PV Magazine: Tribal-procured RECs retire at Pinterest
Renewable energy credits (RECs) procured by Seneca Environmental and retired on behalf of Pinterest is a story about honeybees, a Tribal-owned company and Pinterest.
The RECs come from 15 countries, including the co-op-owned Connexus Athens Solar project in Minnesota, which has a sister site in Ramsey that sits its panels about 1 meter from the ground to enable pollinator-friendly vegetation underneath the panels. This way, both the solar panels and the vegetation can harvest the sun for renewable energy, and the native pollinators and honeybees, respectively.
Seneca Environmental is a Tribal-owned business whose profits go directly toward supporting the needs of the members of the Seneca Nation, whose territory is in western New York. The company was established to deliver projects at scale for customers wanting to support historically underserved communities. Seneca Environmental reported that it is building a Tribal workforce and Indigenous enterprise capacity to benefit current and future generations.
