Press Releases

5/18/2015 - AB32 Investments Hit Rooftops in Disadvantaged Communities Statewide

GRID Alternatives to install solar for over 1,600 families through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. Legislators, administration officials and community groups gathered today at a live solar installation in Sacramento to highlight the state’s partnership with GRID Alternatives, the nation’s largest nonprofit solar installer, to expand clean energy access to disadvantaged communities.

2/20/2015- SunEdison and GRID Alternatives Announce Major Solar Workforce Initiative

SunEdison, Inc. the world's largest renewable energy development company, and the SunEdison Foundation, today announced a $5 million contribution to their philanthropic partnership with GRID Alternatives, the nation's largest non-profit solar installer. Together, the organizations are launching a two-year initiative called RISE to connect the industry's growing demand for skilled workers with communities that need jobs, and to build a more inclusive solar workforce.

10/13/14 - Nation’s largest solar nonprofit launches new effort giving low-income Sacramento families access to solar power, job training

Today, a long-time Oak Park resident is receiving a new solar energy system courtesy of GRID Alternatives, the nation’s largest solar non-profit, as part of the organization’s launch into Sacramento. Local youth from Sacramento Regional Conservation Corps will help mount the system, learning new skills in a rapidly growing industry.

9/18/2014 - EPA’s McCarthy, HUD’s Castro, White House Officials Spotlight Solar Power for Low-Income Families at Community Installation in Northeast Washington, D.C.

Today U.S. government agency and White House officials paid a personal visit to the home of Kiona Mack, a single mother in the economically challenged Ivy City neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., joining volunteers, job trainees, and community partners to install solar panels on her home. The project was led by GRID Alternatives, the country’s largest nonprofit solar installer, which is launching its new mid-Atlantic presence with this neighborhood project to install solar energy systems on 10 Habitat for Humanity of Washington D.C.homes.

9/15/2014 - EPA’s McCarthy, HUD’s Castro, White House reps at solar energy home builds for low-income families.

Today, more than 15 gigawatts of solar energy have been installed in the U.S., enough to power 3.2 million homes. However, important national policy issues remain around its reach into underserved communities. Join us to highlight a very compelling community partnership program that demonstrates how low-income communities can gain access to solar energy and skilled jobs in a growth industry.

5/20/14 - GRID Alternatives Completes Largest Solar Deployment for Affordable Homes

City officials, homeowners and other partners and dignitaries joined GRID Alternatives, the nation’s largest non-profit solar installer, to celebrate the installation of solar electric systems on 84 homes in a single affordable housing community. The project, in Palm Desert’s Desert Rose community, represents the largest ever solar deployment through California’s Single-Family Affordable Solar Homes program (SASH), which GRID Alternatives manages on behalf of the CPUC.

2/26/2014 - GRID Alternatives to Take Solar Program International Through Acquisition of Power to the People

GRID Alternatives announced today an expansion into international markets through an acquisition of Power to the People, a U.S.-based non-profit doing work in Nicaragua. The move, which is pending regulatory approval, will allow GRID Alternatives to bring its volunteer-based solar installation program to Latin America and beyond in the coming years.

3/4/2014 - Solar Spring Break brings solar power to Tribal Families

Eleven students from the University of Michigan are soaking up the California sunshine this year not on the beach, but on the rooftop, installing solar power for three tribal families at the La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians reservation through GRID Alternatives’ Solar Spring Break.

3/6/2104 - SunEdison Partners with GRID Alternatives to Launch National Women in Solar Initiative

SunEdison and SunEdison Foundation announced a $1.2 million philanthropic partnership with GRID Alternatives. Together the organizations are launching a National Women in Solar Initiative with the goal of increasing the number of women in the solar industry and supporting their professional advancement.

4/04/2014 - RGS Energy and GRID Alternatives to Install 10 Solar Electric Systems for Low-Income Families Nationwide

RGS Energy, a nationwide leader of turnkey solar energy solutions for residential, commercial, and utility customers, and GRID Alternatives, the nation’s largest non-profit solar installer, have launched a new partnership to help bring solar power to low-income communities across the country.