March 7, 2023
ACORE Welcomes Third Cohort of Speed up Member Corporations
Washington, D.C. – The American Council on Renewable Power (ACORE) introduced right now that eight firms have been chosen to affix the ACORE Speed up Membership Program as a part of its third cohort, which can prolong from 2023-2025.
The ACORE Speed up Membership Program, a 2022 recipient of the Division of Power’s Inclusive Power Innovation Prize, helps the success of small, rising renewable vitality firms owned and/or operated by leaders who determine as girls, Asian-Indian, Asian-Pacific, Black, Hispanic, or Native American. Taking part firms obtain a complimentary two-year membership, an schooling stipend, devoted employees, free entry to ACORE’s paid occasions, focused business briefings, pro-bono authorized and advisory providers, and unique networking alternatives, amongst different advantages.
The businesses becoming a member of the ACORE Speed up Membership Program’s third cohort are:
Brevian Power, primarily based in Vista, California, a industrial microgrid options supplier with a mission to convey inexpensive, dependable, renewable energy to houses, companies, and communities.
CFEX, Inc., primarily based in San Francisco, California, a renewable vitality transaction platform between consumers (enterprise off-takers) and sellers (builders) that makes company renewable vitality procurements, put up industrial operation date, extra environment friendly and scalable to fulfill enterprises’ fast-growing Scope 2 decarbonization wants.
Copacity, Inc., primarily based in Windfall, Rhode Island, a know-how platform for clear vitality procurement that connects renewable vitality consumers and sellers and delivers clear vitality options that present for lasting financial alternatives.
Inexperienced Energy Ventures, primarily based in Austell, Georgia, a local weather resiliency and renewable vitality undertaking improvement and funding administration agency concentrating on ignored establishments in underserved markets.
IWNL Power, LLC, primarily based in Orlando, Florida, a consulting agency creating and implementing workforce improvement and coaching options throughout the renewable vitality sector with a deal with offshore wind.
Midflare Company, primarily based in Atlanta, Georgia, a industrial and utility-scale photo voltaic undertaking developer within the utility and distributed era house with a ardour for bringing photo voltaic and integrating renewable vitality ideas into curriculums at HBCUs, in addition to serving traditionally underserved communities by group photo voltaic.
Ryter Cooperative Industries, primarily based in Highland Park, Michigan, a solar-plus-storage providers supplier specializing in net-zero and off-grid options together with group photo voltaic farms and photo voltaic charging stations.
Scalar Worldwide, primarily based in Tampa, Florida, are asset managers and advisors that construct, personal, and function vitality and water effectivity infrastructure property.
“ACORE’s Speed up members are blazing a path for extra renewable vitality firms owned and operated by girls and folks of coloration to enter into the business whereas additionally delivering the transformational clear vitality know-how, improvement, socioeconomic, and restorative justice developments our sector and nation want probably the most,” stated ACORE Senior Vice President of Range, Fairness, Inclusion, and Justice Constance Thompson. “Attaining a simply transition to a renewable vitality economic system means breaking down the systemic limitations to fairness, inclusion, and financial justice inside our business, and the ACORE Speed up Membership Program is doing simply that. I’m delighted to welcome eight new firms to the ACORE Speed up household right now, and we sit up for supporting their continued success.”
“ACORE is happy to welcome the third cohort of promising Speed up member firms to our group,” stated ACORE President and CEO Gregory Wetstone. “Launched in 2020, the ACORE Speed up Membership Program has already helped facilitate tons of of business-to-business interactions, offering a platform for Speed up members to scale their enterprise. Whereas we’re pleased with the progress this program has made thus far in attaining a extra various and inclusive sector, there are essential challenges that lie forward. The ACORE workforce is raring to proceed working carefully with our rising Speed up membership community to assist a simply transition to renewable vitality.”
The ACORE Speed up Membership Program is made potential by the beneficiant and sustained assist of Speed up’s sponsors and program companions. To be taught extra about this system and the businesses concerned, go to www.acore.org/speed up.
About ACORE:
For greater than 20 years, the American Council on Renewable Power (ACORE) has been the nation’s premier pan-renewable nonprofit group. ACORE unites finance, coverage and know-how to speed up the transition to a renewable vitality economic system. For extra data, please go to www.acore.org.
Media Contacts:
Alex Hobson
Sr. Vice President, Communications
American Council on Renewable Power
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Dylan HelmsAffiliate, CommunicationsAmerican Council on Renewable Power[email protected] | 202.891.7868 (o) | 727.290.8804 (c)
