Press Releases

2/26/2013 - U.S. EPA Honors GRID Alternatives for Solar Panel Job Training
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld today recognized nonprofit GRID Alternatives as a Climate Change Champion. The EPA Pacific Southwest Region’s Environmental Award was presented at a ceremony hosted by the Hopland Band of Pomo Indians in Hopland, California.

8/15/2012 - Wells Fargo Invests $2 million in GRID Alternatives
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced a $2 million investment over five years in GRID Alternatives to help bring clean, affordable solar energy to communities that can benefit the most from energy solutions that are environmentally and economically sustainable. The nonprofit, which brings the benefits of solar technology to low income communities, plans to expand its services from California to Colorado and then to other states nationwide.

12/17/2012 - PG&E Grant Supports Solar Job Training, Community Vitality
OAKLAND, Calif. – Courtney Dittmar was thrust into a tough Bay Area job market in 2009 when she lost her job of nine years at a university library. After two years of unemployment, a friend connected her with the nonprofit GRID Alternatives, which runs a Solar Intern Program funded by a $120,000 grant from Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E).