Renewable Power Perspectives Q&A with Laura Zapata, Co-Founder of Clearloop
By Constance ThompsonSeptember 24, 2021
How can possible partners do service with you?
Were showing that you dont require to be a Fortune 500 company with the capability to sign a power purchase agreement to help build brand brand-new solar tasks. Even huge business that have actually led the method in sustainable energy procurement are now faced with the truth that the greatest piece of their carbon footprint is in Scope 3, their worth chain, where they might have little control over decrease methods or where reductions may not be instant.
To read more about Clearloop, check out https://clearloop.us/.
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The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) is pleased to share the next installation in our “Accelerating Renewables” blog site series.
Each installation features market leaders and topics related to accelerating a fair and just shift to an eco-friendly energy economy. In acknowledgment of National Hispanic Heritage Month, our September features highlight how 3 Hispanic-owned Accelerate member business are thriving in the sustainable energy sector.
Today, we are including Clearloop, an Accelerate member business established by 3 Tennesseans who want to make sure that the innovation and benefits of eco-friendly energy reach all neighborhoods around our nation similarly, starting with the neighborhoods that have a history of getting left behind. Click HERE to find out 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 business?
Clearloop began as a concept that changed into a company. In the early days– even before we had actually chosen on the name– we were evaluating out the theory that more companies require to invest in cleaning up the electricity grid so those dollars can be invested boosting the economies in Middle America where access to clean energy is limited.
Tell us about Clearloop?
Clearloop is a cleantech start-up that partners with companies of all sizes to assist them cut (or recover) their carbon footprint, clean up the grid, and broaden access to tidy energy by constructing new solar jobs 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 dirty grids and economically distressed communities with our solar jobs
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What challenges do you deal with? Why?
One of the greatest obstacles for us, as a fairly new entrant in the clean energy and carbon markets, is earning reliability with market leaders who might be used to doing things a specific way. Clearloop is challenging some of the conventional methods in which new solar advancements have been financed, and bringing attention to brand-new geographies and equity, to reinsert carbon emissions decreases into the corporate procurement conversation.
Clearloop started as a concept that morphed into a business. In the early days– even prior to we had actually chosen 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 invested improving the economies in Middle America where access to tidy energy is limited. Clearloop is a cleantech start-up that partners with business of all sizes to help them cut (or recover) their carbon footprint, tidy up the grid, and expand access to tidy energy by building brand-new solar jobs in American communities otherwise getting left behind. Were proving that you do not require to be a Fortune 500 business with the ability to sign a power purchase contract to help develop brand name brand-new solar jobs. Even big companies that have actually led the method in renewable energy procurement are now faced with the reality that the most significant chunk of their carbon footprint is in Scope 3, their value chain, where they might have little control over decrease methods or where reductions may not be instant.