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Where GRID’s work in clean energy comes to life.

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  • Group of educators and students touring a school workshop or lab facility together Workforce & Education

    GRID Partnership Highlighted

    State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson paid a visit to Ceres High Manufacturing Production & Green Technology Academy on...

  • Red Cloud Renewable Energy Center billboard with solar panel graphics in grassland Equity & Community

    Inspired by the dawn

    Here in Shannon County, South Dakota, poverty is endemic, perpetuated by substandard housing and lack of economic infrastructure. In the...

  • Volunteer team in GRID t-shirts poses in front of yellow house with white pickup truck on sunny day Workforce & Education

    A Fond Farewell to AmierCorps Members

    We would like to thank and say farewell to three AmeriCorps State members and PG&E solar fellows who have completed 1700 hours of service...

  • Two workers installing solar panels on a residential roof wearing hard hats and safety gear Equity & Community

    Solar Spotlight: Austin Thompson

    Austin Thompson is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Nations who reside in North Carolina on ancestral homelands, and are...

  • Two workers installing solar panels on a roof, wearing safety helmets and orange vests Workforce & Education

    Solar Interns: Where Are They Now?

    Our Solar Construction Intern found employment after logging hours with GRID. This Solarthon he'll be paying it forward!

  • Technician in white hard hat and GRID Alternatives shirt installs solar equipment on residential panel Workforce & Education

    My First Week as a Woman in Solar

    GRID volunteer Wendy Campa writes about her first days on the job with SolarCity. She is the first female installer in her local SolarCity...

  • Four team members stand behind a GRID Alternatives Central Coast sign outside a house Workforce & Education

    Welcome Aboard!

    This year, our Central Coast regional office is continuing its work as a non-profit solar contractor with the help of three new employees...

  • Workers installing solar panels on a residential roof during Solarthon 2014 Organizational Stories

    Solarthon 2014

    Solarthon 2014Our annual Solar Block Party fundraising event will be held this year on October 4, 2014. We will be installing solar on 3...

  • Organizational Stories
    Central Valley

    GRID’s Third Sip & Solar a Success!

    On July 31, GRID Alternatives Central Coast hosted their third Sip & Solar event at Clavo Cellars in Templeton reintroduces GRID...

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