Press Releases

As GRID Alternatives begins to celebrate its 20th Anniversary, the Oakland-based international non-profit announces it has received a $15 million gift from billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.

GRID Alternatives Inland Empire (GRID IE) is proud to partner with Sherman Indian High School in Riverside, California, to provide training through the Solar Futures Program, funded by the San Manuel Cares Grant, a program of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, for students enrolled in the Sherman Indian High School Career Technical Education (CTE) pathways program.

GRID Alternatives (GRID) and Empowered by Light (EBL) have partnered to launch a one-year pilot solar workforce development program in Juncos, Puerto Rico. The program seeks to train 60 people during the first year using GRID’s Installation Basics Training (IBT) curriculum, which consists of three weeks and 120 hours of interactive classroom learning and hands-on solar training labs. Job trainees gain new occupational skill sets, experience with practical solar applications, and opportunities for a new career path.

GRID Alternatives (GRID), the nation’s leading non-profit solar developer and installer, announces that Amazon Web Services (AWS) is investing $1.2 million to fund a community solar energy program in eastern Oregon.

GRID Alternatives Greater Los Angeles (GRID GLA) is partnering with The Green Together Collaborative to build a safe, healthy, socially inclusive/equitable, climate-resilient community in the Pacoima and Sun Valley Communities. Supported by California Strategic Growth Council's Transformative Communities Program with a $23m grant from California Climate Investments – Cap-and-Trade Dollars at Work, the Collaborative allows for improving energy efficiency with solar installations while providing training and jobs for in-demand skills utilizing GRID GLA's Workforce Development Program. GRID GLA has funding to install 669 kW of rooftop solar-free to Pacoima and Sun Valley homeowners, approximately 175 homes.

GRID Alternatives is partnering with the City and County of Denver and McKinstry to host the 2024 City and County of Denver Climate Action Sustainability Resilience Solarthonon February 9th at 8:45 AM (MST). This is a one-of-a-kind initiative celebrating solar energy and sustainability to assist low-to-moderate-income families with a ground-mount community solar installation.

GRID Alternatives North Valley is partnering with SMUD to install solar for 15 income-eligible Sacramento homeowners. The agreement includes 12 solar+EV-paired systems and two battery-paired systems. This partnership also includes Swell, with whom SMUD is partnering for their Virtual Power Plant program. The main focus will be a RIbbon Cutting event on Thursday, January 25, 2024 @ 10:00 AM (6544 Stoneman Drive, North Highlands, CA, 95660) celebrating the completion of Kathy Biglar's (GRID's client) home solar + battery storage system. "Going solar has always been too expensive and overwhelming to navigate, but thanks to GRID, I have free solar and anticipate saving up to $200 a month. That's a car payment! Every penny counts," said Ms. Biglar. GRID provides low-to-no cost solar electric systems to families that qualify as low income, and install them using a barnraising model that gives volunteers and job trainees hands-on experience they can use to get jobs in the growing solar industry.

The Intersolar North America and Energy Storage North America (ISNA/ESNA) will host a thrilling three-day tournament January 17-19th at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, CA. GRID Alternatives will be competing as the only all-women team present, for the second year in a row.

GRID Alternatives’ Tribal Solar Accelerator Fund (TSAF) is proud to announce a significant investment in its mission to advance clean energy solutions within tribal communities. TSAF has been awarded a generous $25 million grant from the Waverley Street Foundation (WSF). This transformative grant will catalyze the growth of renewable energy initiatives, strengthen tribal self-sufficiency, and drive sustainable economic development across Indian Country.

The Tribal Solar Accelerator Fund (TSAF) is proud to announce the 2023 tribal grantees who will receive funding and support for solar energy projects in tribal communities across the United States. TSAF, as part of GRID Alternatives, is committed to advancing solar energy adoption and sustainability in Native American and Alaskan Native communities.