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GRID Alternatives: Powering change in communities

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GRID Alternatives: Powering change in communities

Why is free, clean electricity from the sun not available to everyone? GRID Alternatives, a nonprofit in Oakland, California, is working to make solar energy more accessible.

One of Bangalore's revitalized lakes with city buildings in the background.
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Revitalizing the ‘city of lakes’

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Revitalizing the ‘city of lakes’

Wells Fargo’s environmental stewardship extends across the globe, as India-based team members help rejuvenate the lakes of Bangalore.

Two Wells Fargo team members wearing yellow hard hats are walking on the roof of a home carrying a solar panel.
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Using sunlight to lower bills for low- to moderate-income families

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Using sunlight to lower bills for low- to moderate-income families

Homeowners in California, including Monica Sirri, will receive solar panels from GRID Alternatives, thanks to a grant from the Wells Fargo Builds℠ program.

Three large white structures are side by side on grass. On the side of one of them is: ESS INC and EW, 100kW400kWh. Behind the structures are solar panels and wind turbines.
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Helping to power large-scale operations with iron and saltwater

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Helping to power large-scale operations with iron and saltwater

Energy Storage Systems Inc. is providing safer and longer-lasting batteries at a lower cost and introducing its technology to the world after participating in the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator program.

An aerial image of a wooded area beside water. Beside the wooded area is a building with a white roof.
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How one community kept a hurricane at bay

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How one community kept a hurricane at bay

The Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science is restoring coastal wetlands and dune habitats in Florida, thanks to grants from Wells Fargo and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

Rene and Monika Owczarski pose inside their urban farm. They stand smiling in front of a fence with greenery behind them.
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After date nights in the garden, a farm emerges

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After date nights in the garden, a farm emerges

It’s a wonder what a few veggies can do for a next-door lot full of weeds, drugs, and crime. Find out how Wells Fargo team member Rene Owczarski and his wife, Monika, got an urban farm approved for their Des Moines, Iowa, community.

A white boat with people aboard and the words SAVE THE BAY on the side is on the water. Smoke stacks are on the shoreline behind it.
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Washington, D.C., students learn in a floating classroom

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Washington, D.C., students learn in a floating classroom

Students from The School Without Walls High School and other schools in the Washington, D.C., area are learning about their local waterways, thanks to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Wells Fargo.

Rethinking Rural participant Melony Edwards at Willowood Farm in Washington.
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Forget the city. These millennials are ‘rethinking rural’

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Forget the city. These millennials are ‘rethinking rural’

Organizers in Washington are creating a national network of millennial leaders in rural areas, thanks to support from a nonprofit and Wells Fargo.

Wells Fargo will provide $200 billion in financing through 2030 to businesses and projects that support the transition to a low-carbon economy.
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Wells Fargo commits $200 billion toward sustainable financing

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Wells Fargo commits $200 billion toward sustainable financing

The company’s pledge is designed to promote the shift to a low-carbon economy. More than $100 billion will go toward financing clean technology and renewable energy projects.

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