The Innovation Network’s Innovation at SCALE initiative offers targeted technical and analytical support to empower communities and organizations to begin or progress their clean energy journey through insights developed in previous rounds of SEIN.
Solar Energy Innovation Network Blog
The Solar Energy Innovation Network (SEIN) Blog captures the work of teams that are developing new approaches to solar energy adoption. Both NREL staff and team members from external organizations contribute to the blog.
Technical Assistance for Communities and Organizations From the Solar Energy Innovation Network
June 24, 2024
Screening Tool for Equitable Adoption and Deployment of Solar
June 6, 2024
A new NREL tool helps states, cities, community organizations, and solar developers identify equitable solar energy deployment opportunities.
Twin Cities Team Finds Opportunities to Expand Rooftop Solar for Underserved Small Businesses
May 30, 2024
The Twin Cities Advancing Small Business Solar Equity team‘s SEIN Round 3 report, Advancing Small Business Solar Equity: Final Technical Insights Report (Lake Street Council website), details the team’s proposed ‘Solar Hub Network’ model to overcome the significant barriers for underserved Black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC)- and immigrant-owned small businesses to access rooftop solar energy.
Collaborating With Utilities to Meet Underserved Community Needs
May 23, 2024
Elevating equitable solar energy adoption was the topical focus of SEIN Round 3, in which multi-stakeholder teams explored various approaches to increase distributed on-site solar access in Black, indigenous, people of color (BIPOC) and low- and moderate-income communities.
Advancing Solar Adoption in Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Communities One House of Worship at a Time
May 20, 2024
Successes and lessons learned by a Solar Energy Innovation Network (SEIN) multi-stakeholder team brings solar to houses of worship led by Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC).
Facilitating Equitable Solar Access Through Federal Assistance Programs
May 3, 2024
During the third round of SEIN, Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute (TEPRI) led a multi-stakeholder team to bridge the gap between rooftop solar adoption and low-income families in Carrizo Springs and Austin, Texas.
Commercial-Scale Solar PV Increases Local Residential Solar Adoption
Feb. 28, 2024
The third round of the Solar Energy Innovation Network explored new approaches to the equitable adoption of solar energy through teams of stakeholders with two cohorts focused on residential and commercial building topics.
2023 Solar Energy Innovation Network Symposium: Exploring Visions for Equitable Solar Adoption
June 26, 2023
The 2023 SEIN Symposium, Exploring Visions for Equitable Solar Adoption, took place in downtown Denver, Colorado, on April 12–14.
A Menu for Enhancing Local Energy Resilience in Boston and Beyond
June 22, 2023
A new NREL report describes resilience initiatives that provide benefits to state/local governments and communities, especially environmental justice communities.
Floating Solar Q&A With Sika Gadzanku
April 7, 2023
Sika Gadzanku is an energy technology and policy researcher working on three main areas at NREL: conducting clean energy workforce analysis, providing short-term technical assistance to partners through the Clean Energy to Communities program, and understanding the opportunity space and impacts for floating solar domestically and abroad.
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