What’s new at Solar Energy International’s campus? Check out our winter updates!

Here at Solar Energy International (SEI), there’s no such thing as an off-season! When class isn’t in session at our campus in scenic Paonia, Colorado, our Lab Team is working hard to make sure that our campus is featuring the latest and greatest in solar training technology for when students return for solar energy training ...

By |2020-10-21T13:36:22-06:00January 16th, 2018|Categories: Battery-Based, Solar Training (Electric)|Comments Off on What’s new at Solar Energy International’s campus? Check out our winter updates!

SEI’s PV101 and PV203 courses in perfect alignment with NABCEP’s updated 2018 PV Associate Program, now available in 97 countries worldwide

With a new session of solar training classes about to start online on January 8, it’s the perfect time to keep everyone up-to-date on the work being done by the Solar Energy International (SEI) Curriculum Team to ensure students are constantly getting industry-leading solar training. In October 2017, the North American Board of Certified Energy ...

By |2020-10-21T13:36:23-06:00December 21st, 2017|Categories: Battery-Based, NABCEP Certification, Solar Professionals Certificate Program, Solar Training (Electric)|Comments Off on SEI’s PV101 and PV203 courses in perfect alignment with NABCEP’s updated 2018 PV Associate Program, now available in 97 countries worldwide

The season of giving: Donations benefit SEI’s scholarship program

Around this time last year, Solar Energy International (SEI) alum, Brittany Heller, sat down and made a list of goals for the upcoming year, one of them being to further her solar education through solar PV training, specifically in battery-based technology.   Soon after Brittany met SEI Marketing and Communications Manager, Mary Marshall, and SEI ...

By |2020-10-21T13:36:24-06:00November 22nd, 2017|Categories: Alumni, Battery-Based, Charitable Programs, Solar Training (Electric)|Comments Off on The season of giving: Donations benefit SEI’s scholarship program

Rural Renewable Energy Alliance and SEI partner to teach a Liberian technician training

The following is a guest blog post submission from Carol Weis, former SEI staff member and co-founder of Remote Energy, who recently completed a training with the Rural Renewable Energy Alliance. In October 2017, Solar Energy International (SEI) taught a 2-week intensive battery-based class, partnering with Rural Renewable Energy Alliance (RREAL) at their facility in ...

By |2020-10-21T13:36:24-06:00November 20th, 2017|Categories: Battery-Based, Charitable Programs, Developing World, Solar Training (Electric)|Comments Off on Rural Renewable Energy Alliance and SEI partner to teach a Liberian technician training

SEI Curriculum Development team updates PV203 Battery-Based Fundamentals course to reflect fast-growing energy storage market

As the solar market continues to thrive both in the U.S. and on a global scale, the spotlight has increasingly been on energy storage. Whether it’s the attention from Tesla’s promise to build the world’s largest lithium ion battery in Southern Australia that made industry and mainstream news headlines alike, or the recent conversation on ...

By |2020-10-21T13:36:24-06:00November 14th, 2017|Categories: Battery-Based, eNewsletter, Solar Training (Electric)|Comments Off on SEI Curriculum Development team updates PV203 Battery-Based Fundamentals course to reflect fast-growing energy storage market

SEI’s solar energy training impacts projects around the world

Lessons learned at Solar Energy International (SEI) can be life-changing for students who take our solar energy training both online and in-person at our campus in Paonia, Colorado. In the case of SEI alum, Estevan Figueroa, the impact of SEI classes will spread across the world as he takes what he learned in PV301L: Solar ...

By |2020-10-21T13:36:25-06:00October 17th, 2017|Categories: Alumni, Battery-Based, Developing World, Solar Training (Electric)|Comments Off on SEI’s solar energy training impacts projects around the world

Solar in the news: SEI instructor weighs in on Elon Musk’s proposal to strengthen the grid in Puerto Rico through renewables and storage

Could solar and storage technology help rebuild Puerto Rico’s grid in the wake of Hurricane Maria? Billionaire Tesla founder Elon Musk thinks so. The renewable energy mogul tweeted on October 5, “The Tesla team has done this for many smaller islands around the world, but there is no scalability limit, so it can be done ...

By |2017-10-09T17:56:52-06:00October 9th, 2017|Categories: Battery-Based, Solar Training (Electric)|Comments Off on Solar in the news: SEI instructor weighs in on Elon Musk’s proposal to strengthen the grid in Puerto Rico through renewables and storage

Outback Power Visits SEI Campus

On the road for solar! Last week, Outback Power's Energy Express Tour  made a stop at Solar Energy International (SEI). SEI students got to tour the Energy Express van and learn from Outback experts about their latest residential and commercial solar applications. The stop was a part of OutBack Power's two-month tour of more than ...

By |2017-05-17T18:31:57-06:00May 17th, 2017|Categories: Battery-Based, eNewsletter, Solar Training (Electric)|Comments Off on Outback Power Visits SEI Campus

SEI Instructors Reach New Heights in Solar

Jay Pozner and Lena Wilensky are SEI Instructors and solar extraordinaires with over 25 years of combined experience in the industry. For them, solar is a family affair. Jay, Lena and their daughter are based out of Almont, (on the Western Slope of Colorado) where they own and operate Nunatak Alternative Energy Solutions. Their business ...

By |2020-10-21T13:36:27-06:00May 1st, 2017|Categories: Alumni, Battery-Based, eNewsletter, Solar Training (Electric)|Comments Off on SEI Instructors Reach New Heights in Solar

Solar Energy International Opens First Public Electric Vehicle Charging Station in Delta County, Colorado

Paonia, Colorado- On June 1, 2015, Solar Energy International (SEI) commissioned the first public electric vehicle (EV) charging station in Delta County, Colorado. “SEI is proud to make our electric vehicle charging station free and open to the public,” stated Kathy Swartz, SEI’s Executive Director.  “The energy powering SEI’s charging station is 100% solar powered ...

By |2020-10-21T13:36:42-06:00June 17th, 2015|Categories: Battery-Based|Comments Off on Solar Energy International Opens First Public Electric Vehicle Charging Station in Delta County, Colorado