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

By Constance ThompsonSeptember 24, 2021

Tell us about Clearloop?
Clearloop is a cleantech startup 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 building brand-new solar tasks in American communities otherwise getting left behind. As we grow, Clearloop will be focusing on Appalachia and the Mississippi Delta as we deal with both filthy grids and economically distressed neighborhoods with our solar projects
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What challenges do you face? Why?
One of the greatest difficulties for us, as a fairly new entrant in the clean energy and carbon markets, is earning reliability with market leaders who may be utilized to doing things a certain way. Clearloop is challenging some of the conventional ways in which brand-new solar advancements have been funded, and bringing attention to new geographies and equity, to reinsert carbon emissions decreases into the business procurement discussion.

The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) is pleased to share the next installation in our “Accelerating Renewables” blog site series.
Each installation includes market leaders and subjects associated with accelerating an equitable and just transition to a sustainable energy economy. In acknowledgment of National Hispanic Heritage Month, our September features highlight how 3 Hispanic-owned Accelerate member business are prospering in the sustainable energy sector.
Today, we are including Clearloop, an Accelerate member business founded by three Tennesseans who wish to make sure that the development and advantages of renewable resource reach all neighborhoods around our nation equally, beginning with the communities that have a history of getting left behind. Click HERE for 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 start your business?
Clearloop started as a concept that morphed into a company. 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 improving the economies in Middle America where access to tidy energy is limited.

To get more information about Clearloop, visit https://clearloop.us/.
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Clearloop started as a concept that morphed into a company. In the early days– even before we had decided on the name– we were evaluating out the theory that more business require to invest in cleaning up the electrical energy grid so those dollars can be spent improving the economies in Middle America where access to tidy energy is limited. Clearloop is a cleantech startup that partners with companies of all sizes to help them cut (or reclaim) their carbon footprint, clean up the grid, and expand access to tidy energy by developing new solar jobs in American neighborhoods otherwise getting left behind. Were proving that you dont need to be a Fortune 500 business with the capability to sign a power purchase arrangement to help build brand name brand-new solar jobs. Even big companies that have actually led the method in eco-friendly energy procurement are now faced with the reality that the most significant portion of their carbon footprint is in Scope 3, their value chain, where they may have little control over reduction techniques or where reductions might not be immediate.

How can potential partners do organization with you?
Were proving that you do not need to be a Fortune 500 company with the capability to sign a power purchase contract to help develop brand new solar tasks. Even big companies that have actually blazed a trail in renewable resource procurement are now confronted with the reality that the most significant piece of their carbon footprint remains in Scope 3, their value chain, where they might have little control over decrease methods or where reductions might not be immediate. That is where Clearloop can be found in– were a new tool for services small and huge to take concrete climate action today and help us decarbonize the grid in the places that need it the most. We require more creative ways to assist deal with the environment crisis in a manner that purchases the places where that dollar creates more financial opportunity and social mobility for the neighborhoods where were developing. Were firm followers that the ecological, health, and financial advantages of clean energy financial investments should reach all corners of our country and were trying to find partners who are all set to do something about it
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