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OurStory

Pursuing sustainability with respect for the Earth and each other.

OurEnergy is a technical consulting, engineering and project development services company headquartered in Santa Cruz, California.

We take pride in making a positive impact through our work, and cultivate a strong sense of purpose and community through collaboration. We see no reason to compromise our mission and values to succeed.

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Our Mission

Our mission is to expand access and deployment of renewable energy and sustainable development initiatives.

Innovating Our Industry

We are proud to have contributed to the growth of the renewable energy industry through over 1 Gigawatt of new clean power over the last ~20 years, and this includes a number of firsts and innovations:

  • Recognition from the US Congress and Senate.
  • First and largest utility-scale solar PV project on a Superfund site.
  • Several first utility-scale solar PV facilities on municipal solid waste landfills.
  • Key contributions to large solar PV and wind projects including Desert Sunlight, Topaz, Solar Star, and Tehachapi Wind.
  • The OMEGA algae to biofuels program.
  • Tribal utilities and renewables programs including USDOE Tribal Energy Program, Yurok Tribe, Navajo Nation, NTUA, and Hoopa Tribe.
  • Owner's Engineer and PM/CM services on early-adopting Utility solar development programs:
    • Southern California Edison
    • Austin Energy
    • PSE&G's Solar4All
    • SMUD
    • Early Solar + Storage with PREPA
    • NV Energy
    • VIWAPA
    • Sempra & SDG&E
    • LADWP
    • Southern Company
    • Orlando Utilities Commission
    • HELCO and HECO
  • Contributions to Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) programs in CA including MCE, CleanPowerSF, EBCE, and MBCP.
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Our Values

We value honesty, integrity, trust, empathy, collaboration, technical excellence, safety, socio-economic and environmental justice.