About Us
Copacity provides organizations of all sizes with the platform solution that ensures you have the in-house expertise needed to successfully navigate the renewable energy procurement process, and deliver the same, if not better, results as external executive consultants.
Our Story
Copacity Origin: Solar-powered super bowl trophies
In 2011, I worked with the local leadership at Tiffany and Co. who was tasked with slashing both energy costs and carbon footprint. Unsure how to navigate it all, through my role as director of the State of Rhode Island renewable energy office, I walked them through identifying the opportunity, sourcing and evaluating vendors, negotiating pricing and contract terms and ensured they maximized the full slate of incentives for renewable energy.
The resulting rooftop solar project was a marked success.
And it hit me. Plenty of organizations need just this very assistance. So I started the consulting firm Clean Economy Development, LLC and for the past ten years have guided many organizations through the process of procuring clean energy. Coming off the COVID-19 pandemic, the next inspiration struck: Through technology we can create a simpler, streamlined and more effective platform that both buyers & sellers could use to facilitate clean energy transactions.
Cue Copacity. We’re saving both buyers and sellers time, money, resources, and a world of headaches by facilitating this clean energy transition..
Whether an affordable housing developer using solar to eliminate utility bills for its tenants, a municipality entering into long-term contracts to reduce expenses for taxpayers, or a business finding ways to meet corporate sustainability goals and reduce operating costs, Copacity can help.
Our Leadership
Julian Dash is founder and CEO of Copacity. In his 20+ years of experience in clean energy, he has procured more than 100MW across public, private, and nonprofit sectors.
Before Copacity, Dash founded Clean Economy Development, LLC – a specialty consulting firm to guide organizations through the process of procuring clean energy. Dash also served as Director of the state of Rhode Island Renewable Energy Fund, where he oversaw a marked transformation of the stat’es clean energy landscape from serving on the procurement team for what become the nation’s first offshore wind project, and implementing new policies and programs that increased Rhode Island’s renewable energy installed capacity by over 1,000MW.
Dash earned his undergraduate degree in International Finance at Morgan State University and his MBA from Babson College. A native of South Providence, RI, Dash currently divides his time between both Providence and New York City – and serves on numerous professional boards.