Grid Alternatives Solarcorps

The solarcorps fellowship is an opportunity for highly motivated and enthusiastic people to join grid alternatives for a one year paid term of service to their community.

Grid alternatives solarcorps.

The solarcorps fellowship program exemplifies grid alternatives commitment to equity and expanding access to solar energy and career and leadership opportunities. Grid alternatives is a nonprofit organization that brings the benefits of solar technology to communities that would not otherwise have access providing needed savings for families preparing workers for jobs in the fast growing solar industry and helping clean our environment. Fellows gain valuable experience in the solar and non profit industries to help launch their renewable energy careers while making significant contributions to grid and the. Members have given a year of service to help build grid from the ground up.

Be part of a unique innovative and fun organization that is re energizing communities one rooftop at a time. Since 2006 grid alternatives has been fortunate to have the support of americorps vista volunteers. Grid alternatives is a national leader in making clean affordable solar power and solar jobs accessible to low income communities and communities of color. The corporation for national and community service has provided partial funding for the program through americorps and americorps.

We hired our first vista to be part of what was then just a five person team. Like all of our solarcorps fellowship members his participation in more than a year of full time work here has given him valuable grounding to start a renewable energy career. Morgan thomas is a north valley solarcorps construction fellow. For a few months he worked in the field of digital design but searching for more meaningful gainful employment led him to grid alternatives.

In honor of their grid iversaries we caught up with a few alumni and asked what graduates of grid s inaugural cohort of 40 solarcorps fellows are celebrating their five year work anniversaries this month. Grid alternatives has hosted fellows from eight tribal nations over 70 of solarcorps fellows are people of color and the program doubled the number of women in construction. Before working at grid alternatives morgan moved to chico from the great white north of mount shasta ca.