Mission & History
The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) is a 501(c)(3) national nonprofit organization that unites finance, policy and technology to accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy.


Our Mission
Unite finance, policy and technology to accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy.
Focus Areas

Our Vision
An electrified economy powered by clean energy that supports an improved quality of life for all.
Initiatives
ACORE Accelerate
American Renewable Investment Campaign
Macro Grid Initiative
Our History
Founded in 2001, the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) was the first organization dedicated to expanding the pan-renewable economy in the United States. For more than two decades, ACORE has sought to unite finance, policy and technology to shape America’s energy future.
Today, our members are responsible for 90% of the booming utility-scale clean energy capacity growth in the U.S. But we are not done. We’re proud to have celebrated two decades of extraordinary growth and are now focused on the next 20 years of critically important efforts to accelerate the deployment of clean energy.
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What will our next 20 years look like? Here’s the truth: they’ll be better with ACORE at the forefront of energy policy.
Shannon Kellogg
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
