Solar Energy International (SEI) Receives Approval for Veterans Education Funding

Solar Energy International (SEI) is pleased to offer comprehensive Veterans Educational Funding and outreach programs for veterans and active duty military personnel. We proudly offer educational opportunities and benefits to military members, their families, and veterans who have honorably served. SEI is now authorized to offer eligible veterans the ability to use their education benefits ...

By |2020-10-21T13:36:38-06:00May 13th, 2016|Categories: eNewsletter, Solar Training (Electric)|2 Comments

SEI Alumni Highlight: Ethan Mendel

For some, beginning a career in the solar industry is like going home. This is especially true for SEI Student Ethan Mendel. Ethan rolled up to the SEI Campus with his off-grid tiny home in tow. Appropriately, he was enrolled in PV 203, Fundamentals of Battery Based PV Systems. A veteran from Georgia, Ethan not ...

SEI Alumni Highlight: Fred Munn

Fred Munn came to Paonia this April, seeing a sunny future for himself and his business. Fred and his business partner, Michael Hendrix, journeyed to SEI’s Paonia campus from Wisconsin to jump start their solar installer training experience. Beginning with PV 101- Grid Direct Solar Design and Installation and continued on with PV 203- Fundamentals ...

SEI Career Opportunity: PV Team Member – Curriculum Developer

PV Team Member: Curriculum Developer Solar Energy International (SEI) is a 501(c)3 non-profit education organization with a mission to provide industry-leading technical training and expertise in renewable energy to empower people, communities and businesses worldwide. Founded in 1991, SEI has trained more than 45,000 people from around the world. As an organization, we are committed ...

By |2020-10-21T13:36:39-06:00April 25th, 2016|Categories: eNewsletter, Solar Training (Electric)|4 Comments

ILSCO Supports Solar Energy International’s (SEI) Non-profit Mission of Renewable Energy Education with Generous Contribution to Paonia, Colorado PV Lab Facility

SEI is thankful to ILSCO for their contributions to the industry and specifically to our PV lab facility. ILSCO generously donated over $20,000 worth of equipment ranging from the electrical parts like lugs, connectors and terminals to tools for electricians like the revolutionary ILSCO TaskMaster! Check out the TaskMaster video >> ILSCO is one of ...

By |2020-10-21T13:36:40-06:00March 30th, 2016|Categories: eNewsletter, Solar Training (Electric)|Comments Off on ILSCO Supports Solar Energy International’s (SEI) Non-profit Mission of Renewable Energy Education with Generous Contribution to Paonia, Colorado PV Lab Facility

Solar Energy International (SEI) Receives Multiple IREC National 3iAwards Presented For Innovation, Ingenuity & Inspiration in Clean Energy

Recently, the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) honored national award winners for the Best of 2015 in renewable energy and energy efficiency. Celebrating 22 years of recognizing exemplary people, projects and programs, this year's winners in each competitive category were selected by more than 1,500 online voters. IREC 3iAward recipients were recognized during an awards ...

By |2020-10-21T13:36:42-06:00September 23rd, 2015|Categories: eNewsletter, Solar Training (Electric)|Comments Off on Solar Energy International (SEI) Receives Multiple IREC National 3iAwards Presented For Innovation, Ingenuity & Inspiration in Clean Energy

SEI Volunteer Work Trader Highlight: Serendipity and Paonia, Colorado’s First EV Charging Station

by Gerald Espinosa - SEI Volunteer Work Trader I was on the way to move back to Denver, on a roadtrip from California with my dad. I had passed through Paonia last summer while camping in Crested Butte. That’s when I found out about SEI. I had just started exploring a budding passion for renewable ...

By |2015-05-28T16:52:59-06:00May 28th, 2015|Categories: Charitable Programs, eNewsletter, Solar Professionals Certificate Program, Solar Training (Electric)|Comments Off on SEI Volunteer Work Trader Highlight: Serendipity and Paonia, Colorado’s First EV Charging Station

Solar Energy International (SEI) Offers Advanced Solar Training Hands-on Lab for Solar Professionals – June 22

June 22nd in Paonia, Colorado PV351L: Solar Training - PV Systems - Tools and Techniques for Operation and Maintenance Lab Week (Grid-Direct) This intensive, advanced training is designed for solar professionals already working in the PV industry who want to take their skills to the next level. Students in this class will learn the theory ...

By |2015-05-15T16:35:21-06:00May 15th, 2015|Categories: eNewsletter, Solar Professionals Certificate Program, Solar Training (Electric), Uncategorized|Comments Off on Solar Energy International (SEI) Offers Advanced Solar Training Hands-on Lab for Solar Professionals – June 22

Solar Energy International (SEI) Alumni Highlight: Jill Hewins

Jill Hewins, SEI Solar Professionals Certificate Program (SPCP) Solar Business and Technical Sales certificate student, is the newest member of the Sales Team for Technicians for Sustainability, based in Tucson, AZ. When she was hired three weeks ago, her employer, an SEI Alumnus, told her that number one reason they decided to interview and eventually ...

By |2021-06-17T12:45:57-06:00April 30th, 2015|Categories: Alumni, Alumni Highlight, eNewsletter|Comments Off on Solar Energy International (SEI) Alumni Highlight: Jill Hewins

Earth Day 2015 News: Solar Energy International (SEI) Announces Scholarship Photo Contest

To celebrate Earth Day 2015, Solar Energy International (SEI) has announced a photo contest where the winner will win a $795 SEI Online Campus scholarship! To enter the scholarship contest, just snap a photo or selfie of something you or your family or your business or your school or your organization are doing to promote ...

By |2020-10-21T13:36:43-06:00April 22nd, 2015|Categories: Alumni, eNewsletter, Special Events|Comments Off on Earth Day 2015 News: Solar Energy International (SEI) Announces Scholarship Photo Contest