Community Solar

Colorado Politics - Denver’s underprivileged see the light in Solar Training Academy

GRID Alternatives Colorado and the Denver Housing Authority, along with local energy businesses such as Namaste, have partnered to establish a Solar Training Academy to help meet the skilled employment demands of Colorado’s growing solar energy sector. Perhaps more importantly, they are recruiting talent from Denver’s underprivileged communities.

Chino Homeowner Receives No Cost Solar Thanks to Community Partner SCE

A new house is a blank canvas for the countless memories, opportunities, and life events for a family. For new homeowners like David Cibrian, the house that he moved into last October is a place of limitless opportunities for his wife and young daughter.

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Solar Is Saving Low-Income Households Money in Colorado. It Could Be a National Model.

The state’s energy assistance programs are solving two challenges at once: help people save money on electricity bills while expanding renewable energy.

Reporter-Herald - Fort Collins-based electric co-op wins national award

The Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association, which announced last month that it was a finalist for a national award, has won that award, Electric Cooperative Utility of the Year.

6/5/2018 - GRID Alternatives Announces New Brand for Solar Programs

GRID Alternatives announced the rebranding of its solar installation program. The new Energy for All Program will continue to help low-income households, multifamily housing providers and utility partners across the country reduce electricity costs and generate community wealth with clean, renewable solar energy.

Reporter-Herald - Poudre Valley electric co-op named as finalist for award

Last year, Poudre Valley REA teamed up with the nonprofit GRID Alternatives Colorado and the Colorado Energy Office to build the 6,106-panel, 1.5-megawatt solar array on 9 acres south of the Larimer County Landfill southwest of Fort Collins on land leased from the county.

GRID Partners with Rancho Cucamonga to Solarize the Community

The City of Rancho Cucamonga is nestled between Los Angeles and San Bernardino. Although centrally located between metropolitan, the San Bernardino National Forest, and OC beaches, its ideal location also contributes to high air pollution levels from traffic and warehouses.

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GRID Partners with Rancho Cucamonga to Solarize the Community

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A Greener Path to Earth Day

Once a year GRID Alternatives celebrates Earth Day through our activities and projects that help people make greener energy choices. As the nation’s largest nonprofit solar installer, GRID is uniquely positioned to make a positive impact in communities plagued with poor air quality.

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Reporter-Herald - Loveland Business Briefs

The Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association, at its annual conference in Denver last week honored GRID Alternatives Colorado for its Coyote Ridge Community Solar Project in Fort Collins, a project of the Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association.