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

By Constance ThompsonSeptember 24, 2021

For more information about Clearloop, visit https://clearloop.us/.
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The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) is delighted to share the next installment in our “Accelerating Renewables” blog site series.
Each installation includes industry leaders and subjects connected to accelerating a fair and simply transition to a renewable resource economy. In acknowledgment of National Hispanic Heritage Month, our September features highlight how three Hispanic-owned Accelerate member business are prospering in the renewable resource sector.
Today, we are including Clearloop, an Accelerate member business founded by three Tennesseans who wish to ensure that the development and benefits of renewable resource reach all communities around our nation equally, starting with the neighborhoods that have a history of getting left behind. Click on this link to find out 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 a concept that morphed 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 need to invest in cleaning up the electricity grid so those dollars can be invested improving the economies in Middle America where access to clean energy is restricted.

How can possible partners do organization with you?
Were showing that you do not need to be a Fortune 500 company with the ability to sign a power purchase agreement to help develop brand new solar jobs. Even big companies that have blazed a trail in renewable resource procurement are now faced with the reality that the biggest chunk of their carbon footprint is in Scope 3, their worth chain, where they might have little control over reduction strategies or where decreases might not be instant. That is where Clearloop comes in– were a brand-new tool for organizations huge and small to take concrete environment action today and help us decarbonize the grid in the locations that require it one of the most. We require more innovative ways to help tackle the environment crisis in such a way that purchases the places where that dollar develops more financial chance and social mobility for the communities where were developing. Were firm believers that the ecological, health, and financial advantages of tidy energy financial investments must 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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Tell us about Clearloop?
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 tidy 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 dirty grids and financially distressed neighborhoods with our solar jobs
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What difficulties do you deal with? Why?
One of the greatest challenges for us, as a relatively brand-new entrant in the tidy energy and carbon markets, is making credibility with market leaders who may be utilized to doing things a specific way. Clearloop is challenging some of the standard methods in which new solar advancements have actually been funded, and bringing attention to new locations and equity, to reinsert carbon emissions reductions into the business procurement conversation.

Clearloop started as a concept that changed 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 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 clean energy is restricted. 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 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 ability to sign a power purchase agreement to help develop brand name brand-new solar jobs. Even big business that have led the way in renewable energy procurement are now faced with the truth that the most significant piece of their carbon footprint is in Scope 3, their worth chain, where they might have little control over reduction techniques or where reductions might not be immediate.