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"The Sun is For Everyone"

Thanks to everyone who came by our booth at SPI 2014 and told their GRID story! We had thousands of visitors over the three-day conference in Las Vegas, and 100+ GRID fans posted their pictures and stories to our wall. It's so inspiring to see how many lives our work touches. Here are a few of our favorites:

 

 

 

Green Apple Day of Service 2014
Three volunteer teams came out for the U.S. Green Building Council's Green Apple Day of Service in El Monte, CA. Check out a short, fun video of volunteers from Vons grocery stores installing solar with GRID! In addition to Vons volunteers, we also had a group of high school students getting a hands-on introduction to solar.

GRID Mid-Atlantic is on the map!
GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic landed on the map “not with a whisper, but with a bang, a big bang,” as District of Columbia Housing Authority Director Adrianne Todman put it. Around 300 people came out to help us install 19 kW of clean, renewable solar power for ten deserving families, and spread the word that solar can and should benefit everyone.

Inspired by the dawn
Here in Shannon County, South Dakota, poverty is endemic, perpetuated by substandard housing and lack of economic infrastructure. In the Pine Ridge reservation and surrounding communities, a growing population of Native youth struggles with uncertain opportunity. Tribal and community leaders are facing these obstacles down by embarking on a path of sustainable community development that embraces cultural values and self-determination.

Massive Solar Project Complete in Hollister
Our Hollister Summer Immersion in Solar enabled us to provide volunteers and job trainees with real-world experience through hands on training in solar installation both on the roof and the ground. It also gave us a chance to pilot Troops to Solar and Students for Solar, two of our new Workforce Development Initiatives and enabled us to have two Women’s Builds as part of our National Women in Solar Initiative.

CPUC Staffers See Solar Program in Action

California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) staff spend a lot of time thinking about solar these days, but it isn’t often you’ll find them actually installing it. That changed on a recent Saturday morning in East Oakland, when eight CPUC staffers showed up on their day off to install a solar PV system with GRID Alternatives, which manages the SASH program, a dedicated solar rebate program for low-income homeowners overseen by the CPUC.