Free Seminar: Grow your Business with C-PACE Financing

Join us for a FREE one-hour seminar to learn about how the Colorado C-PACE program and Colorado Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) provides options to commercial and industrial building owners that can help finance up to 100% of RE improvements. Seminar topics include: C-PACE background & market opportunity CCEF overview and mission Meeting the needs of key gatekeepers “How it ...

By |2021-08-23T10:02:23-06:00August 23rd, 2021|Categories: Solar Forward|Comments Off on Free Seminar: Grow your Business with C-PACE Financing

Solarize Garfield County campaign sends solar investment through the roof

$2.8 million in installations attributed to Solarize Garfield County The recent Solarize Garfield County campaign generated $2.8 million in rooftop solar and battery investment, added nearly a megawatt of renewable energy to the grid and helped county residents bank $270,000 in rebates, according to figures released by CLEER. The program, which Garfield Clean Energy spearheaded ...

By |2021-07-30T10:14:07-06:00July 30th, 2021|Categories: Solar Forward|Comments Off on Solarize Garfield County campaign sends solar investment through the roof

Nederland generates local economic development with Solar Forward!

In 2017, the Town of Nederland, Colorado resolved to be powered by 100% renewable energy by 2025. One valuable way of achieving this goal is to empower residents and businesses in their access to rooftop solar. In February, Nederland partnered with Solar Forward to bring more rooftop solar to the community and when the program ...

By |2021-07-30T10:16:42-06:00July 30th, 2021|Categories: Solar Forward|Comments Off on Nederland generates local economic development with Solar Forward!

Renewable energy continuing to payoff for Colorado family farm

Colorado is home to bountiful regions, innovative farmers, and a legendary 300 days of sunshine, making solar energy a precious commodity for farmers like Steve Ela of Ela Family Farms, a fourth-generation fruit farmer and Delta County, Colorado resident. To increase the ability for farmers like Steve to not only produce delicious local food, but ...

By |2021-07-29T13:18:54-06:00July 21st, 2021|Categories: Solar Forward|Comments Off on Renewable energy continuing to payoff for Colorado family farm

SEI welcomes Ellen Ross as the new Solar Forward Program Manager

Mary Marshall leaves the role after four years of support for growing solar markets SEI’s Solar Forward program is pleased to announce exciting transitions happening on the Team. After founding the program and growing it across the state for four years, current Program Manager Mary Marshall is stepping away from the program to ...

By |2021-06-09T08:19:52-06:00June 9th, 2021|Categories: Solar Forward|Comments Off on SEI welcomes Ellen Ross as the new Solar Forward Program Manager

The Nexus between Energy and Food

How can we build equitable food and energy systems that improve environmental conditions? In the podcast episode “Energy and Food Nexus”, guests Mary Marshall (SEI's Solar Forward program) and Pete Kolbenschlag (Colorado Farm and Food Alliance) share about how to improve our energy and food systems. A common characteristic of the energy and ...

By |2021-04-30T09:11:17-06:00April 30th, 2021|Categories: Solar Forward, Uncategorized|Comments Off on The Nexus between Energy and Food

Solar Energy International (SEI) announces two rural community partnerships for solar market development assistance

Garfield County and the Town of Nederland are slated to receive up to a year of technical advising through the Solar Forward program PAONIA, CO - Solar Energy International (SEI), an industry leader in solar energy technical training, is helping two Colorado communities kickstart solar markets through the Solar Forward Program in Q1 of ...

By |2021-02-24T07:56:38-07:00February 24th, 2021|Categories: Solar Forward|Comments Off on Solar Energy International (SEI) announces two rural community partnerships for solar market development assistance

Colorado Energy Office and Solar Energy International (SEI) launch strategic partnership to support communities working to transition to clean energy

STATEWIDE - Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020 - The Colorado Energy Office (CEO) today announced it has launched a formal partnership with Paonia-based educational non-profit, Solar Energy International (SEI.) This strategic partnership will expand the reach of resources to Colorado communities working to transition to cleaner energy and increase economic recovery and resiliency. The partnership will ...

By |2020-10-21T13:35:50-06:00September 15th, 2020|Categories: Solar Forward|Comments Off on Colorado Energy Office and Solar Energy International (SEI) launch strategic partnership to support communities working to transition to clean energy

Colorado Mountain Town Counts on Solar for Resiliency amid COVID Concerns

Solar Energy International’s Solar Forward program adapts the Solarize model with an off-grid program CRESTONE, CO -  When March 2020 hit, rural, isolated communities did not have the luxury of being shocked by the COVID-19 pandemic - they had to take action immediately. And with the imminent threat of climate-change related natural disaster, under-resourced communities ...

By |2020-10-21T13:35:54-06:00August 12th, 2020|Categories: Solar Forward|Comments Off on Colorado Mountain Town Counts on Solar for Resiliency amid COVID Concerns

Resiliency needed now more than ever: Let’s keep pushing Solar Forward

As COVID-19 continues to have a sweeping impact across the solar industry and local economies, how can we support sustainability and economic resilience? Solar Energy International (SEI)’s Solar Forward program is continuing full-speed ahead with efforts to help rural communities kickstart solar markets, an effort that remains critical throughout these unprecedented times. Our New ...

By |2020-05-11T14:52:09-06:00May 11th, 2020|Categories: Solar Forward|Comments Off on Resiliency needed now more than ever: Let’s keep pushing Solar Forward