Piper Maddox Green Careers Professional Workshop

Piper Maddox is one of the fastest growing Cleantech staffing partners in the U.S., recruiting exclusively into the renewable energy industry. As an invested supporter of Austin’s clean energy professionals, Piper Maddox is taking an unparalleled step to support Solar Austin’s Pathways to Clean Energy Careers program. On January 21st, Piper Maddox is donating their […]

January Happy Hour, Celebrating Agents of Change in the Solar Industry

Kicking off 2021, Solar Austin invites you to join us in celebrating the pioneers of the Pathways to Clean Energy Careers program!  Launched in the midst of a global pandemic and a historic time focusing on racial justice, the Pathways Program was a leap towards a stronger and more equitable clean energy workforce, in a […]

February Happy Hour, featuring TreeFolks, the local solution to climate change

Solar Austin’s upcoming happy hour is dedicated to… trees! Just as solar panels help decarbonize our planet, trees capture CO2 to keep Austin’s air breathable and sidewalks cool. Trees are also key to our city’s fight against climate change, thanks in large part to the efforts to a longtime local leader: TreeFolks. TreeFolks spent much […]

October Happy Hour, How Federal Policy Can Build A Clean Energy Future

In the second installment of Solar Austin’s Happy Hour policy series, we will be zooming out from local energy policy to discuss what’s happening on the national stage. This October, please join us for an evening with one of the brightest minds in energy: MacArthur Fellow and Energy Director of the Natural Resources Defense Council […]

Piper Maddox Green Careers Professional Workshop

Piper Maddox is one of the fastest growing Cleantech staffing partners in the U.S., recruiting exclusively into the renewable energy industry. As an invested supporter of Austin’s clean energy professionals, Piper Maddox is taking an unparalleled step to support Solar Austin’s Pathways to Clean Energy Careers program. On September 24th, Piper Maddox is donating their […]

Rooftop Community Solar Could be Coming to Austin

On Tuesday, September 15, Austin Energy released a request for proposals (RFP) for distributed solar and energy storage located within the utility’s service territory. This exciting announcement comes a year after the utility convened a team that included two Solar Austin board members to participate in a workshop hosted by the Rocky Mountain Institute.  That […]