Episodi

  • Three Pieces at a Time, Two Hundred Million All at Once: Same Business, Every Size
    Oct 15 2026
    A Georgia co-op opens enrollment on a one-megawatt solar project sold in small blocks along an interstate, an Illinois village clears zoning for its own project unanimously, Captona backs a 55 MW Nexamp portfolio across four states, and New York puts $200 million behind NY-Sun. Four wins, no heads-up, same industry working at every scale.

    Sources:
    Cobb EMC Launches SolarShare Community Solar Project Along Georgia Interstate | Cobb Business Journal (MDJ Online) | https://www.mdjonline.com/cobb_business_journal/cobb-emc-celebrates-launch-of-solarshare-community-solar-project/article_c9954323-2c63-48e8-a1ac-960c6a66c5a9.html
    Illinois Village of Oswego Advances Community Solar Project Offering Residents a 10% Bill Discount | Shaw Local News Network | https://www.shawlocal.com/kendall-county-now/2026/10/14/oswego-residents-would-share-in-power-generated-by-community-solar-project/
    Captona Makes Preferred-Equity Investment in 55 MW Nexamp Community Solar Portfolio | Kirkland & Ellis | https://www.kirkland.com/news/press-release/2026/10/kirkland-advises-captona-on-preferred-equity-investment-with-nexamp
    New York Commits $200M to Expand NY-Sun, Including New Capacity for Commercial and Community Solar | NYSERDA / NY-Sun (via NY State Senate newsroom) | https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026/pete-harckham/harckham-applauds-governor-hochuls-ny-sun-roll-out

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    10 min
  • Sixth Fund, First Harvest: Community Solar Proves It Can Repeat Itself
    Oct 13 2026
    A Massachusetts cranberry bog that had sat fallow for years is producing fruit again, thanks to the lease income from the community solar array built over it. Then Generate Capital and KeyState close their sixth tax equity fund together, $154.5 million for 43 megawatts in New York and Illinois, and Ray and Della argue about what a sixth deal actually proves.

    Sources:
    Distributed Energy Infrastructure celebrates harvest of groundbreaking cranberry agrivoltaic wetlands | PR Newswire | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/distributed-energy-infrastructure-celebrates-harvest-of-groundbreaking-cranberry-agrivoltaic-wetlands-302905015.html
    Generate Capital and KeyState close community solar fund | Renewable Watch | https://renewablewatch.in/2026/10/12/generate-capital-and-keystate-close-community-solar-fund/

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    9 min
  • Beating the Queue: An Airport, a Nonprofit, and the Four-Year Wait Behind Them
    Oct 6 2026
    A Staten Island affordable-housing nonprofit builds and subscribes its own tenants to community solar, and a DeKalb County airport turns unused land into an eight-megawatt project that funds its local schools. Then: new Berkeley Lab data on just how long the interconnection queue has gotten for projects this size, and what to actually do about it.

    Sources:
    ComEd and SunVest energize nearly 8-MWdc community solar array at DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport | Offshore Source (BusinessWire) | https://offshoresource.com/business-wire/comed-sunvest-celebrate-energization-of-near-8-megawatt-dc-community-solar-array-at-dekalb-taylor-municipal-airport
    Sisters of Charity of New York brings community solar savings to Staten Island affordable housing | Solar Power World | https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/10/solar-on-staten-island-affordable-housing-serves-community-and-tentants/
    Distributed solar interconnection timelines stretch to nearly four years for larger projects | PV Magazine USA | https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/10/05/distributed-solar-interconnection-timelines-stretch-to-nearly-four-years-for-larger-projects/

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    9 min
  • No Drama Today: Three Wins and a Ribbon Cutting Happening Right Now
    Oct 1 2026
    Three clean wins, zero heads-up. Enterprise Energy cuts the ribbon on a new Minnesota garden as this episode goes out, Cultivate Power proves it can run what it builds in Illinois, and TurningPoint Energy and Nautilus Solar push their Delaware portfolio to the halfway mark.

    Sources:
    TurningPoint Energy and Nautilus Solar energize third of six Delaware community solar projects | Joplin Globe (BusinessWire release) | https://www.joplinglobe.com/region/national_business/turningpoint-energy-celebrates-the-energization-on-third-of-six-delaware-community-solar-projects/article_b94e8cbd-e6e9-51ba-bfff-8827c8fdb6a5.html
    Cultivate Power energizes Bowes Solar in Elgin, Illinois | Elgin Patch | https://patch.com/illinois/elgin/community-solar-booms-il-kane-co-project-powers
    Ribbon cutting set for Owatonna community solar garden | KTTC | https://www.kttc.com/2026/09/30/ribbon-cutting-set-owatonna-community-solar-garden/

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    10 min
  • Fifty Bucks, Fine Print, and Nine Figures: Community Solar's Growing-Up Week
    Sep 29 2026
    Altus Power teams up with a Rensselaer County nonprofit on a hyper-local subscriber drive, a six-organization coalition brings Oregon its first community solar project, and Illinois hands developers a new labor-agreement rulebook. Then Generate Capital closes a $117 million facility that says the institutional money isn't slowing down.

