Alison Mason, MSME, Ayudante de Perito Electricista, NABCEP PVA, Leed AP

Principal, SunJuice Solar LLC

Alison is a Mechanical Engineer dedicated to solar energy as a solution to global warming. She has worked in microgrid design, energy storage, photovoltaics, concentrating solar power, passive solar, and solar thermal as researcher, advocate, educator, designer, and installer.

Alison co-founded Barrio Electrico in Puerto Rico – an initiative to bring resilient, residential solar power to the vulnerable grid edge – and teaches solar energy design and installation on behalf of Bosque Modelo of Puerto Rico for women in the central mountains. Alison is the Principal of SunJuice Solar, where she offers solar consulting, design, training, and installation services. She also serves as a Research Associate for Project Drawdown where she wrote the literature review for Grid Flexibility.

Alison earned her Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University, with a focus on solar thermal engineering, and learned to design and install solar power systems at Solar Energy International in Carbondale, Colorado. She is a Fellow of the American Solar Energy Society and received the first Women in Solar Energy award in 2004.

"I love training women of the mountains of Puerto Rico. They arrive with nothing but a desire to help their community become more resilient to natural disasters and the weakness of Puerto Rico's power grid. They learn to design a solar system and practice installing in a community center. Women become a source of expertise in rural areas.”