When communities get to make their own decisions about clean energy projects.
Clean energy projects owned by local residents, organizations, and governments create more local benefits than projects owned by outside companies and investors. By giving communities decision-making power over their own clean energy projects, local ownership maximizes economic impacts and jobs, builds community wealth and capacity, and grows public support for clean energy. Policymakers should provide more support for locally owned projects, so everyone — no matter their income or background — can share in the benefits of clean energy ownership.
Learn how locally owned clean energy maximizes local benefits and what communities are doing to make local ownership a reality.
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In Boston, a creative cooperatively-run solar developer is combining the best of Massachusetts’ equity-focused climate opportunities to distribute the benefits of the climate transition.
On Molokai, a Hawaiian island and community with the highest utility rates in the country, the resident-led Hoʻāhu Energy Cooperative is using its local knowledge...
In this webinar, grassroots leaders discuss how to maximize the benefits of clean energy for communities through local ownership.
SolarShare Wisconsin Cooperative’s model allows anyone in the state to invest in local solar projects.
