Student Highlight: Emily installs solar with a heart of adventure, compassion & motivation…

Emily, a current SEI student, has been working for a utility company in her home state of Michigan since the summer of 2019. When COVID-19 struck in March of 2020, her company transitioned to full-time remote work. After remaining in quarantine for the first four months of the pandemic, waiting for the infection numbers ...

By |2021-04-14T07:48:08-06:00April 14th, 2021|Categories: Student Highlight|Comments Off on Student Highlight: Emily installs solar with a heart of adventure, compassion & motivation…

Student Highlight: Trevor Schwartz helps install solar in the developing world while training remotely

Trevor Schwartz, a current SEI student, began his travels abroad in January 2020 with the intention of eventually arriving in Nepal to participate in a GRID Alternatives volunteer solar PV installation at a health center in the Jumla district. But after traveling around Southeast Asia during the months of January and February, COVID-19 struck, ...

By |2021-04-08T15:39:05-06:00August 26th, 2020|Categories: Student Highlight|Comments Off on Student Highlight: Trevor Schwartz helps install solar in the developing world while training remotely

SEI Student Spotlight: Eli Bowles

Eli Bowles has been in the renewable energy industry for over six years, but enrolled at Solar Energy International (SEI) to jump start his solar training! Eli is currently a Renewable Energy Instructor at the College of Southern Idaho with a background as a Wind Turbine Technician and training specialist.  He brings years of practical and technical ...

By |2021-06-17T10:36:53-06:00June 28th, 2017|Categories: Alumni, eNewsletter, Student Highlight|Comments Off on SEI Student Spotlight: Eli Bowles

Strengthening Community Through Solar

Dayne came to Solar Energy International (SEI) with his eyes toward the future: his future career, a more prosperous future for his community, and a sustainable future for his wife and son. Dayne travelled from Lapwai, ID where he works at the Nez Perce National Historic Park and is a member of the Nez Perce ...

By |2021-06-17T10:43:05-06:00April 25th, 2017|Categories: Alumni, eNewsletter, Student Highlight|Comments Off on Strengthening Community Through Solar

Sudanese Student Invigorates SEI’s Mission

It is stories like the one of Eissa Ali, that galvanize the work of SEI. Eissa is from Khartoum, Sudan where he and his wife are raising two children. His background is in electrical engineering and he’s built a career in the green building industry. He is a talented professional who will do great things ...

By |2021-06-17T10:43:52-06:00February 28th, 2017|Categories: Alumni, Charitable Programs, Developing World, eNewsletter, Student Highlight|Comments Off on Sudanese Student Invigorates SEI’s Mission