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 start-up that partners with companies of all sizes to help them cut (or reclaim) their carbon footprint, tidy up the grid, and expand access to clean energy by constructing brand-new solar projects 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 economically distressed communities with our solar projects
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What difficulties do you deal with? Why?
One of the biggest challenges for us, as a fairly brand-new entrant in the tidy energy and carbon markets, is earning trustworthiness with market leaders who might be used to doing things a certain way. Clearloop is challenging some of the standard methods in which new solar developments have been funded, and bringing attention to brand-new locations and equity, to reinsert carbon emissions decreases into the corporate procurement conversation.
To find out more about Clearloop, visit https://clearloop.us/.
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The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) is happy to share the next installation in our “Accelerating Renewables” blog site series.
Each installation includes industry leaders and subjects associated with speeding up a fair and simply shift 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 company founded by 3 Tennesseans who want to make certain that the development and advantages of renewable resource reach all neighborhoods around our country equally, starting with the communities 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 start your company?
Clearloop began as a concept that morphed into a business. In the early days– even prior to we had actually decided on the name– we were testing out the theory that more business need to buy tidying up the electrical power grid so those dollars can be spent improving the economies in Middle America where access to tidy energy is limited. For me, as one of three creators, this company was motivated by the desire to bring clarity to a big problem with a basic service. We desired business to take environment action in the exact same neighborhood that welcomed my family as immigrants, and kept me going when things felt dark and the path was uncertain
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How can prospective partners work with you?
Were proving that you dont require to be a Fortune 500 business with the capability to sign a power purchase arrangement to assist develop brand name brand-new solar projects. Even huge business that have led the way 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 methods or where decreases may not be immediate.
Clearloop started as a concept that morphed into a company. In the early days– even before we had chosen on the name– we were evaluating out the theory that more companies need to invest in cleaning up the electrical energy grid so those dollars can be spent improving the economies in Middle America where access to clean energy is limited. Clearloop is a cleantech startup that partners with companies of all sizes to assist them cut (or recover) their carbon footprint, tidy up the grid, and broaden access to clean energy by developing new solar jobs in American neighborhoods otherwise getting left behind. Were showing that you do not need to be a Fortune 500 company with the capability to sign a power purchase contract to assist build brand brand-new solar jobs. Even huge companies that have actually led the way in renewable energy procurement are now faced with the truth that the greatest portion of their carbon footprint is in Scope 3, their value chain, where they may have little control over decrease techniques or where decreases might not be immediate.