Solar Richmond

Solar Richmond is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2006 in Richmond, California. Our mission is to catalyze transformative change the deepens the connection between people, place, and planet. As a social enterprise, we accomplish this mission by providing solar industry training to Richmond residents and to youth in Richmond, Berkeley and Oakland. We offer transitional employment and staffing services in the solar industry with the aim of connecting our graduates with family-supporting, green-collar job opportunities. For business and nonprofit building owners, we guide you through the solar process and help you use your consumer power to ensure that installation companies use local green-collar labor from Solar Richmond's pool of graduate installers. .