Solar Energy Innovation Network Blog

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.

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.

The 2023 SEIN Symposium, Exploring Visions for Equitable Solar Adoption, took place in downtown Denver, Colorado, on April 12–14.

A new NREL report describes resilience initiatives that provide benefits to state/local governments and communities, especially environmental justice communities.

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.

SEIN partners with communities around the country on projects that lower barriers to solar deployment and uncover new ways for solar energy to meet community needs and priorities from resilience to community development.

How can low-to-moderate income communities in Tallahassee become solar ready? How can Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) houses of worship adopt solar in a way that supports local community priorities?

Disasters like the wildfires in California, Hurricane Maria and Hurricane Fiona in Puerto Rico, and the Texas winter storm of 2021 have caused catastrophic power outages that left communities without power for weeks or even months, demonstrating the importance of energy resilience for critical facilities and services.

An NREL researcher answers frequently asked questions about the technical and analytical assistance provided to communities through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Innovation Network (SEIN).