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FARMING THE SUN Solar panels on this Pennsylvania farm help advance clean energy in the Keystone State. © The Nature Conservancy

Clean Energy & Clean Technology for a Better Energy Economy

Advancing Clean Energy PA is an online community working to change the conversation surrounding clean energy, energy efficiency, and clean transportation. We work to highlight the role these opportunities can play in transforming local Pennsylvania economies and communities. Join the conversation in Pennsylvania. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

Clean Energy Storytellers from Pennsylvania

Fort Indiantown Gap: Energy Stewardship for Mission Readiness

Learn why Pennsylvania’s largest military installation is pursuing conservation, efficiency, and renewable energy as a strategy to improve its mission. 

Fort Indiantown Gap Fort Indiantown Gap is the busiest Air National Guard training installation in the nation. Over last 10 years, it has doubled the amount of training, while simultaneously cutting energy consumption by 37 percent, using those savings to reinvest into the training center.

Lockwood Lawn Care: Clean energy brings an innovative business opportunity

Entrepreneurship is an American right-of-passage. For many, that means summers spent mowing lawns. But for this young Pennsylvania entrepreneur, settling for the status-quo is no way to make his mark. He’s reinventing lawn-care by ditching the gasoline and relying on all electric equipment powered by pure solar energy. 

Lockwood Lawns Clean energy brings an innovative business opportunity.

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania’s Solar Leader

Learn why Lancaster County is Pennsylvania’s solar leader, boasting more installed solar capacity than anywhere else in the state. 

Advancing Clean Energy in Lancaster County, PA In a county where the country's first oil well was drilled, clean energy options are becoming a win-win for commerce, jobs and the environment.

Choosing Clean Energy

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Clean Energy for People and Wildlife

The Nature Conservancy is working across the country to help private and public partners deliver clean, wildlife-friendly renewable power to customers faster and cheaper.

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Leading the Way on Clean Energy

States have been exploring policy opportunities that encourage the growth of clean energy and energy efficiency.

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Cleaner Power and Flowing Water: Finding Balance Between Smart Renewable Energy and River Protection

As countries look to meet their renewable energy goals, we’ve seen many turn to their rivers to fill the growing energy gap. We must balance development with protection of healthy rivers for both people and nature.