Enphase has worked with GRID Alternatives as a philanthropic partner since 2010 and as a major national equipment partner since 2012. Throughout 2021, GRID has continued to use Enphase inverters on many of our solar installs. Thank you to Enphase for their partnership and continued support for GRID’s mission.

In 2021, GRID launched a 5-week hands-on solar installation training program for women in Nicaragua called Installation Basics Training (IBT). Sixteen women graduated from the program in 2021 and seven have already been hired in the local solar industry.

En 2021, GRID lanzó un programa de capacitación básica sobre instalaciones solares, llamado IBT por sus siglas en inglés, este programa tuvo una duración de 5 semanas y fue dirigido a mujeres nicaragüenses.

Jwala Karki, a 24-year-old Staff Nurse at Pandu Gufa Health Post (PGHP) in Jumla, Nepal, is a PCL graduate from the reputable Om Health Campus Medical Institute in Chabahil, Kathmandu.

Jaiden Comes At Night is a member of the Blackfeet nation in Montana. In spring 2021, he participated in a paid workforce training sponsored by a SETO grant in partnership with Blue Lake Rancheria, and GRID's Tribal Solar Accelerator Fund in partnership with the Bonneville Environmental Foundation. Now he's working full-time as a solar installer. When he's not on site, he lives with his parents back home in Montana.