Ever.green

We’ve helped our partner Ever.green drive home the impact of clean energy projects for local communities through narrative, video storytelling. We worked with their team to showcase how high-impact Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) drive consequential impact by bringing projects online that otherwise may not get built if it wasn’t for the support of corporate buyers.

The Southeast is one of the most fossil-fuel-dependent regions in the U.S. and lacks access to other utility scale renewables such as the wind corridor or the Southwest solar belt, and complex utility regulations have slowed the shift to renewables.

Ever.green helped connect Wells Fargo, which has a substantial presence in the Carolinas to bring a 28 MHz solar farm online, that sits on the distribution side of the grid. This means that the project feeds enough clean energy directly into the community to power 3,000 homes per year. As a result, it also provides property tax revenue that supports schools, infrastructure, and emergency services. 

In Wayne County, WV, Ever.green aggregated corporate climate commitments to enable rooftop solar for a rural school district, lowering energy costs and creating local jobs. The cost savings to the school district means an estimated $150-$200k per year will be spent on students and teachers rather than energy bills.

The project was installed by local solar developer, Solar Holler, which is deeply connected to the communities in the area; many of the staff have graduated from, or have their own children enrolled in Wayne County schools.