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Mission: Contribute to a movement for climate action with a goal of 100% clean energy in PA centered on equity and framing the public vision as one where clean energy is necessary for healthy and safe communities, and by ensuring political power is in the hands of the people and not dirty industries.
Promote clean energy through public education events (online solar tours and renewable choice in electric providers).
Support state policies that promote investment in clean energy, efficiency, electrification of vehicles and buildings and that phase out the extraction and use of fossil fuels.
Support Group teams (e.g. Ready For 100 teams) that are working in this space.
2024 Priorities
- Increasing awareness and demand for solar energy
- Education and Resources
- Support initiatives to transition to electric vehicles
- Outreach to schools to utilize IRA funding for electric school buses
- Work with Advocacy Team on Clean Communities campaign
Meetings and Events
The SC/PA Clean Energy Team meets every other month on the second Monday at 7 p.m. Look for "Chapter Clean Energy Team Mtg" event on our event calendar.
Recent Accomplishments
Solar Success Stories (Clean Energy for ALL Series), Oct 2023
Across Pennsylvania, local governments, community groups, and houses of worship have successfully made the switch to solar energy. Join us for the next installment of the Clean Energy for ALL Education & Action Series as we hear from leaders about planning for a solar transformation, overcoming financial and technical barriers, and building community support in the unlikeliest of places.
Featured solar projects include a power purchase agreement in Centre County, solar arrays at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Lewisburg, and the multi-pronged advocacy of The SEEDS Group of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Flagship Wastewater Treatment Plant, Mar, 2023
Jeremy Taylor, Chief Sustainability Officer at SoMax Circular Solutions, will walk us through this first-in-the-US wastewater treatment plant in Phoenixville, PA that uses hydrothermal carbonization to produce a biofuel that can supply the energy needed to treat municipal wastewater with the potential to generate more energy than the treatment plant consumes.
Utility Scale Energy Storage, Feb, 2022 - Recording HERE
Our speaker: Scott Baker from PJM. PJM operates the competitive wholesale electricity market and manages the high-voltage electricity grid for 13 states (including PA). Scott talked about the status and outlook for utility-scale energy storage projects in PA and the region that will help smooth the variability of renewable energy production.
Sharp cost declines in energy storage technology, particular battery energy storage, combined with emerging opportunities to provide value to the electric power system have led to a sharp increase in the amount of energy storage being proposed to interconnect to the power grid. Within the regional power system operated by PJM, which includes parts or all of 13 states plus the District of Columbia (including PA), over 34,000 MW of stand-alone energy storage and 22,000 MW of combined solar-storage hybrid resources have proposed to be interconnected. This webinar will examine the role of energy storage in the PJM regional power grid, energy storage in Pennsylvania, as well as emerging opportunities for energy storage in a future decarbonized power grid. Find Scott's presentation here and the study he referenced: Energy Transition in PJM: Frameworks for Analysis
Solar for Everyone - Community Solar in Pennsylvania, July 2021
Speaker: Henry McKay, Solar United Neighbors
Description: What is Community Solar and how is it different from residential rooftop solar, utility-scale solar and purchasing renewable electricity from a 3rd party generator? How has it worked in other states? How could it work in Pennsylvania? What is the status of current Community Solar legislation in Pennsylvania and what can we expect in 2021? Solar United Neighbors is a national organization dedicated to representing the needs and interests of solar owners and clean energy supporters.
Resources
Contacts - Volunteer Interest
To ask a quesiton of the Clean Energy Team, or learn how you can contribute to our team, submit this Volunteer Interest Form.
We are always looking for new volunteers. Join our next meeting (see Meetings & Events above) or connect our team leaders to learn how you can work on building our resource hub, nurturing new Ready For 100 teams or tracking PA legislation that helps add more clean renewable energy to the power mix in Pennsylvania.
Blogs and Articles
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