GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic awarded grant to train 75 district residents for solar careers and install solar systems for up to 100 low-income households in year one.
To increase gender diversity in the local solar industry, GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic, a nonprofit organization that makes solar power and job training accessible to underserved communities, is hosting its first all-women's solar build in the District. This "We Build" event, sponsored by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), marks the local launch of GRID's national Women in Solar Program.
Nonprofit solar installer GRID Alternatives has launched its national Women in Solar Program, which the organization describes as an effort to build a diverse, equitable and inclusive solar industry by providing pathways to technical careers for women, highlighting the voices of women of color in the industry, and providing national leadership on solar workforce diversity.
GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic, a subsidiary of the US’ largest non-profit solar installer, is launching its national Women in Solar programme – an effort to increase gender diversity in the solar supply chain – with the help of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).
Located in the southeast quadrant of Washington, D.C., Parkchester Apartments was not unlike some other affordable housing developments in the city. NHPF enlisted the expertise of GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic, an affiliate office of a national nonprofit that focused on bringing solar power and energy efficiency to underserved communities.
The NAACP is teaming up with GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic to help install solar panels on a single family home in Baltimore, MD owned by Mr. Wade Watkins. The 3.43 kW rooftop system will provide an estimated savings annually of $689 a year on his energy bills, and will prevent 89 tons of greenhouse gas emissions over the systems' lifetime.
On the St. Ambrose Aigburth Vail Senior Community’s rooftop in Towson last week, yet another great partnership was at work. It was there that Maryland Democratic Rep. John Sarbanes, Constellation solar volunteers and GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic solar trainees gathered to outfit the building with a sustainable supply of energy.
The NHP Foundation, the Housing Association of Nonprofit Developers, and GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic team up to install solar panels for Washington, D.C. affordable housing residents on Earth Day. The solar will provide the residents with clean, local power and cost savings.
GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic staff and Constellation volunteers began installing a 90 kW solar system today that will assist St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center in funding renovations at its senior living center, Aigburth Vale.
