Soleco Energy, a solar firm serving Latin America and the Caribbean, recently delivered a three-day “Women in Solar” training to 19 women in Jamaica with the intent of boosting the number of women working in the solar energy industry. There was no cost to participants, who gained exposure to the entire process of installing photovoltaic panels.
Iyani Tennant, a participant in the program who reportedly now plans to seek employment in the solar industry, said the field “has been piquing my interest for a few years now and, being a person who is more invested in agriculture, I think this is the perfect opportunity to merge agriculture and solar energy.… Right now, I feel so accomplished!”
Soleco is a woman-founded firm with offices in Jamaica and the UK. It provides companies with design and build services for systems that generate and store solar energy. Among its offerings are lease-to-own financing packages with terms of seven to ten years.
Canadian asset manager Deetken Impact and IDB Invest, a member of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group, contributed funding to the program.
Sources and Additional Resources
Jamaica Observer article
https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/renewable-energy-company-wants-more-women-in-the-industry/
Soleco homepage
https://www.soleco-energy.com
Deetken Impact homepage
https://deetkenimpact.com
IDB Invest homepage
https://www.idbinvest.org
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