Showing Up Matters: Our Community-First Approach to Renewable Energy Projects

At Arevon, we don’t just develop renewable energy projects — we show up, we listen, and we act as responsible partners to the communities that make them possible.

Strong Communities, Strong Projects

We prioritize early and ongoing engagement with local communities, recognizing that our projects will be operating for decades. Strong, respectful relationships from the beginning are essential to long-term success. This involves:

• Supporting the needs and goals of the community where our projects reside.
• Establishing early and frequent engagement with landowners and the community to answer questions, share project updates, and nurture relationships.
• Giving back through local events, volunteering, sponsorships, and charitable donations.

Through these efforts, we aim to create a positive impact that goes beyond the lifespan of our projects, helping to strengthen the communities we are honored and proud to be a part of.

Our Approach to Community Relations

At Arevon, our community relations approach is simple: showing up matters. Being present fosters trust, encourages open dialogue, and helps ensure that our projects deliver lasting value to the communities they serve. Arevon implements a community-first approach that is driven by the following principles.

Community Integration

When Arevon develops a renewable energy project, we seek to be an active member of the community. More specifically, we see ourselves as a neighbor — one who listens, communicates openly, addresses questions, and engages in meaningful conversations. Being a good neighbor also means getting involved: volunteering, attending local events, and supporting local businesses, hotels, and restaurants.

Lifecycle Engagement

Our team members engage with and support the community during every phase of our solar and energy storage projects:

• Stage 1: during project pre-permitting, we lay the foundation of respect that is vital for a long-term relationship. Arevon hosts landowner dinners and open houses to build rapport with community members, answer their questions, and inform them about the project. Additionally, we conduct community assessments and cultural studies to ensure that community values, local history, and protected heritage or cultural sites are respected throughout project development and construction.
• Stage 2: as the project transitions into the permitting phase, efforts shift toward educational presentations, storytelling, charitable giving initiatives, and identifying volunteering opportunities, all while cultivating relationships with the community.
• Stage 3: as permitting concludes, open communication becomes even more crucial for nurturing a healthy relationship with the community. Arevon continues charitable giving, volunteering, and outreach through landowner dinners, open houses, and ongoing project updates related to construction.
• Stage 4: throughout construction, we host events like job fairs, groundbreaking ceremonies, and worker appreciation lunches to recognize the people making the project possible and to bring the community together. Once a project is up and running, we celebrate with ribbon-cutting ceremonies and continue to stay engaged — finding meaningful ways to connect and contribute as a long-term community partner.

Core Value Alignment

Arevon’s approach to community relations is rooted in our core values and central to our identity. These values shape how we allocate our time and charitable giving. As a result, we focus our resources on three key pillars: alleviating food and housing insecurity, supporting education with a focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), and promoting public health and safety.

Arevon proactively seeks input from community members on how to best contribute our time and resources, ensuring that our donations have the greatest impact. This support can take many forms — scholarships for students, new gear for the fire department, food for families in need, or volunteer time with children. The details may vary by project, but each effort reflects our values and who we are as a company, shaped by the priorities and values of the local community.

Strengthening Communities: Real Examples of Our Efforts

Here are just a few examples of the communities we’ve supported through our projects and the meaningful partnerships we’ve built along the way.

Alleviating Food and Housing Insecurity

Arevon regularly partners with local organizations that address food and housing insecurity in the community.

Our team sponsored and volunteered at the Carbondale Warming Center’s “Coldest Night of the Year” fundraising walk in Carbondale, Illinois — future home to our Big Muddy Solar Project, currently under development. The event raised awareness and financial support for individuals without shelter and food during the harsh winter months.

We volunteered at the Helping His Hands food depot in Knox County, Indiana — future home to our Blue Jeans Solar Project, formerly known as Ratts 2 Solar, currently under development. Our team spent the day packing bags of food, hygiene products, and household items for community members in need.

Arevon sponsored the CASA Youth Foundation’s participation in the Annual Brawley Cattle Call Rodeo near our Vikings Solar-plus-Storage Project in Imperial County, California. The CASA Youth Foundation offers essential resources to foster children in the local area. Arevon team members also volunteered at the event, supporting both the foundation and the local community.

Supporting Education

We are proud to invest in educational opportunities that inspire and empower students in the communities surrounding our renewable energy projects.

In partnership with the California State University–Dominguez Hills Innovation Incubator, we launched the inaugural Arevon Renewable Energy Innovation Fellows Program and the Applied Innovation Renewable Energy (AIRE) Competition. These initiatives support student educational development in Carson, California, near our Avocet Energy Storage Project, currently under development. The 2025 AIRE Competition brought together 15 teams who competed for prizes by presenting solutions to real-world energy challenges faced on campus.

Arevon supported the Perkins K-8 school in San Diego’s Barrio Logan neighborhood — near our Peregrine Energy Storage Project, currently under construction — by funding STEM-related field trips. Students explored the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum and visited the Griffith Observatory’s planetarium, gaining hands-on exposure to paleontology, astronomy, and environmental science.

Our team volunteered at the Renewable Education Days event and sponsored the KidWind STEM Education Program at Avocet High School in Carson, California — future home to our Avocet Energy Storage Project, currently under development. These initiatives educated students on renewable energy technology and guided them through a hands-on project to build solar-powered water pumps.

Promoting Public Health and Safety

Arevon is committed to enhancing health and safety in local communities around the U.S.

Arevon donated a lifesaving side-by-side utility vehicle to the Scott County Rural Fire Protection District in Missouri to strengthen regional emergency response efforts in the community that will host our Kelso Solar Project, currently under construction.

Our team donated to and volunteered at the Equestrian Zone, a non-profit — near our Legacy Solar Project in Pope County, Arkansas, currently in development — that provides equine therapy for children and adults with physical, cognitive, mental, and emotional disabilities.

Arevon sponsored and attended the North County Special Needs Community Foundation’s annual Heroes Softball Game — near our Nighthawk Energy Storage Project in Poway, California, currently under development. The event raised awareness and financial assistance for adults with special needs.

Building Relationships, Not Just Projects

Utility-scale renewable energy projects help make the grid more secure and reliable, lower energy costs over time, and strengthen America’s energy independence — all while supporting host communities through tax revenue, long-term investment, and minimal use of public services.

Community relations begin long before we break ground and continue for decades, requiring a deep commitment to nurturing long-term relationships. With each new project and initiative, we reaffirm our community-first approach — one where we’re neighbors first and foremost and where showing up matters more than anything else.

Author: Trish Evans

Senior Director, Community Relations