Burlington, Vermont Lake Champlain · Champlain Valley

Every day, we rise with the sun.

Sunrise Renewables Cooperative is a member-owned energy co-op on the shore of Lake Champlain. We run community solar, wind energy, efficiency audits and battery storage across Burlington and the Champlain Valley — and we teach what we learn as we go.

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Sunrise over Lake Champlain with mountains on the far shore
First light over the water, and the mountains behind it.

The arc of the day

One day, one grid.

From first light to last, this is how the co-op gathers, moves, saves and stores the day — across rooftops, ridgelines, basements and batteries in Burlington and the Champlain Valley.

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First light Community solar

The panels wake before we do.

Long before the town stirs, the arrays in the fields and on the roofs are already working. Members buy a share of a shared array, and the electricity it makes goes to the local grid — no rooftop of your own required.

Ground-mounted community solar array in a Vermont field at sunrise
A shared array, just after sunrise.
Mid-morning Wind energy

The valley warms, and the turbines answer.

As the morning warms the valley, air moves across the lake and up the ridgelines. Our wind projects take that steadier current, filling in the hours when the sun is still low and the load is climbing.

Wind is the quiet half of the co-op's supply — strongest at the edges of the day, when solar is weakest.

High sun Efficiency audits

The cheapest kilowatt is the one you never use.

At high sun our auditors are indoors, walking homes and small businesses room by room — insulation, drafts, old appliances, the way heat leaves a building — and telling people what to fix first.

An energy auditor checking insulation beside a basement window
An audit, room by room.
Late afternoon Battery storage

We put the afternoon away for later.

When the arrays are producing more than the moment needs, batteries hold the surplus and give it back in the evening, when the valley's demand peaks and the light is gone.

A row of battery storage cabinets beside a small utility building in Vermont
Storage, holding the afternoon.
Last light Green energy education

Then we teach the day back to the people who made it.

Evening workshops, school visits and kitchen-table conversations about where power comes from and what it costs. A co-op runs on understanding as much as it runs on electrons.

A small group gathered around a table at an evening energy workshop
An evening workshop, last light.

Membership

A share in the sunrise, not a subscription.

Sunrise Renewables is owned by the people it serves. Members hold a share, vote on the co-op's direction, and hear from us in plain language about what the projects are doing.

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  • OwnershipMember-owned and member-governed.
  • WhereBurlington and the Champlain Valley.
  • WorkCommunity solar, wind, efficiency audits, battery storage, education.
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    Join the co-op

    Add your name and your town. Membership is open to households, farms and small businesses across Burlington and the Champlain Valley.

  2. 02

    Take a share

    We match your share to a community solar or wind project that is already feeding the local grid.

  3. 03

    See what your share produced

    We report back in plain numbers on what the co-op's projects made and what it offset, so a share is never a mystery.

  4. 04

    Have a say

    Members vote on the co-op's direction at the annual meeting, including where the next project goes.

Join the co-op

Bring your name to the sunrise.

Tell us where you are and what you're curious about. We'll come back to you about the next step — a share in an array, an efficiency audit, a battery project or a seat at the next workshop.

  • A share of a local community solar or wind project.
  • A vote at the annual meeting of members.
  • Updates from the field, written by the people doing the work.
  • First invitation to workshops and school visits.

Membership enquiry

Four fields. That's the whole thing.

We'll only use your details to talk to you about membership.

Give

Put your gift into the work.

Not everyone can host a panel or buy a share. Gifts from members and neighbours go into the projects themselves — shared solar that households can join without a roof of their own, batteries that hold the evening, and energy education in Burlington's schools and community halls.

Talk to us about giving See what membership includes