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“ Across these customers, around 15 percent are classed as low-to-moderate income, and we’ re passionate about enabling wider access to renewable energy. However, not all our customers are residential; we have non-profit organizations, as well as small and large commercial customers.”
Raising awareness
Jared then turns his attention to PureSky’ s current projects.“ We have around 12 sites currently under construction or about to start construction, a number of which are in Illinois, including the five-megawatt Green Bay Solar Farm,” he states.“ Illinois is an important area for us and we’ re currently promoting these latestage development projects. We’ re bringing environmental consciousness to the forefront of our operations by planting pollinator-friendly plants and integrating the solar farms with local habitats. Green Bay will be used for sheep grazing and to manage vegetation, for instance.“ Our Fort River project in Massachusetts is another interesting one when it comes to conservation, as there’ s a turtle habitat on site that we helped preserve. We want to alleviate any concerns about the impact of solar farms on the local landscape, so we’ re constantly finding ways to ensure the land can not only be returned to farmland afterwards but can have environmental benefits during operation too. We’ re also passionate about community involvement, so we’ re bringing local schools to tour the sites and supporting a number of initiatives and charitable organizations.”
As our conversation ends, talk turns to PureSky’ s future.“ We’ re increasingly focusing on delivering standalone energy storage projects and we have several ongoing campaigns to make people aware of our services,” Jared explains.“ We’ ve already have some storage projects in place or underway in Colorado, New York, and Texas, but we’ re constantly looking for new locations.
“ Similarly, we’ ll continue to expand our community solar portfolio across new states, such as Illinois and hopefully Pennsylvania, Iowa, and Colorado in the near future. Growing our operator base is inevitably another continued focus and we’ ll continue to strengthen our partnerships with local communities and stakeholders to develop projects in local jurisdictions.
“ While we’ re growing our asset base, we’ re always thinking of the next stage and we’ re not afraid to be creative or diversify to meet evolving technologies, resources, or customer demand,” Jared concludes.“ We’ re excited about the future of renewable energy and the role it’ s playing in the grid as energy demand across the US continues to rise. With renewable energy set to be the largest contributor in new generations, we’ re dedicated to developing cleaner, more sustainable communities that make a meaningful difference to the energy source of the future.” ■
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