Tag: financing
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Standard Solar to finance 15 new rooftop projects for DC Department of General Services
Standard Solar CEO Scott Wiater told us about the company’s plans to start owning and financing more projects, and they are hitting the ground running, announcing financing for solar arrays on 15 new sites for the DC Department of General Services (DGS). This group of projects will be about 2,000Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Altus Power America is investing $150 million in large-scale solar projects
Altus Power America has increased its investment capital by $150 million and is earmarking it for investments in larger commercial, community and small utility scale solar projects. These types of projects offer lower yields since their cash flow and off-taker profile is typically lower risk than many distributed generation C&IRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Schools using solar energy has doubled in three years — here’s why
Schools and solar are a perfect match. This is no longer just a theory either, with 5,489 K-12 schools in the United States now using solar energy — a number nearly double the total solar capacity that was installed at schools in 2014, according to a major new report by TheRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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This community solar ‘Solutions Toolbox’ looks to grow the shared-solar market
Noted in our top feature this week, community solar is a growing opportunity in various markets across the country. One big effort in its expansion, the Community Solar Value Project (CSVP), an effort co-funded by the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative, has launched a new Solutions Toolbox for utilitiesRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solar for All: How to incentivize community solar projects to benefit low-, middle-income customers
Community solar has taken off within the renewable energy development leagues, melding the interests of residential and commercial or industrial customers, as well as the local utilities. While the inclusion of low- and middle-income (LMI) residential customers are widely enabled by state legislation on community solar, specific carve-outs or percentageRead More — Solar Builder magazine