Entries for Energizing Rural Communities Prize

Our mission is to create a plan to drastically increase resiliency for the residents and implement the town’s 100% Renewable Energy Plan.

A project development partnership model that aligns skillsets, distributes risk, and removes barriers to clean energy projects.

Cooperative structure expands solar ownership to low- and moderate-income tribal members, supported by new Intertribal Steering Committee

Creating an engagement template for those in the remote/rugged/fire prone terrain to begin considering a community-driven microgrid project

We are partnering with the Navajo community of Shiprock to develop a plan to deliver clean energy and resiliency to their reservation.

ICAST is seeking funding under the Partnership track to deepen its relationships with underserved, rural Tribal Nations in New Mexico.

We transform community anchors, the majority being black churches, into Clean Energy Hubs, ensuring an equitable clean energy transition.

Bringing clean energy to Bridgton, ME through All Roads Hub business center and a Community Solar Partnership

We generate carbon-free electricity using the kinectic flow from waste water treatment plants and large irrigation canals.

Our long term goal is to develop a 235MW wind farm called Anpetu Wi (Morning Light) on the Standing Rock Tribal Reservation.

This project results in grid and community benefits for rural communities in eastern North Carolina through the installation of microgrids.

AASF proposes to facilitate agreements that enable the implementation of agrivoltaic designs for Black farmers in Florida.

The Climate-Resilient Gerlach Partnership brings world-class expertise & innovative tech to solve this remote community's energy woes.

To empower individuals and families on the Navajo Nation by facilitating access to renewable energy, specifically solar power. ​

Solar4Us @ Mountain Maryland is developing community solar projects benefiting low-income households in rural Western Maryland.

Small-Community Mobile Water Treatment with the Following Attributes: Solar Micro-Grid, SCADA, Storage, Blackwater "Waste to Energy" System