Women in Solar

GRID GLA is receiving a $500,000 philanthropic investment from JPMorgan Chase to support our Behind the Walls solar workforce training program, which will prepare women who were formerly incarcerated in LA County Lynwood Women’s Jail for career opportunities in solar and renewable energy. The 13-week, paid program will provide hands-on training for solar panel installation, along with job placement support for those who successfully complete the program. 

Jennifer Florez writes about how she learned to be successful in the male-dominated industry of solar from her mentor, and long-term employee of GRID Alternatives - Ruth Lopez.

GRID Alternatives looks forward to increasing the numbers of women attending our training programs, the percentage of women in the construction workforce and in leadership roles.

GRID Alternatives' very first all-women + nonbinary team competed in the 2023 Solar Games competition in February! Read more about the team and their experience here.

In the spirit of Women’s History Month, and her 9-year anniversary with GRID Alternatives, we are honored to celebrate Cora Saxton, Director of the Bay Area North Coast (BANC) GRID region.

Sierra Schultz (she/her) works on the HQ Construction team as a Commercial Project Manager. She joined GRID in 2021, with a background in Civil Engineering and experience in managing Heavy-Civil Construction projects. Her role focuses on climate justice through engineering and project management. Sierra has managed PV installations throughout California, while co-leading two affinity groups at GRID.

Meet Brittney, a 2022-23 SolarCorps Construction Fellow, a graduate of our Installation Basics Training (IBT) program, and a current resident of Mirasol Village, where GRID Alternatives North Valley just installed a 137.9 kW solar photovoltaic system! We sat down with her to talk about her time in IBT, her transition into SolarCorps, and her experience living at Mirasol Village.