The Current

Stories from GRID

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

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  • Group of volunteers in hard hats and matching shirts holding a "Women Build" banner in front of a house Organizational Stories

    It’s a wrap!

    Six days, twelve families, hundreds of volunteers, staff, and curious onlookers, and a whole lot of fun! Today was the final day of our...

  • Large group wearing GRID initiative shirts and white hats pose with solar panels at community event Organizational Stories

    Making it happen in Colorado

    GRID Alternatives kicked off its Colorado operations and national expansion this fall with its first ever out-of-state project, in...

  • Woman in green shirt cooking at stove in kitchen with yellow tile backsplash Equity & Community

    Full bellies

    Lakewood homeowners take part in their installations with delicious lunch for their volunteers.

  • Team in red shirts installing solar panels on residential house roof Organizational Stories

    More than panels on a roof

    GRID Alternatives, Habitat for Humanity, and Wells Fargo join homeowners in powering community.

  • Man wearing white hard hat labeled "DANNY" and yellow safety vest with sunglasses Organizational Stories

    Meet Captain Moore

    Danny Moore, US Army Vet and solar student volunteered all week with us, helping homeowners save and gettting hands-on experience.

  • Worker in hard hat adjusting thermostat on exterior wall Equity & Community

    All systems go

    Three of our first four systems were finished today, thanks volunteers from Ecotech, Red Rocks Community College, Solar Energy...

  • GRID Alternatives sign in front of residential house with workers on roof Organizational Stories

    We’ve arrived!

    We made it! Fifty volunteers and GRID staff swarmed rooftops and garages in Lakewood, CO this morning to start installing the first four of...

  • Group of volunteers in red shirts and hard hats carrying large solar panels during an installation project Organizational Stories

    Colorado here we come!

    Every week we get emails, from Detroit, New York, Appalachia, Tucson. “How do I open a GRID Alternatives office?” “When are you coming to...

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