Tag: financing

  • Farmland Partners signs two solar ground lease agreements in South Carolina

    Farmland Partners Inc. is an internally managed real estate company that owns and seeks to acquire North American farmland and makes loans to farmers secured by farm real estate. The company is exploring additional uses of said land by entering into solar lease agreements. For example, it signed two new groundRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Open Energy finances $1.2M loan for SunLight General Solar Fund

    Open Energy, a commercial solar debt finance provider,  closed a loan totaling $1.2 million to SunLight General Solar Fund III. The New York City-based investment fund invests in distributed generation solar projects. The SunLight investment fund received a hybrid term and construction loan for four commercial solar projects, including a school districtRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • New residential solar loan product available for Massachusetts customers

    Electricity costs in Massachusetts have risen over 25% in the past five years. Massachusetts homeowners looking to finance their residential solar systems now have a new premium loan product available to them from Boston-based BlueWave, a solar development and fintech company. This new Home Solar Loan from BlueWave offers residents the opportunityRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solar industry’s total 2015 corporate funding exceeds $25 billion

    Mercom Capital Group LLC, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, released its report on funding and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity for the solar sector in 2015. Total global corporate funding in the solar sector, including venture capital/private equity (VC), debt financing, and public market financing, raised by public companiesRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solar ag boom: Solar3D inks $12M in agricultural solar projects

    Solar3D Inc., has secured approximately $12 million via several new agreements to provide agricultural and commercial customers in the Northern California region with comprehensive solar solutions. Solar3D is a provider of solar power solutions (with a big focus on agriculture and commercial) and the developer of a proprietary high efficiency solarRead More — Solar Builder magazine