BayWa extends PV scholarship funding

BayWa r.e. extends PV scholarship funding

Link up with Solar Energy International will commit another $10,000 in solar training tuition fees

Solar Energy International (SEI) and BayWa's renewables arm have announced the continuation of a partnership to provide scholarship funds for SEI students.

The BayWa r.e. Scholarship Fund will once again contribute 100% of tuition fees to future solar professionals hand-selected through SEI’s programme.

It will commit another $10,000 in solar training tuition fees to SEI students.

Selected candidates that are awarded the BayWa r.e. Scholarship will receive training via SEI’s PVOL101, PVOL203 and/or FV101/FV203 online courses, with the intention of helping each graduate land a solar job.

SEI development manager Elizabeth Vaccaro said: “Seeing the positive impact the scholarship has had on the first round of scholarship recipients, we are grateful to have the continued support of BayWa r.e. in providing life-changing scholarship funds to our students.

“Not only is our collaboration with BayWa r.e. strengthening SEI’s bond with the solar industry, but together we are advancing our shared vision of a thriving and equitable solar workforce.”

BayWa r.e. Solar Systems co-chief executive Jodi White said: “We’re proud to continue our scholarship program with Solar Energy International to help make training for solar jobs more accessible and expand the solar workforce,.

“We’ll need nearly a million solar workers by 2035 to meet our climate goals and we need industry leaders like SEI to train them.”