Why (and How) the Solar Finance Market Is Changing in This Crisis
This is an excerpt from the Q2 2020 edition of The SOL SOURCE, a quarterly electronic newsletter analyzing the latest trends in renewable energy development and investment based on our unique position in the solar industry. To receive future editions of the journal, please subscribe. The ... Read More
A Compelling (and Complex) Opportunity: Creating Value as a Solar Developer in 2020
When we started Sol Systems around a dinner table in 2008, PV modules cost $3/watt – and that was a recent breakthrough. Those same modules now cost 30-40 cents/watt and they are significantly more efficient. As we noted last year, solar energy technology continues its path to global dominance. Read More
To Safe Harbor or Not to Safe Harbor
Whether tis nobler in the model to suffer / the cost and hassle of outrageous procurement expense… As the clock ticks into the third quarter of the year, solar energy developers are increasingly confronted with a question of Shakespearean proportions: in order to preserve 4 percent additional ... Read More
Tax equity structuring and the advantage of a tax-efficient sponsor
We in the United States, whether in the name of ideological principal or political necessity, have decided to incentivize renewable energy deployment through our tax code. This has produced a byzantine system of rules and regulations surrounding the financing of solar facilities. The result ... Read More