Bay Area News

Empowering Women Across the Solar Industry

Every fall, GRID Bay Area hosts Women in Solar programming thanks to support from the We Give Donor Circle. Led by our 2018/2019 SolarCorps Workforce Development Fellow, Gwen Chang, 2019 was a full week of Women in Solar programming - 9 total events over the span of 6 days! These included 3 webinars, 2 solar installs, a practice roof session, resume review workshop, networking happy hour, and a women in solar leadership panel discussion. And what a week it was! Read on for the highlights. Read More >

Intern Spotlight: Dalton Bruce

Dalton Bruce was a recent summer intern at the GRID Alternatives North Coast office. Read on to learn about Dalton's experience in his own words. Read More >

GRID’s Global Climate Strike Week of Action!

As an ally for this year’s Global Climate Strike, GRID Bay Area has compiled a list of daily pledges in solidarity with the climate activists that are walking out of their homes and workplaces to demand an end to the age of fossil fuels. We may not all be able to strike, but we can pledge to make a small change each day during the week of September 20th -27th to limit our carbon footprint and show our support! Pick a day, pick a pledge, or make your own - but we hope you’ll join us and millions of activists around the world in supporting climate justice for everyone! Read More >

Q & A with Terea Macomber, GRID Alternatives’ Electric Vehicle Project Manager

As part of GRID Alternatives’ vision of a transition to clean, renewable energy that includes everyone, GRID recently launched an initiative to make electric vehicles more accessible to the communities we serve.  Read on to learn more and for Q&A with Terea Macomber, GRID's Electric Vehicle Project Manager. Or come out to an upcoming EV Ride and Drive event here in the Bay. Read More >

Second Swords to Plowshares Job Training a Success

This July, GRID Bay Area’s Troops to Solar training partnership with local veterans services organization, Swords to Plowshares, completed a second successful training after wrapping up its pilot cohort earlier this year in the spring. The partnership aims to reduce the barriers to employment for local veterans interested in the rapidly growing solar industry through pre-employment job readiness training, hands-on training, and employment opportunities. Read More >

Spring Training Install-by-Install

You need a job to gain experience, but experience to get hired for a job. It’s a classic Catch 22 and a cycle that GRID Alternatives Bay Area has been working hard to try to break. This Spring, GRID Bay Area’s Workforce Development team partnered with several local organizations to administer real-world, hands-on experience, providing 4,500 training hours to community members in just two months! Click on for some photos from our action packed spring! Read More >

Staff Spotlight: Meet Parwana Ayub!

Meet our SolarCorps Outreach Fellow, Parwana Ayub! Parwana is a Bay Area native that is grateful to be addressing environmental issues in an inclusive and equitable manner at home. Read More >

Environmental and social justice fellows unite for first ever Summit

Environmental and social justice fellows from around the Bay Area met with UC Berkeley students at a first ever Fellowship Summit in Oakland, California. The event was created and organized by Bay Area SolarCorps Fellow, Gwen Chang. Read More >

Celebrating our 14th Annual Solarthon!

Our 14th annual Solarthon was a huge success, raising over $72,000 dollars, installing solar for 18 families, and bringing smiles to all in Richmond's Atchison Village.  Read on for more on this fabulous day! Read More >

Job Trainee Spotlight: Maria Tapia

GRID Alternatives Bay Area is honored to have been recognized Read More >

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