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Solar Energy International (SEI) Announces Strategic Reorganization and New Leadership

A new Executive Leadership Team (ELT) has been created as part of a year-long strategic planning process.  Paonia, Colorado - Solar Energy International (SEI) today announced a transformative divisional and leadership reorganization, aimed to meet the workforce training demands of a fast-growing, technically challenging, and increasingly diverse solar industry. SEI’s board of directors is proud to share that this ...

By |2022-09-29T08:09:17-06:00September 16th, 2022|Categories: eNewsletter, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Solar Energy International (SEI) Announces Strategic Reorganization and New Leadership
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SEI 15th Annual Instructor and Staff Training Week

This month SEI celebrated our 15th Annual Instructor and Staff Training Week. During this dedicated time, the brightest solar minds in the industry gathered to share knowledge, best practices, unique experiences, and good times! This year speakers included:  Ken Gardner, SEI’s Board President presented the latest and greatest tips and tricks for installation. SEI ...

By |2022-03-30T13:53:30-06:00March 28th, 2022|Categories: eNewsletter, Special Events, Uncategorized|Comments Off on SEI 15th Annual Instructor and Staff Training Week
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Solar Energy International (SEI) Now Represented by Team Members on Two National Electrical Code (NEC®) Code-Making Panels

Paonia, CO, March 28, 2022 – Solar Energy International (SEI) is proud to announce our non-profit’s selection as members of Code-Making Panel 13 of the National Electrical Code (NEC®), which covers Article 706 “Energy Storage Systems” along with several other Articles germane to battery and storage applications. SEI Instructor Karo Fernandez has joined CMP-13 as ...

By |2022-03-31T12:04:32-06:00March 28th, 2022|Categories: eNewsletter, Solar Training (Electric), Special Events|Comments Off on Solar Energy International (SEI) Now Represented by Team Members on Two National Electrical Code (NEC®) Code-Making Panels
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SEI Celebrates Women in Solar

International Women’s Day is a day to celebrate women's achievement, raise awareness against bias and take action for equality. At SEI, we want to honor all of the women working in the solar industry - both for their contribution in the energy transformation field, and for overcoming the barriers and challenges that women in the ...

By |2020-10-21T13:35:56-06:00March 6th, 2020|Categories: eNewsletter, Solar Training (Electric), Special Events, Uncategorized|Comments Off on SEI Celebrates Women in Solar
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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
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Solar Energy Trade Shows, LLC (SETS) Selects Solar Energy International (SEI) as Exclusive Conference Training Provider

Alexandria, VA (October 1, 2019) – Solar Energy Trade Shows, LLC (SETS), the team behind SPI, ESI, and North America Smart Energy Week, announced a new expanded partnership with Solar Energy International (SEI) to implement installer training content across select events within the Solar Power Events portfolio. As the solar industry is expanding, so too ...

By |2019-09-30T15:54:38-06:00September 30th, 2019|Categories: Alumni, Battery-Based, eNewsletter, Solar Training (Electric)|Comments Off on Solar Energy Trade Shows, LLC (SETS) Selects Solar Energy International (SEI) as Exclusive Conference Training Provider
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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 ...

By |2021-11-17T13:14:48-07:00April 30th, 2019|Categories: Alumni, Battery-Based, Charitable Programs, eNewsletter, Solar Training (Electric), Special Events|Tags: |Comments Off on Solar Energy International (SEI) and Red Cloud Renewable Launch Tribal Train the Trainer Program
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SEI Co-Founder and Newest Board Member, Johnny Weiss, Travels to Tanzania

Johnny Weiss, retired Co-Founder and newest board member, is currently in Tanzania working with SEI alum, Lukas Kariongi, in developing local solar capacity. In 1997, was an eager young Maasai from East Africa who traveled to SEI to be trained as a solar technician. He attended as a tuition scholarship student. His participation was initiated ...

By |2020-10-21T13:36:07-06:00February 28th, 2019|Categories: eNewsletter|Comments Off on SEI Co-Founder and Newest Board Member, Johnny Weiss, Travels to Tanzania
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Exciting changes on the SEI Board!

We are pleased to announce Johnny Weiss, retired SEI Co-Founder, has joined our Board of Directors. Johnny brings his passion for SEI’s charitable and outreach programs to our diverse group of directors. Since his retirement from SEI in 2012, Johnny has focused his efforts on capacity building in Tanzania with SEI alum Lukas Kariongi (see ...

By |2020-10-21T13:36:07-06:00February 28th, 2019|Categories: eNewsletter|Comments Off on Exciting changes on the SEI Board!
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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 ...

By |2018-12-20T18:57:52-07:00December 19th, 2018|Categories: Alumni, Battery-Based, eNewsletter, Solar Training (Electric), Solar Training (Thermal)|Comments Off on Colorado: The epicenter of a pivotal renewable energy shift
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