industry solar energy founded 2010 headquarters 401 tree farm drive carbondale colorado 81623 u.s. key people paul spencer tom sweeney vilia valentine sam cunningham bart rupert j.w. postal bob schoofs website www.easycleanenergy.com clean energy collective cec is a clean energy company that is based in carbondale colorado . founded in 2010 the clean energy collective builds operates and maintains community based clean energy facilities . its goal is to deliver clean power generation through facilities that are collectively owned by participating utility customers . the cec provides its cooperatives with remotemeter software that calculates production and monthly credits for participants and includes a smartphone app . 1 under the cec community solar plan an individual or entity can buy one or more solar panels thereby becoming the owner of the solar panel s . the solar panels need not be physically located on the owner s property but can be installed somewhere else . 2 the electricity each panel generates is fed into the electric grid and then sold to utility customers . panel owners are paid in electricity credits for the value of the electricity their panels generate . under the agreement maintenance is included so the cec not the individual is responsible for the repair cleaning or replacement of the panels . 3 one of the cec s goals is to allow individuals or entities who ... lack an appropriate sunny space for a solar array 75 % of people rent or have a roof that is unsuitable for solar to still get their share of the electricity as though it were on their own rooftop . 4 the clean energy collective promotes its community based model as cost effective in part because the cec is able to leverage its collective purchasing power through economies of scale to obtain bulk prices . 5 the clean energy collective has partnered with local utilities including holy cross energy 6 poudre valley rural electric association pvrea 7 and the wright hennepin cooperative electric association 8 the us department of energy has recognized the clean energy collective ... for expanding the market for electricity produced from renewable energy sources during the 11th annual green power leadership awards in san francisco california . 9 contents 1 funding 2 partnership 3 see also 4 references 5 external links funding edit in 2012 sooper credit union of arvada colorado colorado agreed to offer long term loans to consumers and businesses that buy into cec community owned solar gardens . 10 partnership edit in 2014 solar developer first solar took a minority equity position in clean energy collective announcing a strategic partnership to develop and market community solar gardens for utilities . 11 see also edit renewable energy portal united states portal community solar farm american solar energy society list of photovoltaics companies national renewable energy laboratory renewable energy in the united states solar energy industries association venture capital references edit minnesota s first community solar project doubles down on local renewableenergyworld.com john farrell december 18 2012 . solar for all sierra paul rauber january february 2013 . my turn community solar part of the solution the taos news mary emory november 16 2012 . minnesota s first community solar project doubles down on local renewableenergyworld.com john farrell december 18 2012 . clean energy collective website first community owned solar garden launches in roaring fork valley colorado energy news david a. hill june 20 2010 . community solar gardens bright spot in a tough year for solar colorado energy news david a. hill march 7 2012 . minnesota s first community solar project doubles down on local renewableenergyworld.com john farrell december 18 2012 . energy department recognizes nation s top green power programs energy.gov november 16 2011 . sooper credit union turns to the sun credit union times myriam digiovanni april 20 2012 . first solar takes stake in louisville based clean energy collective denver post mark jaffe december 10 2014 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title clean energy collective & oldid 740824017 categories solar energy companies of the united statessolar power in the united states2010 establishments in colorado navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 september 2016 at 14 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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