Tag: financing

  • Mercom: Strong Q4 pushes overall solar funding higher in 2017

    The year-end solar installation reports for the U.S. were a bit of a downer, but private funding in solar across the globe is up year over year, according to Mercom Capital Group’s 2017 Q4 and annual report on funding and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity for the solar sector. Total globalRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solar among the projects in NV Energy’s latest RFP for renewable projects

    NV Energy issued a request for proposals that could add up to 330-MW of new renewable energy projects in Nevada. This additional commitment to renewable energy, which includes the potential integration of battery energy storage systems, will provide enough carbon-free electricity to power approximately 200,000 Nevada homes. NV Energy requestsRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solar among the projects in NV Energy’s latest RFP for renewable projects

    NV Energy issued a request for proposals that could add up to 330-MW of new renewable energy projects in Nevada. This additional commitment to renewable energy, which includes the potential integration of battery energy storage systems, will provide enough carbon-free electricity to power approximately 200,000 Nevada homes. NV Energy requestsRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solar Foundation outlines path for nonprofits to go solar in new report

    Nonprofit community-based organizations, such as affordable housing developers and faith-based institutions, face many obstacles to funding solar projects, but innovative financing tools can help them overcome these hurdles. Our 2017 Project of the Year was one such project that found a way to overcome those hurdles. A new discussion paperRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • How EnSync completed a complex solar PPA for a multi-family residential community

    The latest deal from distributed energy resources (DER) developer EnSync Energy Systems cracked the code on multi-family residential PV projects, which is one of toughest segments to sell. The 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) is for a 792-kW solar project for a residential community in Hawaii to an undisclosed buyer. The projectRead More — Solar Builder magazine