Clean Energy Technician Training

Now Accepting Applications: 2025 Clean Energy Technician Dual Training Opportunity

Ho‘āhu Energy is offering a dual-course training in Solar Electric Design & Installation (Grid-Direct) and PV System Fundamentals (Battery-Based)—a powerful opportunity to build your skills in both grid-tied and battery-based solar systems.

• Hands-on, real-world clean energy training
• 100% tuition subsidy
• Synchronous delivery (online with live instruction)
• Only 10 seats available
• Fall/Winter 2025 (schedule TBA)
• Application deadline: June 27th @ 5:00 PM HST

Don’t miss this chance to power up your future in renewable energy!

Applications for the 2024 Clean Energy Technician Training Program have now closed. We are excited to begin training our new group of technicians in the coming months. This marks the fourth training program offered by Hoʻāhu to our community, and we are thrilled about the opportunities and future prospects this will create for Molokai’s clean energy future.

Clean Energy Technician is your gateway to a career in the solar industry.  It all starts with the fundamentals, and a solid understanding of various components, system architectures, and applications for PV systems.  Other topics include site analysis, system sizing, array configuration, and performance estimation; electrical design characteristics such as wiring, overcurrent protection, and grounding; a detailed look at module and inverter specifications and characteristics; mounting methods for various roof structures and ground-mounts; and an introduction to safely and effectively commissioning grid-direct PV systems.  This course focuses on grid-direct PV systems, but covers material critical to understanding all types of PV systems.  This training meets the North American Board of Energy Practitioners’ (NABCEP’s) educational standards for technicians. Successful completion of this course satisfies NABCEP’s formal (classroom) training requirement for Associate level testing.