Commercial Solar Blog
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How Commercial Solar Benefits LMI Communities
Businesses often face a common challenge: high energy costs cutting into already thin margins. In low-to-moderate income (LMI) communities especially, these costs often...
How Commercial Solar Benefits Small Businesses
Commercial electricity rate increases continue to squeeze profit margins for small businesses across the country. With over $8.9 billion in estimated net rate increases...
How Commercial Solar Benefits LMI Communities
Businesses often face a common challenge: high energy costs cutting into already thin margins. In low-to-moderate income (LMI) communities especially, these costs often make the difference between growth and closure. Solar changes this dynamic. While once inaccessible...
How Commercial Solar Benefits Small Businesses
Commercial electricity rate increases continue to squeeze profit margins for small businesses across the country. With over $8.9 billion in estimated net rate increases in 2024, these businesses, which form the backbone of local economies, need sustainable, affordable...
Podcast Guest Appearance – Clean Power Hour w/ John Witchel
Today on the Clean Power Hour, host Tim Montague brings you John Witchel, CEO and founder of King Energy, a company dedicated to solving the multi-tenant solar project problem for 3rd party owned real estate. The discussion centers around the concept of the split...
How Solar Fits into a Multi-Property ESG Strategy
In the commercial real estate sector, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) programs are no longer optional considerations—they’re essential business drivers. For both firms managing multiple properties and large corporate brands, strong ESG performance...
Virtual Power Plants: How Do They Work at Commercial and Industrial (C&I) Properties?
For real estate investment trusts and local property owners alike, energy independence and efficiency are becoming key objectives to realize success. Rising costs of grid electricity and other economic factors make having comprehensive strategies a must. Due to the...
UtilityDive: King Energy Secures $10M in Solar Financing
From UtilityDive: Innovative Solar Leasing Model for Multi-Tenant Commercial Buildings King Energy has raised $10 million to accelerate the expansion of its solar financing and billing platform for multi-tenant commercial buildings, according to a news release...
King Energy Secures $10 Million in Funding Led by ArcTern Ventures
King Energy Secures $10 Million in Funding Led by ArcTern Ventures to Scale Solar Solutions for Multi-Tenant Commercial Properties October 16th, 2024 – Durango, CO – King Energy, a pioneering provider of solar energy solutions for multi-tenant commercial properties,...
Massachusetts SMART Program: Increasing Commercial Property Value with Solar
For many commercial and industrial property owners in Massachusetts, solar energy is gaining ground as a new frontier for independence—both financially and from the grid. Through powerful government incentives or lucrative leasing agreements, owners now have plenty of...
PRESS RELEASE: Sunstone Credit Finances $5 Million, 2.8 Megawatt Project Portfolio for King Energy in California
Sunstone’s latest commercial solar financing enables King Energy to deliver affordable solar power to over 60 tenants across seven shopping centers August 27, 2024 09:00 ET | Source: Sunstone Credit NEW YORK, Aug. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sunstone Credit, Inc., a...
Solar Lease: How Does It Increase Property Value?
For solar to be adopted consistently across commercial properties, there must be a credible and meaningful financial benefit to commercial property owners. Until recently, a model did not exist to provide this benefit. However, a financial model has emerged that...