Solar Energy Innovation Network Blog

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.