Category: Outreach
Seattle Mayor Congratulates Clean Energy Job Trainees
Sphere Solar Energy was honored to have Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell visit the office and personally congratulate the stellar participants of the Clean Energy Career Pathway (CECP) program. With the transition to a sustainable economy upon us, Mayor Harrell also recognized the imperative to tackle the climate crisis in a way that is fair and […]
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Training a Diverse Clean Energy Workforce
Sphere Solar Energy is breaking down barriers and putting up solar panels, with community! Sphere welcomed a new cohort into the Clean Energy Career Pathways (CECP) internship program this spring. In 2022, Sphere launched the CECP program in partnership with the City of Seattle. Now in its second year, the CECP program continues its mission […]
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Solar Energy for a Tacoma “Oasis”
“What is that on your roof?” That’s the question Tim Thomas, executive director of the Oasis of Hope Center, expects people to ask when they see the nonprofit’s new solar array. Thomas envisions it as starting educational conversations about renewable energy at the community center which provides youth services in the Hilltop neighborhood of Tacoma. […]
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Suquamish Solar Celebration
Sphere Solar Energy | Poulsbo, WA / July 12, 2022 The Suquamish tribe has taken decisive action to address the global climate crisis with the completion of a 68-panel solar array atop its Family & Friends Center. Installed by Sphere Solar Energy, the 32.6 kW system will produce about 30,000 kWh of clean, zero-emissions electricity […]
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Students Explore Solar Careers
By Sphere Solar Energy – Lake City, Seattle/May 2022 Over 100 students participated in a Solar 101 Career Exploration workshop presented by Sphere Solar Energy as part of a Climate Day of Action at Nathan Hale High School. Students got to see a demonstration of how a solar panel converts the sun’s rays into clean […]
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Resilient Power for Puerto Rico
The story of how a group of friends came together to make a large impact for an environmental school over three thousand miles from their hometown. By Sphere Solar Energy – Puerto Rico/January 2022 Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017, as a deadly Category 4 storm, with 175 mph winds devastating the […]
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Shiloh Baptist Church Hosts A Solar Energy 101 Community Workshop
By Kristine Coman – Taken from Hilltop Action Journal, June-July 2021 As you may know, Shiloh Baptist Church won a $50,000 Grant from the Evergreen Options Program to help with the purchase and installation of on-site renewable energy projects. Shiloh chose Sphere Solar Energy the only minority-owned solar contractor in the region to lead the […]
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Sphere Solar Energy: Powering Communities from Mercer Island to Kenya
By Eric Laschever Click here to read original article What do a Maasai village, a Puerto Rican school, the City of Mercer Island, and Spark Northwest have in common? The answer: Edwin Wanji, founder of Seattle-based Sphere Solar Energy, a community installer for Spark Northwest’s Solarize Program. Growing up in Kenya, Edwin learned to appreciate […]
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Can Solar Help Safeguard Post-Hurricane Puerto Rico?
by Manola Secaira Click here to read original article The week Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in October 2017, Mark Méndez found himself talking to a friend, Edwin Wanji, in North Seattle’s Hellbent Brewing. While disaster stories and images inundated local TV stations, Méndez knew his own father, the mayor of a Puerto Rican town […]
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Sphere Solar Gears Up For New Project in Rural Kenya
Sphere Solar Energy isn’t just another solar installer. Edwin Wanji started our organization because he believes that solar panels can be a tool to increase community resiliency and help marginalized communities adapt to the realities of climate change. We’ve put a portion of our yearly revenues to support charitable projects that benefit underserved communities, including […]
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