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

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  • Workers in safety gear and hard hats receiving training on fall protection equipment outdoors Organizational Stories

    Federal Recognition

    OUR SUCCESSES IN CALIFORNIA and beyond have positioned us as a national leader in low-income solar. GRID Alternatives was recognized by the...

  • Group of people gathered outside illuminated building at night in rural Nicaragua Equity & Community

    Lighting up Rural Nicaragua

    GRID ALTERNATIVES has gone international! We acquired a grassroots non-profit called Power to the People in 2014, bringing our extensive...

  • Construction workers on rooftop with safety equipment during expansion project near city buildings Organizational Stories

    Expanding Nationally

    IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, GRID Alternatives has expanded to serve families in Colorado, the New York tri-state region, the mid-Atlantic and...

  • Child in green solar shirt and yellow hard hat standing before solar panel with "Solar Champions" poster Policy & Advocacy

    Ensuring Access in California

    IN 2013, GRID ALTERNATIVES led a successful effort to ensure continued access to solar energy for low-income families in California through...

  • Man speaking at podium with green energy logo and workers behind him Organizational Stories

    Public Partnerships

    CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR Jerry Brown got to see firsthand how GRID Alternatives transforms public funding for renewable energy and workforce...

  • Worker celebrating on residential rooftop with solar panels installed, wearing GRID Alternatives safety gear Organizational Stories

    Individual and Foundation Supporters

    OUR WORK IN TRIBAL communities got a big boost in 2013 and again in 2014 thanks to a major gift through a donor-advised fund of the San...

  • Construction workers in safety gear celebrating together on a rooftop Organizational Stories

    Corporate Partners

    IN 2012, WELLS FARGO made a 5-year, $2 million commitment to support our national expansion. The investment has helped us expand into...

  • Four workers in safety gear installing a solar panel on a residential roof Organizational Stories

    Equipment Partners

    GRID ALTERNATIVES received our largest equipment donation to-date as part of a one-year, $1.2 million sponsorship from SunEdison in 2014....

  • Team of workers in hard hats and GRID branded shirts posing on rooftop with solar panels Workforce & Education

    “Homeboys” Get A Fresh Start

    WHEN DWIGHT DEMAR started volunteering with GRID through its partnership with Homeboy Industries, a non-profit serving formerly...

  • Two workers in hard hats installing electrical wiring on utility equipment outdoors Equity & Community

    Win-Win-Win for Bishop Paiute Tribe

    FOR TEN DAYS in July 2013, GRID staff bunked down in mobile homes on the Bishop Paiute Reservation at the foot of the Eastern Sierra Nevada...

  • Solar installation workers in hard hats with text "19000 volunteers trained Workforce & Education

    Solar power means good local jobs

    THE SOLAR INDUSTRY employs over 150,000 people nationwide. Most of these are good, local jobs that can’t be outsourced. GRID Alternatives...

  • Man speaking at podium with shovel during Broadway Heights Race to Zero event Equity & Community

    Broadway Heights’ Race to Zero

    ROBERT ROBINSON and his wife Barbara were among the first to go solar in their tightly knit neighborhood of Broadway Heights in San Diego....

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