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Clean, local, affordable.
Equitable, resilient, restorative.

Groundswell is building community power.

Here's How

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Groundswell is a 501c3 nonprofit that serves local communities by developing solar projects and resilience hubs; helping neighbors share power; reducing energy burdens through efficiency; connecting clean energy supply chains to local economic development; and leading pioneering research to help light the way to affordable energy. Through our work, we are building clean energy futures that reflect the beautiful diversity of the communities we serve.

Sharing from abundance.

The sun’s energy is plentiful, but access to power from the sun is often exclusive — available only to the financially privileged. We believe that’s wrong and that there’s a better way, so we asked ourselves how can we “love our neighbors as ourselves” through the abundant energy available from the sun? That’s why we build solar projects that share power, devote 100% of solar savings to those who need them most, and are deeply connected to the economic vitality of the communities they serve.

Whether you rent or own your home, if you live in one of the communities Groundswell serves, you can sign up and subscribe to SharePowerTM for locally-produced solar energy.

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Highlights

  • Community Solar at the Monastery of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

    Notably founded by a woman - St. Teresa of Jesus of Avila - during the 16th century, the Order of Carmelite Friars in Washington DC hosts a community solar project that shares power with 50 local DC households. 

  • Building Resilience with Atlanta’s HBCUs

    In service to Spelman College, Morehouse College, and the AUCC and with Partnership for Southern Equity, we’re developing a pioneering Resilience Hub with support from NREL.

  • Christ for Everyone Shares IL Solar for All

    As a part of the IL Solar for All program, we’re building a new community solar project in service to Christ for Everyone Ministries in Chicago Heights.

  • LIFT: Finance Research to Accelerate Solar Access

    Typical approaches for financing solar projects excludes households with lower incomes and credit scores. Funding through the U.S. Department of Energy, The LIFT solar finance research initiative seeks to transform the market to rapidly expand solar access for everyone.

News & Events

  • May 26, 2021

    AABE 2021: Online

    Groundswell CEO Michelle Moore will speak at the American Association of Blacks in Energy  (AABE) 44th National Conference. This year the conference is virtual on May 25 – 27, 2021. This year’s  theme, Connecting the Dots, will examine the rapid growth and changes  impacting the energy industry. We will examine how this growth is driven by  customer needs or technological advancements and how the industry is responding  to society’s most pressing energy issues.  
  • May 19, 2021

    Financial Innovations Roundtable: Scaling Equitable Solar Finance Online

    Groundswell CFO Emily Robichaux will speak on scaling community solar finance at the Financial Innovations Roundtable, co-hosted by the University of New Hampshire Carsey Center for Impact Finance and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
  • May 14, 2021

    Building Equity for All: Energy Justice Online

    Groundswell CPO Lenwood Coleman will speak at EarthShare’s Building Equity for All webinar series.  
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Groundswell is a 501c3 nonprofit organization. Donations help us to serve more people and get more good work done. Please consider supporting our mission through a tax deductible one-time or recurring donation.

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