Solar energy is way past proof-of-concept projects; instead, the main industry efforts are financial and practical as we reach into global scale. Investors and companies interested in solar energy are not just motivated by environmental concerns, but also by the...
Commercial Solar
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What’s the Best Roof for Solar?
From the gently sloping roofs of a neighborhood shopping center to enormous sprawling commercial buildings, there are huge differences in roof construction and the material types used. At King Energy, our mission is to transform unused commercial rooftops into...
Solar on Shopping Center Roofs Reduces Strain on Power Grid
Grid instability is a growing problem across the United States, and solar might be the fix. When we flick on the lights in a room, few of us stop to consider exactly how far that electricity had to travel from its point of origin to reach our wires and outlets. The...
Rooftop vs. Carport: Choosing Where to Mount Solar Panels on a Commercial Property
When you invest in a solar program for a commercial property, should you mount the solar panels on the roof or a carport? Or both? Rooftop and carport programs have several differences that could be the determining factor for the placement of the solar panels. We...
Investment Platform Offers ‘By-the-panel’ Online Solar Investing
Legends Solar offers rooftop solar—without the roof. Legends Solar, a startup based out of Brooklyn, New York is creating a completely new product that would give everyday investors the ability to buy panels on commercial-scale solar projects and earn monthly...
How Will The Inflation Reduction Act Impact Commercial Solar in California?
What Is the IRA? The United States Government passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in August of 2022 in an effort to boost the economy. Supporting energy-saving investments is one of the major tenets of the IRA, and this has many implications for commercial solar...
The Scoop on Dirty Solar Panels
We often get asked about how we manage solar panels after they are installed and live. As a practical matter, solar panels have no moving parts and are built to sit in the hot sun for decades. So, really, what kind of maintenance is involved? There are no air filters...
Solar Entrepreneur Invents First Operations & Maintenance Robot
As a young man in his twenties, Derek Chase didn’t think he was on a particularly compelling career path. He landed a summer job in California working for a guy running a solar installation company out of his garage. The industry was new, interesting, and constantly...
How Solar Adds Value to Real Estate Investment Trusts
As a commercial property owner, you have a wide range of ways to ensure a successful property. Maybe you’re all about vacancy reductions. Or maybe you're striving to retain the tenants you already have. Perhaps your tenant mix is in a good place and you’re looking to...
Don’t Finance Solar on your Commercial Property
There’s something comforting about the permanent-yet-impermanent quality of a multi-tenant commercial property. Hosting everything from bubble tea shops and chiropractors to franchise restaurants and dog groomers, these rotating carousels of businesses are a staple in...
Podcast Guest Appearance – “The solarcoaster” w/ John Witchel
Mitigating climate change is a race against time, requiring “rapid, far reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society,” according to the IPCC, who says we need to halve global emissions by 2030. But Tom Dinwoodie of Epic Institute believes that this...
Increasing Tenant Satisfaction with Solar
A commercial property is only as successful as its tenants, so how will a solar program affect the tenant experience? The good news is that with millions of commercial solar installations worldwide, positive tenant experiences are at an all-time high. In fact,...