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 pleased to share the next installment in our “Accelerating Renewables” blog series.
Each installment includes industry leaders and topics connected to accelerating a fair and simply shift to a renewable resource economy. In acknowledgment of National Hispanic Heritage Month, our September functions highlight how three Hispanic-owned Accelerate member companies are thriving in the renewable resource sector.
Today, we are featuring Clearloop, an Accelerate member company founded by 3 Tennesseans who wish to make sure that the innovation and advantages of renewable resource reach all communities around our nation similarly, beginning with the communities that have a history of getting left. Click HERE to read more about Clearloops impact.
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 company?
Clearloop began as an idea that changed into a company. In the early days– even prior to we had chosen on the name– we were evaluating out the theory that more business require to invest in cleaning up the electrical power grid so those dollars can be spent boosting the economies in Middle America where access to clean energy is restricted.
Clearloop began as an idea that changed into a company. In the early days– even prior to we had actually chosen on the name– we were evaluating out the theory that more companies need to invest in cleaning up the electrical power grid so those dollars can be spent boosting the economies in Middle America where access to tidy energy is restricted. Clearloop is a cleantech startup that partners with companies of all sizes to help them cut (or recover) their carbon footprint, clean up the grid, and expand access to clean energy by constructing new solar jobs in American communities 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 develop brand name brand-new solar jobs. Even big business that have led the method in renewable energy procurement are now faced with the truth that the biggest piece of their carbon footprint is in Scope 3, their worth chain, where they may have little control over reduction techniques or where decreases might not be immediate.
Tell us about Clearloop?
Clearloop is a cleantech start-up that partners with companies of all sizes to help them cut (or reclaim) their carbon footprint, clean up the grid, and broaden access to clean energy by constructing brand-new solar tasks in American neighborhoods otherwise getting left behind. As we grow, Clearloop will be focusing on Appalachia and the Mississippi Delta as we take on both unclean grids and financially distressed neighborhoods with our solar projects
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What challenges do you deal with? Why?
One of the most significant challenges for us, as a reasonably brand-new entrant in the clean energy and carbon markets, is earning reliability with industry leaders who might be used to doing things a certain way. Clearloop is challenging some of the conventional ways in which new solar developments have been financed, and bringing attention to brand-new locations and equity, to reinsert carbon emissions decreases into the business procurement discussion.
To read more about Clearloop, visit https://clearloop.us/.
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How can possible partners work with you?
Were proving that you do not need to be a Fortune 500 company with the ability to sign a power purchase arrangement to help develop brand new solar projects. Even huge companies that have led the way in eco-friendly energy procurement are now faced with the reality that the most significant chunk of their carbon footprint is in Scope 3, their worth chain, where they may have little control over decrease strategies or where decreases might not be immediate.