Renewable Power Perspectives Q&A with Laura Zapata, Co-Founder of Clearloop

By Constance ThompsonSeptember 24, 2021

To get more information about Clearloop, visit https://clearloop.us/.
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Tell us about Clearloop?
Clearloop is a cleantech start-up that partners with companies of all sizes to assist them cut (or reclaim) their carbon footprint, tidy up the grid, and expand access to clean energy by constructing new solar projects in American communities otherwise getting left behind. Were pioneering putting a carbon worth on the construction of brand-new solar capacity thats determined in watts, not watt-hours, with a new funding structure that enables a wider array of companies to get involved, while likewise being deliberate about the communities where were investing to attain a fair tidy energy future. We recently began on our first utility-connected solar task in Jackson, Tennessee. As we grow, Clearloop will be concentrating on Appalachia and the Mississippi Delta as we deal with both filthy grids and financially distressed communities with our solar projects
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What challenges do you deal with? Why?
One of the biggest difficulties for us, as a relatively brand-new entrant in the tidy energy and carbon markets, is earning reliability with market leaders who may be used to doing things a particular way. Clearloop is challenging some of the conventional methods in which new solar advancements have actually been financed, and bringing attention to brand-new geographies and equity, to reinsert carbon emissions reductions into the corporate procurement discussion.

The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) is delighted to share the next installation in our “Accelerating Renewables” blog site series.
Each installation features market leaders and subjects related to speeding up an equitable and just shift to a renewable energy economy. In acknowledgment of National Hispanic Heritage Month, our September features highlight how 3 Hispanic-owned Accelerate member companies are prospering in the renewable energy sector.
Today, we are including Clearloop, an Accelerate member business founded by three Tennesseans who wish to ensure that the innovation and benefits of renewable resource reach all communities around our country similarly, starting with the neighborhoods that have a history of getting left behind. Click HERE to get more information about Clearloops effect.
The following is a Q&A with Clearloop Co-Founder Laura Zapata and Constance Thompson, ACOREs Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Programs
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What inspired you to begin your business?
Clearloop started as an idea that morphed into a business. In the early days– even before we had chosen the name– we were evaluating out the theory that more business require to purchase tidying up the electrical energy grid so those dollars can be invested increasing the economies in Middle America where access to tidy energy is limited. For me, as one of three founders, this company was influenced by the desire to bring clearness to a big problem with a basic service. We wanted business to take climate action in the same neighborhood that invited my household as immigrants, and kept me going when things felt dark and the course was uncertain
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How can possible partners work with you?
Were showing that you dont require to be a Fortune 500 company with the ability to sign a power purchase contract to assist build brand name brand-new solar tasks. Even huge companies that have led the method in renewable energy procurement are now faced with the reality that the greatest chunk of their carbon footprint is in Scope 3, their worth chain, where they may have little control over decrease strategies or where decreases may not be immediate.

Clearloop started as a concept that changed into a business. In the early days– even before we had decided on the name– we were checking out the theory that more companies need to invest in cleaning up the electricity grid so those dollars can be invested enhancing the economies in Middle America where access to clean energy is restricted. Clearloop is a cleantech start-up that partners with companies of all sizes to help them cut (or recover) their carbon footprint, tidy up the grid, and expand access to tidy energy by developing brand-new solar jobs in American neighborhoods otherwise getting left behind. Were proving that you do not require to be a Fortune 500 company with the capability to sign a power purchase agreement to help construct brand name new solar jobs. Even big business that have actually led the method in eco-friendly energy procurement are now faced with the truth that the most significant portion of their carbon footprint is in Scope 3, their value chain, where they might have little control over reduction techniques or where reductions might not be immediate.