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

By Constance ThompsonSeptember 24, 2021

The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) is delighted to share the next installation in our “Accelerating Renewables” blog site series.
Each installment features industry leaders and subjects connected to speeding up an equitable and just transition to a renewable resource economy. In acknowledgment of National Hispanic Heritage Month, our September functions highlight how three Hispanic-owned Accelerate member business are thriving in the renewable resource sector.
Today, we are featuring Clearloop, an Accelerate member business established by three Tennesseans who desire to make sure that the development and advantages of renewable resource reach all communities around our country equally, beginning with the communities that have a history of getting left. Click HERE to discover more 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 company?
Clearloop began as a concept that morphed into a company. In the early days– even prior to we had decided on the name– we were testing out the theory that more companies require to invest in cleaning up the electricity grid so those dollars can be spent boosting the economies in Middle America where access to tidy energy is restricted.

Clearloop started as an idea that changed into a company. In the early days– even before we had decided on the name– we were checking out the theory that more business need to invest in cleaning up the electrical power grid so those dollars can be invested enhancing the economies in Middle America where access to tidy energy is limited. Clearloop is a cleantech startup that partners with business of all sizes to assist them cut (or recover) their carbon footprint, clean up the grid, and broaden access to tidy energy by constructing brand-new solar tasks in American neighborhoods otherwise getting left behind. Were showing that you do not require to be a Fortune 500 company with the capability to sign a power purchase arrangement to help build brand name brand-new solar jobs. Even big business that have actually led the method in eco-friendly energy procurement are now faced with the reality that the biggest piece of their carbon footprint is in Scope 3, their value chain, where they may have little control over decrease strategies or where decreases might not be instant.

How can possible partners do company with you?
Were showing that you dont require to be a Fortune 500 company with the ability to sign a power purchase arrangement to help construct brand name new solar projects. Even big business that have actually led the way in renewable resource procurement are now faced with the truth that the most significant portion of their carbon footprint remains in Scope 3, their value chain, where they may have little control over decrease methods or where reductions may not be immediate. That is where Clearloop is available in– were a new tool for companies big and small to take concrete environment action today and help us decarbonize the grid in the places that need it the most. We need more imaginative methods to help tackle the climate crisis in a method that buys the places where that dollar creates more economic opportunity and social mobility for the neighborhoods where were developing. Were firm followers that the ecological, health, and financial advantages of tidy energy financial investments ought to reach all corners of our nation and were searching for partners who are all set to do something about it
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To discover more about Clearloop, go to 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, clean up the grid, and broaden access to tidy energy by building brand-new solar jobs in American communities otherwise getting left behind. As we grow, Clearloop will be focusing on Appalachia and the Mississippi Delta as we take on both dirty grids and financially distressed communities with our solar jobs
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What challenges do you deal with? Why?
One of the biggest difficulties for us, as a relatively new entrant in the tidy energy and carbon markets, is earning reliability with industry leaders who may be utilized to doing things a certain method. Clearloop is challenging some of the conventional ways in which new solar developments have actually been funded, and bringing attention to new locations and equity, to reinsert carbon emissions decreases into the business procurement discussion.