There are smoother paths to siting critical clean energy infrastructure...
... let's find them.
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Dahvi Wilson
Over a decade of experience engaging communities in clean energy siting
From designing and executing effective local engagement strategies to building an expert engagement team at a leading clean energy company, Dahvi has a deep understanding of what it takes to get clean energy projects approved and how to structure the kind of team that can get it done.
Clean Energy Companies
As feasible locations to site clean energy projects become harder to find, it has never been more critical to ensure that companies can win local support where they need it. Effective community engagement has become a critical function for all modern clean energy companies.
Siting Clean provides strategic advisory services to clean energy companies about how to structure and scale their own specialized engagement teams, how to integrate effective budgeting and risk-assessment practices, and how to develop successful approaches to working with host communities.
Non-Profits
The non-profit sector has an important role to play in facilitating a just and responsible transition to clean energy that benefits rural host communities. For organizations working on promoting rural economic resilience, reducing energy impacts on the climate, and minimizing land use conflicts around new infrastructure, local siting issues are quickly become a focal point.
Siting Clean can help non-profit organizations understand how clean energy facilities are developed and permitted, how current processes typically play out, and what might be needed to promote more constructive dialogues with host communities.
Philanthropy
Recognition is growing that local restrictions on the siting and permitting of clean energy facilities have become one of the most significant barriers to clean energy deployment.
Siting Clean can help funders understand how and where local siting challenges tend to emerge, what kinds of resources might be helpful in promoting better outcomes, and what types of initiatives are already underway to help address these issues.
Academia
As local clean energy siting conflicts become more common, academics are being asked to explain how perceptions of renewable energy projects are formed, how development decisions can influence public acceptance, and whether new processes might produce more harmonious outcomes. Researchers are designing new studies, universities are launching new academic programs, and faculty members are developing new courses to help prepare their students to engage in this emerging issue.
Siting Clean can help inform these efforts by providing insights on the dynamics at play in clean energy siting conflicts and sharing first-hand knowledge about the types of skills and strategies that will be needed to help find resolution to them.