Building Collective Power & Climate Justice Through Community Ownership of Distributed Energy Resources

Engagement Method

Social Engagement

Action Area

Community

Energy and the Environment

Strategic Priority

Achieving Racial Justice

Tackling the Climate Crisis

The energy transition, away from a nearly-fully fossil fuel-based system and towards a renewable future, is happening. This research project aims to build a deeper, applied understanding of how innovative developments of renewable distributed energy resources (DERs) can be designed and utilized to build civic capacity and community power, through the frame of climate justice for Black, Brown, and working class and poor communities.

Led by: Austin Cole (MCP / MBA '24)

Geography: New York City, New York