Our outdated systems hold back smart, competitive energy innovations. The Clean Economy Project exists to fix the systems so America can build, innovate, and invest at speed and scale.
Clean Economy Project
Unleashing clean energy to drive economic growth and shared prosperity.
About
Clean Economy Project (CleanEcon) is a policy and advocacy platform that unleashes smart energy solutions to drive a new era of economic growth, industrial strength, and shared prosperity. By fixing systems and removing policy barriers, we make clean energy the most affordable, reliable, and fastest way to power a growing economy.
Our Vehicles
We execute our mission through targeted vehicles that bridge the private sector, policy experts and political strategists to unlock America’s energy future.
Connecting Washington to the startups building the future of energy.
Reimagining and renovating our electric grid to keep costs low, generate more clean electricity, and power new industries and jobs.
Accelerating the clean energy transition through a nonpartisan collaborative that removes the policy barriers to clean tech innovation.
News & Updates
America’s power shortage is a market failure
Early U.S. rail development was fragmented, with local projects often failing to connect regions. In Utility Dive, CleanEcon’s Director of Strategy Maria Martinez explains what today’s grid developers should pay attention to.
Leadership Spotlight: Farah Benahmed, Director of Innovation Initiative
Meet Farah, Director of the Innovation Initiative at CleanEcon. In this spotlight, Farah shares her point of view on what is holding clean energy tech back and how leaders can think more holistically about impact.
Leadership Spotlight: Adria Wilson, Director of Innovation Initiative
In this Leadership Spotlight, director of the Innovation Initiative Adria Wilson shares why innovation is a process rather than a moment, where policy and technology fall out of sync, and what success could look like for the U.S. clean energy innovation ecosystem a decade from now.