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Cory Neeley, Director of SolarShare Wisconsin, explains how SolarShare Wisconsin Cooperative allows Wisconsin residents to invest in solar farms in the state.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin – The Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council (WSBC) is proud to announce its 2022 Sustainable Business Award Finalists. The Sustainable Business Awards celebrate recipients for showing cutting-edge environmental, social, and governance leadership while rewarding them for being leaders in their industry and community. The finalists demonstrate leadership, initiative, and innovation and make measurable impacts across their businesses and the communities they serve. Jessy Servi Ortiz, Managing Director of WSBC, says, “Businesses...

Solar projects have began dotting the state of Wisconsin in an effort to ramp up renewable energy production. One solar cooperative is now working to construct small-scale projects that can benefit member investors. Cory Neeley is the Director of Solar Share Wisconsin Cooperative, and he shares more about how the group aims to include investors in their projects. Neeley explains that the cooperative’s goal is to democratize solar projects. He shares that anyone from the state of Wisconsin can become an investor and receive dividends from the...

Cory Neeley Director, SolarShare WI Cooperative This year’s theme for Earth Day was “Invest In Our Planet.” There are many ways to invest in our planet, and I’m excited to announce a brand-new opportunity created in part by RENEW that allows everyday people to invest in Wisconsin’s clean energy economy. SolarShare WI Cooperative is an innovative cooperative model that helps Wisconsin residents and businesses invest in solar cooperative farms. Working together, our members pool money to invest in solar farms located in Wisconsin, reducing our...

A new venture is offering Wisconsin residents and businesses an opportunity to profit from solar energy development. A joint venture of Renew Wisconsin and a group of solar developers and installers, SolarShare Wisconsin co-op, allows regular people — regardless of wealth — to invest in small-scale solar farms by pooling their money. While some solar farms are owned by utility companies, others are owned by developers who build them with money from banks and investors and then sell the electricity to utilities, generating income over time. “We...