PAONIA, CO. – Solar Energy International (SEI) is proud to announce that Elizabeth Sanderson, SEI’s Executive Director, was not too long ago elected as a board member of Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). Sanderson is certainly one of fifteen different newly elected SEIA board members and division chairs that can serve for a two-year time period, serving to SEIA advance sturdy insurance policies on the state and federal ranges to make sure open, aggressive markets for solar and storage growth. Creating this favorable coverage setting will probably be vital because the business strives for solar to account for 30% of U.S. electrical energy technology by 2030.
“It’s an honor and pleasure to serve as a representative for innovation and entrepreneurship for the industry and for every individual that contributes to the growing solar workforce,” Sanderson mentioned.
Sanderson is joined by new representatives from main solar and storage corporations similar to Enphase Energy, Freedom Forever, Nautilus Solar, and Array Technologies. “The Solar+ Decade is here, and the addition of these leaders is part of a broader coalescing in the solar and storage industry as we work toward a vision of being the dominant form of power on the grid,” mentioned SEIA president and CEO Abigail Ross Hopper. “The market is ripe for a new clean energy economy, and the companies joining our board today are at the forefront of delivering that clean, reliable energy that consumers and businesses are demanding.”
The addition of the newly elected board members will assist strengthen the variety of voices on SEIA’s board, which consists of companies in each solar market phase and all components of the solar worth chain, from installers, builders, producers, financiers, to educators and different service suppliers. Each of those sectors will play an important position within the historic progress of the solar business. New members will start their phrases on Jan. 1, 2022. Click right here to see a full listing of SEIA board members and vice chairs.
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About Solar Energy International (SEI)
SEI was based in 1991 as a nonprofit instructional group that empowers college students, alumni, and companions to broaden a various, inclusive, well-trained and educated solar electrical energy workforce. SEI’s goal is to advertise sustainable financial progress, mitigate local weather change, and help energy independence.
About SEIA®
The Solar Energy Industries Association® (SEIA) is main the transformation to a clear energy economic system, creating the framework for solar to realize 30% of U.S. electrical energy technology by 2030. SEIA works with its 1,000 member corporations and different strategic companions to combat for insurance policies that create jobs in each group and form honest market guidelines that promote competitors and the expansion of dependable, low-cost solar power. Founded in 1974, SEIA is the nationwide commerce affiliation for the solar and solar + storage industries, constructing a complete imaginative and prescient for the Solar+ Decade by means of analysis, training and advocacy. Visit SEIA on-line at www.seia.org.
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