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Ceres Courier - CHS students go on roof for solar lessons

Ten Ceres High School students spent two days last week atop a Delhi roof learning the real-life experiences of installing a 3,000-watt solar Photovoltaic power system.

Local Solar Companies Are Hiring GRID Volunteers!

Recently, two solar companies reached out to Volunteer Coordinators throughout GRID letting us know of some unique (and paid) installation work that they think GRID volunteers would be great candidates for. These sound like amazing opportunities to take your solar skills and career ambitions to the next level!

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Local Youth Get Energy Education

GRID Alternatives is bringing energy education into the classroom, and students into the field, across the northstate.

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No Solar in Sight...Yet

Miguel Rodriguez is about to pioneer solar in his neighborhood with help from GRID and a crew of hard-working job trainees from Green City Force.

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Full Circle with the Bishop Pauite Tribe

GRID Alternatives staff spent ten days living in mobile homes at the foot of the Eastern Sierras to bring solar power--and soon jobs--to members of the Bishop Pauite Tribe.

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Sierra College Partners with GRID for Applied Math Curriculum!

Through a partnership with Sierra College, the North Valley office hosted a faculty externship in Grass Valley for math professors on August 6 & 7.

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Overcoming addiction: A new life through solar

Of the many volunteers and team leaders that GRID Alternatives trains on a regular basis, this inspirational story comes from a Southern California volunteer, Sinclair Wallace.

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GRID and PG&E Creating Job Connections

In partnership with PG&E, GRID organized their first ever solar jobs fair during Intersolar North America. Thirteen solar companies and hundreds of attendees showed their enthusiasm for the solar job market making this experimental event a shining success.

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Press Release - Wells Fargo, GRID Alternatives and Veterans Green Jobs Install Free Solar Panels, Weatherization Upgrades and Landscaping at Harvey Park Home

June 12, 2013 Denver, Colo. Today, volunteer teams from Wells Fargo, alongside nonprofits GRID Alternatives Colorado and Veterans Green Jobs, are working together to make a series of home performance upgrades on a Denver residence. The measures will boost the health, safety, energy efficiency and aesthetics of a low-income resident who also happens to be a military veteran who otherwise would not be able to afford these services.

Wells Fargo renews support for GRID's solar job training

Wells Fargo's investment in GRID Alternatives' workforce development efforts help keep team leaders moving on to solar industry jobs.

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