The Clean Energy Collective (CEC) was an American clean energy company based in Louisville, Colorado, active from 2010 until its filing for bankruptcy in 2020.
History The Clean Energy Collective built, operated, and maintained community-based clean energy facilities.
The CEC provided its cooperatives with Community Solar Platform (CSP) software, which calculated production and monthly credits for participants. This product included a smartphone app.Minnesota's First Community Solar Project Doubles Down on Local, RenewableEnergyWorld.com, John Farrell, December 18, 2012.
Community Solar Plan The CSP was a service that allowed users to purchase and use solar panels without physically attaching them to their property.Solar for All , Sierra, Paul Rauber, January/February 2013. Solar panel owners were paid in electricity credits for the value of the electricity generated.
Funding In 2012, Sooper Credit Union of Arvada, Colorado, agreed to offer long-term loans to consumers and businesses that buy into CEC community-owned solar gardens.Sooper Credit Union Turns to the Sun, Credit Union Times, Myriam DiGiovanni, April 20, 2012.
Con Edison Clean Energy Businesses (Con Edison CEB), formed in 2016 and a wholly owned subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, Inc. (ConEd), "purchased a portfolio of Community Solar projects in development from Clean Energy Collective, LLC" in 2020.
Partnership The Clean Energy Collective partnered with local utilities, including Holy Cross Energy,First Community-Owned Solar Garden Launches in Roaring Fork Valley , Colorado Energy News, David A. Hill, June 20, 2010. Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association (PVREA),Community Solar Gardens — Bright Spot in a Tough Year for Solar , Colorado Energy News, David A. Hill, March 7, 2012. and the Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association.Minnesota's First Community Solar Project Doubles Down on Local , RenewableEnergyWorld.com, John Farrell, December 18, 2012.
In 2014, solar manufacturer First Solar took a minority equity position in Clean Energy Collective. It announced a "strategic partnership to develop and market" community solar gardens for utilities.First Solar Takes Stake in Louisville-Based Clean Energy Collective, Denver Post, Mark Jaffe, December 10, 2014.
Bankruptcy In 2020, Clean Energy Collective filed for bankruptcy.
See also
Community solar farm American Solar Energy Society List of photovoltaics companies National Renewable Energy Laboratory Renewable energy in the United States Solar Energy Industries Association Venture capital
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