Tag: financing

  • New York Power Authority, DOE fund new solar power forecasting research

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office has allocated $500,000 in matching funds to step up joint research with The New York Power Authority (NYPA) into solar power forecasting, which predicts the output from solar generation in order to maintain electrical grid stability and provide an uninterruptedRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Nautilus Solar Energy adds 5.4-MW community solar project to portfolio

    Nautilus Solar Energy, a national solar project development, acquisition and asset management company, acquired a 5.4 MW community solar portfolio from Clean Energy Collective (CEC). The fully-constructed and subscribed community solar portfolio is in the rapidly expanding Massachusetts community solar market and is expected to be online by the endRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solving C&I Solar: How boutique financing is growing this underserved solar segment

    Boutique financiers armed with massive databases and complex algorithms are changing the way that small commercial and industrial (C&I) solar projects get financed. Typically targeting projects under 250 kW, these financiers have automated and accelerated as much of the underwriting chore as possible. The result is that old back-office costsRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Making the solar sale: This online tool simulates PV financial forecasting

    With support from the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative, the Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) has launched The Solar Finance Simulator, an online, interactive tool to simulate long-term financial forecasting for photovoltaic (PV) investments. The tool was created with expertise from Sustainable Capital Advisors and is designed for tax-exemptRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SB Buzz Podcast: SunLink VP on tech, data, diversity and the path forward for solar

    We sat down, with mimosas in hand at 9 a.m. on the last day of Solar Power International, with Kate Trono, VP of Products for SunLink, for an in-depth discussion on the role that data and technology will play in the future of solar and (hopefully) the grid. At someRead More — Solar Builder magazine