Resilient Power Project
Building the foundation for energy resilient communities
As extreme weather and prolonged power outages become more frequent and severe, clean energy solutions – primarily solar PV paired with battery storage (solar+storage) – can provide reliable, life-saving backup power during emergencies, as well as cost savings and broader grid benefits during times of regular grid operations.
Through its Resilient Power Project, Clean Energy Group (CEG) accelerates the equitable deployment of solar+storage technologies in historically marginalized and underserved communities. CEG supports and promotes the advancement of inclusive resilient power development nationwide by offering technical assistance to community-serving organizations that are exploring and developing solar+storage projects, supporting community energy resilience capacity building, advancing policies and programs that ensure more equitable access to solar+storage technologies, preparing and disseminating solar+storage information and resources, and amplifying community voices through close collaboration with partner organizations and promoting partner successes.
Who We Serve
The communities that would most benefit from resilient power typically have had the least access to these technologies. The Resilient Power Project aims to reverse this trend by supporting community-led and community-based solar+storage development to power critical services for environmental justice communities, low-income communities, and communities of color.
The project incorporates Clean Energy Group’s Resilient Power Small Grant Programs:
The Technical Assistance Fund supports community organizations, service providers, affordable housing, and first responders by providing one-on-one technical guidance and by providing funding for communities to engage technical consultants to perform solar+storage feasibility assessments at a specific facility.
The Resilient Power Leadership Initiative supports nonprofit community-based organizations in their efforts to build more resilient communities. The funding enables organizations to devote more time to their energy resilience efforts, as well as to learn more about how solar+storage can directly benefit the communities they serve.
Project Impact
Awarded almost two million dollars in funds to support solar+storage project development and capacity building in historically marginalized and under-resourced communities.
Informed and guided the development and implementation of the first and most innovative resilient power programs, policies, market mechanisms, and financing initiatives in the country, unlocking hundreds of millions of dollars for resilient solar+storage development.
Provided technical support to over 160 community-serving organizations, municipalities, and affordable housing providers to assess solar+storage opportunities at community-serving institutions through the Technical Assistance Fund.
Supported 22 community organizations in their efforts to build internal capacity about resilient power through the Resilient Power Leadership Initiative.
Engaged and informed thousands of stakeholders each year through development and dissemination of solar+storage and resilient power resources.
Project Partners
Meet Our Team
Photo Credits, top to bottom: Resonant Energy; Footprint Project; Via Mobility Services; Solar Responders.