEI’s industry recognized technical solar energy ...
Solar Energy International (SEI) Welcomes New Board Member – Jon Miller
SEI’s board of directors is a talented group of volunteers who keep SEI’s mission and vision at the forefront of everything we do. Largely made up of Western Colorado residents, SEI’s board members have varied backgrounds: a pioneer of Sustainable and Responsible Investing, a developer of coal mine methane power plants, a publisher of the West’s premier public lands and natural resources magazine (High Country ...
Having a Case of the Mondays? It is Our Favorite Day of the Week Here at Solar Energy International (SEI)!
by Jessica Finnigan, SEI Workshop Coordinator Having a “case of the Mondays” looks very different here at SEI than it does in the classic “Office Space” movie. Mondays are by far my favorite day of the week. Almost every Monday, from April through October, upwards of 32 students descend onto our campus for their solar training. We ask students to briefly introduce themselves by answering ...
Solar Energy International’s (SEI) Spanish Program Completes Solar Installer Training Lab Week
Solar Energy International’s Programa Hispano (Spanish Program) welcomed thirteen students from all over Latin America to SEI’s solar training facility in Paonia, Colorado. The students came to SEI to attend “FV201L: Laboratorio Fotovoltaico de Sistemas Conectados a la Red- Práctico or Grid-Direct Photovoltaic Systems Laboratory. The class was taught entirely in Spanish by SEI instructors Brad Burkhartzmeyer and Chris Brooks, and assisted by the Spanish ...
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