Microsoft has partnered with Clearloop to deploy up to 100MW of solar projects over the next three years in historically underinvested communities across the US, spanning 20 socioeconomically diverse American communities, including in Arkansas and Louisiana.
“We applaud Microsoft for using its purchasing power to pilot and scale innovative structures that accelerate grid decarbonization in a way that ensures all American communities can see themselves represented as we transform our economy with clean, innovative technologies,” said Laura Zapata, Clearloop CEO and co-founder.
These projects will be among the first large-scale solar installations to interconnect and serve the local distribution grids in Poinsett County, Cross County, and Desha County in Arkansas, and Bienville Parish in Louisiana, matching customer electricity usage with new renewable energy generation, with the solar portfolio supporting Microsoft’s goal to become carbon-negative by 2030. The new solar portfolio will be developed, owned, and operated by Silicon Ranch, Clearloop’s parent company, for the lifetime of each project.
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