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Groundswell is building community power.

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Groundswell is a 501c3 nonprofit that builds community power through equitable community solar projects and resilience centers, clean energy programs that reduce energy burdens, and pioneering research initiatives that help light the way to clean energy futures for all. Groundswell leads clean energy programs and projects in five states, including the District of Columbia, providing low- and moderate-income households more than $8 million in clean energy savings to date.

 

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 there’s a better way, so we asked ourselves how can we use the abundant energy from the sun to “love our neighbors as ourselves”? At Groundswell, we do so through building solar projects that share power and devote 100% of solar savings to the households where they are best resourced.

Whether you rent or own your home, if you live in one of the communities Groundswell serves, you can subscribe to SharePowerTM for locally-produced solar energy that makes a difference for your community and the environment.

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News & Events

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  • 2024 12 04

    Energy Futures 2024: Resilience & Places of Worship in the Black Community

    Join us for an impactful webinar where Black faith leaders will share vital insights on fostering resilience within their communities and congregations. Discover how church leaders can partner with organizations like Groundswell to secure essential funding and bolster resilience initiatives.
  • 2024 11 21

    2024 Tennessee Valley Solar + Storage Conference

    Join Groundswell Vice President of Market Development Dan Limbago for an enlightening panel focused on regional Solar for All opportunities at the 2024 Tennessee Valley Solar + Storage Conference. The Tennessee Valley Solar Conference will bring together people interested in growing solar business opportunities in the Tennessee Valley to discuss strategies, market trends, and policies that impact the solar industry. Attendees will participate in in-depth and forward-looking discussions on TVA policy and processes and evolving technical opportunities facing the industry in the Tennessee Valley region.
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Highlights

  • 2024 Rural Renaissance Roadshow Highlights SE Solutions

    2024 Rural Renaissance Roadshow Highlights SE Solutions

    From the $27 billion in new green bank and Solar for All funding to the revolutionary “Direct Pay” tax credits, this year’s Rural Renaissance Roadshow is bringing the solutions to you. This year, the Roadshow will feature four distinct tracks: Green Banks, Solar for All, Regenerative Agriculture, and Jobs are Justice.

  • Community-Owned Resilience To Be A Gamechanger For West Atlanta Community

    Community-Owned Resilience To Be A Gamechanger For West Atlanta Community

    On April 30, Groundswell, in partnership with the Community Church Atlanta, Stryten Energy, InterUrban Solar, the City of Atlanta, the Wells Fargo Foundation, and GM, celebrated the construction launch of one of the first community-owned resilience hubs in the Southeast.

  • Rural Resilience: Pastor Billy Humphrey on Direct Pay for Non-Profits

    Rural Resilience: Pastor Billy Humphrey on Direct Pay for Non-Profits

    In February 2024, Groundswell CEO Michelle Moore and City of Refuge Founder and Executive Director Pastor Billy Humphrey discussed Direct Pay's impact on non-profits during the inaugural Rural Renaissance webinar. Pastor Humphrey has seen firsthand what the "Direct Pay" provisions of the IRA can mean for non-profits.

  • 2023 Year in Review

    2023 Year in Review

    Groundswell has always focused on driving transformative change and getting things done, and the results of those efforts were evident in the impact of all of our programs in 2023. Across the board, Groundswell programs have worked to build community power while embodying our values of equity, respect, integrity, excellence, supporting each other, driving transformative change, and serving people and communities with joy. In this report, you’ll read about the transformative impact that Groundswell’s programs have had — and are having — for the communities we joyfully serve.

  • Community Resiliency Hub at City of Refuge of Baltimore Showcases Benefits of IRA

    Community Resiliency Hub at City of Refuge of Baltimore Showcases Benefits of IRA

    On October 20, Groundswell, in partnership with the City of Refuge in Baltimore, the Maryland Energy Administration, the City of Baltimore Office of Sustainability, and SunCatch Energy celebrated the first resilience hub in Maryland that will allow a nonprofit to receive direct benefits of a solar + storage project - and pass those benefits on to the community they serve.

  • LIFT for Solar Access Everywhere Research Featured in Springer Proceedings in Energy Ahead of ASES Conference

    LIFT for Solar Access Everywhere Research Featured in Springer Proceedings in Energy Ahead of ASES Conference

    Findings from innovative LIFT research was published in Springer Proceedings in Energy's Proceedings of the 52nd American Solar Energy Society National Solar Conference 2023, a peer-reviewed publication focused on present and future forms of energy as a resource for human societies. The LIFT paper discusses new community solar deployment tools, strategies for implementing financial best practices, and other key insights utilities and solar developers can leverage to improve inclusive solar access to LMI communities.

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