SEIA Webinars
Our webinars cover a variety of topics relevant to solar professionals, including state policy updates, federal tax issues, community engagement, and much more. Explore all of our webinars below. Archived copies of past webinars are available to SEIA members only. For a full list of upcoming webinars and in-person events, click here.
Standard for Utility-Scale Solar, Storage and Wind Plants
This joint webcast for developers and equipment manufacturers of large-scale solar, wind, and energy storage plants will provide an update on the IEEE SA Ballot of the IEEE P2800, Draft Standard for Interconnection and Interoperability of Inverter-Based Resources (IBRs) Interconnecting with Associated Transmission and Sub-Transmission Electric Power Systems.
The Solar Vision Part 4: Innovative City-Led Projects to Accelerate Residential Solar
The next installment of the Solar Vision webinar series will feature Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)/World Resources Institute's 2021 City Cohort, a group that is assisting 20 US cities and counties expand residential solar in emerging markets. Join this webinar to discuss how cohort cities are modifying standard Solarize campaigns to make them inclusive of underserved communities by partnering with local organizations and removing financial barriers. Attendees will be provided with information on live or upcoming RFPs and learn how to get involved in these critical efforts.
The Solar Vision Part 3: Forced Labor Prevention & President Biden's Trade and Manufacturing Agenda
There is no single policy that can help the U.S. achieve a clean energy future. As we welcome the incoming Biden administration and 117th Congress, SEIA has outlined a suite of executive and legislative policies that can put America on a path to 100% clean energy.
Tracking Supplier Diversity – Regulatory Compliance and DEI Programming
Supplier diversity is a business strategy that ensures a diverse supplier base in the procurement of goods and services for any business or organization. It emphasizes the creation of a diverse supply chain that works to secure the inclusion of diverse groups in the procurement plans for government, not-for-profits, and private industry.
The Solar Vision Part Two: Prioritizing Diversity & Inclusion and Advancing Environmental Justice
In the second installment of this webinar series, learn about the DEIJ Leadership Council's four product areas: diverse suppliers' database, equity and environmental justice policy platform, DEIJ leadership certification and board-level mentorship opportunities. Attendees will get a sneak peek of some of these products, ask questions, share priorities for DEIJ and potential future support from SEIA, and learn how to get involved.
The Solar Vision: A 100-Day Agenda Webinar Series
There is no single policy that can help the U.S. achieve a clean energy future. As we welcome the incoming Biden administration and 117th Congress, SEIA has outlined a suite of executive and legislative policies that can put America on a path to 100% clean energy. Join SEIA president and CEO Abigail Ross Hopper, alongside SEIA's staff experts, members and key partners in a webinar series that will dive into the components of our Solar Vision. Together, we'll explore how to can lay the foundation for a strong clean energy economy that priorities equity and environmental justice.
Congressional Stimulus & the U.S. Solar Industry
As the 116th Congress nears the end of its final session, members of both parties have prioritized legislation that will help stimulate the U.S. economy during the COVID-19 crisis and provide much-needed relief to American families. As with past efforts from Washington in 2020, the negotiations are moving quickly and could include a variety of different provisions. Join SEIA experts and D.C. insiders as we lay out exactly what transpired during the final Congressional negotiations, and what impacts the latest stimulus bill will have on solar businesses.
Solar Goes Corporate 2020: Where Clean Energy Buyers and Providers Converge
SEIA’s Solar Goes Corporate is a forum to discuss how businesses can effectively procure, deploy, and invest in clean energy technologies such as solar and battery storage. This annual event gathers more than 200 leaders from the solar and broader clean energy industries and the business community. Developers, service providers, Fortune 500 companies and mid-market commercial entities will collaboratively explore critical trends, challenges and solutions for expanding commercial and industrial use of clean energy.
Evaluating the Impact of the 2020 Election on the Clean Energy Industry
From local and state elections to the race for the presidency, the 2020 election has tremendous consequences for the future of energy and climate policy in the United States. With a new administration set to take over in 2021, SEIA recently outlined its vision for clean energy policies that will help solar reach 20% of generation by 2030 and accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy.
Overcoming Storage Interconnection Barriers Webinar
You're invited to participate as a stakeholder in the Building a Technically Reliable Interconnection Evolution for Storage (BATRIES) project, which is working toward simplifying the interconnection process for standalone energy storage and solar-plus-storage projects.