2025 DIY Solar PV Installation Workshop

Do It Yourself Solar Workshop in Pike County   

SEEDS, Sustainable Energy Education and Development Support, will present a DIY Solar Workshop at the Pike County Training Center, 135 Pike County Blvd, Hawley, PA  on September 17 & 18 from 7:00-9:00pm each night.   This free program will teach the basics of solar energy systems, walk you through designing and assembling a DIY setup, and installing a simple solar array.  This beginner-friendly program is perfect for homeowners, hobbyists, or anyone curious about going solar.

Participants will learn how solar works and how much it costs, find out if their roof is well positioned to generate solar electricity, witness an on-site demonstration and get hands-on practice. Learn the factors that make for a good or poor site for installing solar and the economic benefits from residential solar electric in northeast Pennsylvania. To register click here.

The program is presented by Jack Barnett who after nearly a 30-year career in the telecommunications industry, is a local advocate and volunteer for sustainability, solar energy, small-scale farming and locally grown food. He and his wife, Mary Anne Carletta, live in a super-insulated, net-positive solar home and eat mostly from their orchard and vegetable garden near Hawley, PA. Jack has served as a past chair of a chapter of the American Solar Energy Society, and is a co-founder and treasurer of the Clean Energy Co-op Inc. (which spun out from SEEDS in 2014). Jack holds Electrical and Computer Engineering degrees from Clemson University and Carnegie Mellon University.

Blair Buselli of Buselli Solutions of Beach Lake will also be presenting. Mr. Buselli is licensed master electrician, a North American Board of Energy Practitioners Certified Installer and has served the area for over four decades.