100% reclaimed carbon footprint®
100% reclaimed carbon footprint®
Clearloop is launching three new solar projects, totaling 18 megawatts (MWdc) in partnership with the local power company, Tallahatchie Valley Electric Power Association (TVEPA) and with the support of the local economic development group, the Panola Partnership.
The three projects will prevent over 1 billion pounds of carbon (CO2) from entering the atmosphere. Not only will these projects result in clean energy construction jobs, the investment in infrastructure often results in the biggest tax infusion for a community in generations.
The three projects will generate enough renewable, cost-effective energy to power approximately 3000 homes annually.
Known locally as “Sportsman’s Paradise,” North Louisiana is home to a wide array of pristine natural areas, with its mainly rural folk landscape being sculpted by river bottomlands, piney woods, and hills. In fact, the region boasts more than four hundred miles of waterways which travelers visit from hours away to hunt, fish, and boat. North Louisiana’s cultural history is rich as well – it was the earliest settled area in the Louisiana Purchase, adding on to decades of Native American heritage. Today, North Louisiana’s parishes are intersected by I-20, one of the nation’s most critical trade and transportation corridors connecting the American South.
The location and resources of the region make it prime for innovation. In fact, the oil and gas industry began in Louisiana in the late nineteenth century when gas was discovered in northern Louisiana. Oil & gas continues to be one of the state’s leading industries, as it provides a large amount of employment and tax revenue to the area. In this way, North Louisiana proves to be a new and exciting frontier for renewables: an area built by reliance on fossil fuels, but with the potential to be a welcoming home for clean energy generation that protects both the area’s beautiful environment as well as its culturally diverse citizens.
Clearloop creates carbon solutions for organizations of all sizes, from global corporations to small businesses and educational institutions, to decarbonize the economy and accelerate the development of new solar projects in American communities where the greatest economic and environmental benefits can be achieved. These projects reduce greenhouse gas emissions while spurring economic investment to usher in a more equitable energy transition in the United States.
We’re excited to bring new solar projects to North Louisiana to help create more jobs, add to the region’s tax revenues, and shift climate action investments to accelerate grid decarbonization and help organizations achieve emissions reductions faster and more effectively. Join us in North Louisiana!
Our first solar project, we’re excited to help expand access to clean energy in our home state by working with companies of all sizes to clean up the electricity grid in Jackson, TN.
Jackson, TN ties the largely rural communities between Memphis and Nashville together and serves as the hub for all commerce, healthcare, and education for the area. The Jackson community is diverse, with nearly half of the population identifying as African American. Though it’s been identified as a Distressed Community by the Economic Innovation Group, the city is already embracing the economic and health benefits of the clean energy economy.
The Clearloop solar project site is located in an industrial area of the county across the road from the Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Jackson which will be a key component in the creation of a local workforce development program for electricians and other trades in the area that will be prepared to join the clean energy economy.
In Jackson specifically, 37 watts reclaim 1 metric ton of carbon (CO2) based on the grid dirtiness. The project, which will guarantee clean energy to the community for the next 40 years, is slated to break ground on September 2, 2021, and generate clean electricity by July 1, 2022.
Turning on something as simple as a light switch has a more drastic impact in Jackson than in other parts of the country. In Jackson, 1038.60 lbs of carbon (CO2) are currently emitted per Megawatt Hour (MwH) of electricity generated. Compare that to California, where the exact same activity releases 786 lbs of C02 per MegaWatt Hour. By expanding access to clean energy, we are narrowing this disparity across the country, one community at a time.
Currently, a big part of Tennessee’s electricity is generated by fossil fuels, which create pollution and have a negative impact on the environment. By investing in solar capacity and expanding access to clean energy, we can clean up the grid and take advantage of our most abundant resource– the sun! Tennessee is a Sun Belt state, after all.
The Distressed Communities Index (DCI) examines economic well-being at the zip code level in order to provide a detailed view of the divided landscape of American prosperity. While Jackson is distressed, the city is already embracing the economic and health benefits of the clean energy economy.
The Jackson community is diverse, with nearly half of the population identifying as African American.
50.5% Black or African American; 45.2% white, non-Hispanic; 1.8% Hispanic or Latino
Let’s do this. Join us in making carbon a relic of the past by investing in one of our upcoming projects. Use our calculator to input any number of solar panels, pounds of carbon, dollar amount, or number of watts you’d like to contribute to help us continue our mission to expand access to clean energy and clean up the US grid.
Invest: $153
Build: 435 watts of solar capacity
Reclaim: ~26,000 lbs. of CO2
Invest: $208
Build: 592 watts of solar capacity
Reclaim: ~35,000 lbs. of CO2
Average American is 16 metric tons*
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