    Sources:
    Altus Power and The Arc of Rensselaer County launch community solar partnership | BusinessWire (via Yahoo Finance) | https://finance.yahoo.com/energy/articles/altus-power-arc-rensselaer-county-160000609.html
    800 kW community solar array breaks ground in Northeast Portland to serve low-income households | KXL | https://www.kxl.com/community-solar-project-now-under-construction-in-northeast-portland/
    Illinois Shines sets Project Labor Agreement filing requirements for community solar projects over 3 MW | Illinois Shines (Adjustable Block Program) | https://illinoisshines.com/project-labor-agreement-submission-requirements-and-process-for-community-solar-projects/
    Generate Capital secures $117 million MUFG facility for 114 MW community solar portfolio | SolarQuarter | https://solarquarter.com/2026/09/16/generate-capital-secures-117-million-mufg-facility-for-114-mw-community-solar-portfolio/

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    9 min
  • First Time for Everything: Wisconsin Debuts, Illinois Goes All In
    Sep 24 2026
    Milwaukee makes its first appearance on the show with a nearly 7 MW community solar project built to power city buildings instead of individual subscribers. Then Illinois notches another first: PureSky Energy's McLean 1, the state's first community solar farm built entirely for low and moderate income households, with real dollar figures behind it.

    Sources:
    We Energies and City of Milwaukee Celebrate Nearly 7 MW Community Solar Project | We Energies Newsroom | https://news.we-energies.com/milwaukee-leaders-celebrate-largest-solar-project-in-city-history/
    PureSky Energy Launches First Illinois Community Solar Farm Dedicated to Low-Income Households | GlobeNewswire (PureSky Energy) | https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/09/22/3366228/0/en/puresky-energy-launches-first-community-solar-farm-in-illinois-expanding-access-to-clean-energy-benefits-for-income-eligible-households.html

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    10 min
  • Unfrozen: The $7 Billion Comeback Community Solar Didn't Wait On
    Sep 22 2026
    A federal judge just ordered the EPA to unfreeze the $7 billion Solar for All program, after barely $53 million of it ever reached grantees. Also this week: a New Jersey property owner and its solar advisor quietly closed out a 2 MW rooftop project that never needed Washington's money to begin with.

    Sources:
    Federal court strikes down EPA cancellation of $7 billion Solar for All program | PV Magazine USA | https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/09/21/federal-court-strikes-down-epa-cancellation-of-7-billion-solar-for-all-program/
    High Street Completes 2MW NJ Community Solar Projects | CRE Daily | https://www.credaily.com/briefs/high-street-completes-2mw-nj-community-solar-projects/

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    19 min
  • SEIA Absorbs Community Solar's Own Advocate: Now What?
    Sep 17 2026
    The trade group built to give community solar its own voice is folding into the industry's biggest tent: SEIA and the Coalition for Community Solar Access are merging this October. Also this week: a one-year report card with real subscriber savings out of Rockford, Illinois, two familiar developers turning up in new roles, and a financing round that finally put a number on what used to be a punchline.

    Sources:
    Rockford's First Community-Driven Community Solar Project Marks One Year of Bill Savings, Local Jobs, and Community Investment | GlobeNewswire | https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/09/16/3363428/0/en/rockford-s-first-community-driven-community-solar-project-marks-one-year-of-bill-savings-local-jobs-and-community-investment.html
    Northern Sun Energy Begins Construction on 11.5 MWdc Solar and Storage Projects in Swansea, Massachusetts | IndexBox | https://www.indexbox.io/blog/northern-sun-energy-begins-construction-on-115-mwdc-solar-and-storage-projects-in-swansea-massachusetts/
    38 Degrees North Secures $260 Million for Community Solar Projects in New York and Illinois | Mercom India | https://www.mercomindia.com/38-degrees-north-secures-260-million-community-solar-projects
    SEIA Is Absorbing the Coalition for Community Solar Access | Solar Power World | https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/09/seia-is-absorbing-the-coalition-for-community-solar-access/

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    9 min