Author: LEED Blogger

  • I am a community solar lender. Here’s what I’m looking for.

    If you develop small- to medium-size community solar projects, chances are you’ve struggled to find the right financing. Maybe equity doesn’t meet all your needs. Or, you’re holding onto the project for the medium or long term, and you want to collect cash flow. In either case, debt is your best bet — but big……

  • Alliant completes 6 projects, triples solar capacity in Wisconsin

    Wisconsin’s energy future is looking brighter as Alliant Energy has completed six new solar projects in the state. Already the top utility in terms of Wisconsin solar generation, the completion of these projects adds 514 MW of solar energy, tripling Alliant’s solar generation capacity and increasing customer access to renewable energy.  “Completing these projects is……

  • Next2Sun, iSun to build first vertical agrivoltaics system in Vermont

    U.S. solar company iSun Inc. and German agrivoltaics pioneer Next2Sun Mounting Systems GmbH plan to build an innovative agrivoltaics system in Vermont. The companies have been cooperating since the beginning of 2023 to jointly establish Next2Sun’s vertical agrivoltaics system in the United States. Construction of the first agrivoltaics plant with the Next2Sun system will begin……

  • Next2Sun, iSun to build first vertical agrivoltaics system in Vermont

    U.S. solar company iSun Inc. and German agrivoltaics pioneer Next2Sun Mounting Systems GmbH plan to build an innovative agrivoltaics system in Vermont. The companies have been cooperating since the beginning of 2023 to jointly establish Next2Sun’s vertical agrivoltaics system in the United States. Construction of the first agrivoltaics plant with the Next2Sun system will begin……

  • Grappling with California’s solar market crash

    A survey of California solar and storage companies found 17,000 jobs have or will be lost by the end of 2023 due the recent net metering changes. The massive job loss represents 22% of all solar jobs in California and is the largest loss of solar jobs in U.S. history. I’ve been in the solar……