Leadership Grant

Capacity Building for IRRI-Mexico

30,500 awarded to Solar Energy International in
Fellow(s): Alex Eaton
Topic(s): Climate Change, International Conservation & Development, Energy Resources & Access

To provide capacity-building funds and support for a collaboration between Mexican-based International Renewable Resources Institute (IRRI) and its U.S.-based partner organization, Solar Energy International.  Solar Energy International (SEI), a U.S.-based organization with a home base in Colorado, will act as fiscal sponsor and collaborative partner with IRRI in Mexico. IRRI has hired Alex Eaton as its full time Executive Director to be based in Mexico City.  SEI will work with IRRI as its Mexican affiliate organization, offering its portfolio of renewable energy installation course curriculum and trainings while at the same time expanding its base of contacts in Mexico. IRRI offers training courses and workshops for professionals, decision makers, government agency personnel, college students, and community members on renewable energy and water management in Mexico. Alex will spend the bulk of his time in the coming year implementing plans for the courses and workshops that IRRI will offer, both in partnership with SEI and on its own.

Meet the Fellows on this Project

Alex Eaton

2007 Fellow
Alex is the Executive Director of the International Renewable Resources Institute (IRRI-Mexico) in Mexico City, an excellent platform for his research as a Master’s of Science candidate in the Environmental Systems Program at HSU. His...