Who We Are

  • For the next generation

    Whole communities learn how solar power is cleaning the air to ensure a healthy future for their children.

    For the Next Generation

  • Real world experience

    Job trainees from Center for Employment Training get hands-on experience installing a solar electric system for a low-income homeowner in San Jose, CA.

    Real world experience

  • Generating happy homeowners

    Central Valley Homeowner Esmeralda Avila, single mother of four, beams as she turns her system on for the first time. It will save her family an average of $1000 a year over its life.

    Generating happy homeowners

At GRID Alternatives, we believe that a successful transition to clean, renewable energy needs to include everyone. We are working across the United States and internationally to make renewable energy technology and job training accessible to underserved communities.

Renewable energy can drive economic growth and environmental benefits in communities most impacted by underemployment, pollution and climate change. GRID Alternatives is a national leader in making clean, affordable solar power and solar jobs accessible to low-income communities and communities of color, and our energy access work is powering off-grid communities across the globe. GRID’s vision: a successful transition to clean, renewable energy that includes everyone.

GRID Alternatives is 501(c)(3) certified non-profit organization based in Oakland, California, with nine affiliate offices serving all of California, Colorado, Washington D.C., Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. We also have a national Tribal Program, and an International Program serving Nicaragua, Nepal and Mexico.

Click here for our complete 2016 financial statement.

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