Return on Mission™ starts here
Most energy projects end the day the system turns on. The contractor moves on, the savings disappear into the general fund, and the story that should have been told never gets told.
Elevated Energy designs, develops, and manages solar projects built around your mission, from the first conversation through decades of impact reporting.
The problem
A 25-year solar asset is one of the most complex investments your organization will ever make. But most contractors treat it like a construction job. They build it, commission it, and hand you the keys.
Performance goes unmeasured. Maintenance gets deferred. Savings quietly disappear. And a project that should have created generational impact slowly becomes a liability.
That's not a solar problem. It's a partnership problem.
Our solution
Elevated Energy is not a solar contractor. We're a mission-aligned energy development partner. We start with your mission and stay with you for the life of the project.
That means we structure your project to maximize funding, manage construction from permitting through commissioning, and then translate your ongoing savings into mission outcomes you can actually share.
Why we're different
Most developers build what the funding allows. We structure the funding to match what the mission requires.
Most contractors finish and move on. We manage your project, measure your outcomes, and report your impact for the full 25-year lifecycle.
Your savings become a measurable Return on Mission™ story your board can approve, donors can champion, and community can see.
Proof
A 475 kW solar carport, the largest solar project in Sylvania, Ohio and one of the largest for a nonprofit in Northwest Ohio. Designed to align with the Sisters' Laudato Si' values and the first phase of a $5 million solar vision for the campus.
Read the case studyThe largest lighted mural in the world. Designed, developed, and created by Elevated Energy as a solar-powered public art installation that transformed underutilized land into a landmark for Toledo.
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Every project moves through three phases.
Phase 1
We design your project around your mission, align your capital, and structure your funding before a shovel hits the ground.
Explore this phasePhase 2
We manage everything from permitting through commissioning. Seamless. Accountable. No handoffs.
Explore this phasePhase 3
We measure, translate, and report the financial, environmental, and mission value your project delivers for decades.
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Elevated Energy grew out of Perrysburg Energy, which Scott Thompson founded in 2016 to solve a simple problem: nonprofit clients needed one accountable partner, not a rotating cast of vendors.
Molly Thompson joined to build the strategy, the story, and the systems that would turn a contracting company into something more. Together, they bring decades of experience across construction, engineering, project development, and mission-driven strategy.
Elevated Energy exists because the standard wasn't high enough. It still isn't. We're here to raise it.
By the numbers
Installed at Sisters of St. Francis
Campus solar vision
Measured mission lifecycle
Building this since
Next step
If you're a nonprofit leader thinking about solar, or already in the middle of a project that feels transactional, let's talk. A 30-minute conversation is enough to show you what a mission-first approach actually looks like.