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2025
Penn Environment highlighted one of our 2024 projects: Local Tour highlights solar and energy efficiency at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Wyoming Valley.
It was also featured in the Times Leader: Local church shows off its new solar panels
2024
The Weavers Way September 2024 Shuttle - Solar Panels Project Set to Power Up at Germantown Store
Chestnut Hill Local September 6, 2024: A Sunny new outlook appears for Weavers Way
Grid Magazine‘s September 2024 Issue: The Clean Energy Co-op is making solar affordable for organizations in Pennsylvania
Planet Phila Radio show featured the Weavers Way Germantown project: Weavers Way Germantown solar panels; Steve Hebden & Joy Baxter 4/19/24
The Weavers Way Co-op’s newspaper, The Shuttle, featured an article in the March issue by Marion Storey Biddle, member of both co-ops, describing the Germantown project
The Clean Energy Co-op was featured in the Keystone Development Center’s You Tube Channel
2023
Co-founder Jack Barnett and President Chris Weigand spoke with the Energiewende Magazine which resulted in an article entitled: Solarpower for Communitys from Pennsylvania. It’s in German but you should be able to use your browser’s translater to read it.
The Clean Energy Coop was featured in “So We All Win: Democratizing the Energy Transition” in the Proximate Press, October 24, 2023
Co-founder Jack Barnett comments in this article for the River Reporter about the development of Solar Farms in PA, published July 19, 2023
Jack Barnett also wrote an article for the River Reporter about the relationship between solar projects and the utility grid, published on April 25, 2023
Joy Baxter, founder of the Southeast chapter of the Clean Energy Coop, was interviewed for Yooo Sun!!! - A Podcast on the State of Solar. Episode 30 released on Feb 1, 2023
2022
Jack Barnett from the Clean Energy Coop together with Kathy Dodge of SEEDS and Michele Sands (who is a co-founder of both organizations) presented information on the organizations at the North Branch Friends meeting January 27th, 2022.
For more information on North Branch Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends (Quakers), take a look at their website: https://northbranchquakermeeting.org/.
2020
November 20, 2020 Penn’s Northeast reports WEDCO Innovator of the Year Award Presented to The Clean Energy Co-op.
Coverage of our fourth Solar PV installation at The Stourbridge Project
on WJFF (October 16, 2020)
in The River Reporter (October 14, 2020)
2019
on WNEP (August 1, 2019)
in The River Reporter (August 7, 2019)
2018
Coverage of our third Solar PV project at Willow Wisp Organic Farm:
in The River Reporter (July 3, 2018)
in The River Reporter (April 25, 2018)
2017
Coverage of our second Solar PV project at the Anthill Farm:
on WaynePike News (October 23, 2017)
on WNEP's Power to Save (October 19, 2017)
2016
Coverage of our winning the IREC's National 3iAward - Best Community Renewables Project of the Year award:
Congrats received from the Keystone Development Center, who has helped us at many points! (Sept 16, 2016)
Our joint event for the Cooperage PV dedication was on the front page of the Tri-County Independent on May 27, 2016
2015
Construction got started on our first Community Solar project on the Cooperage in November 2015:
On News 13 (Nov 25, 2015)
Featured on WNEP's Power to Save (Nov 19, 2015)
In the November 16, 2015 issue of the Wayne Independent. Correction: this is the first project of the Clean Energy Co-op, and the four other solar systems noted in downtown Honedale have no relationship with us.
2014
Jack Barnett describes what we're all about. SEEDS General Meeting (Sept 16, 2014):
Jack was interviewed by Mikki Uzupes for Wayne Pike Now (broadcast on October 5, 2014): listen here
and also by Dick Riesling for WJFF Connections on Sept 22, 2014: listen here
Other media stories about the Co-op founding and first annual meeting (fall 2014):
The River Reporter published an article about us on page 3 of their November 27, 2014 issue.
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