Despite the few people able to resist the
temptation of the low cost of living, but the use of more energy-efficient
residential solar system, the vast majority of families have chosen to give
up. The reason mainly lies in the high upfront investment - the cost to
install a residential solar system, equivalent to the purchase of a new
car.
The good news is that, as consumers have come to accept the car rental, residential solar systems market also showed the same trend: the households receiving lease Photovoltaic Panels system is gradually increasing. According to the American Solar Energy Industry Association data show that, in 2011, the installed capacity of the nation's residential solar systems compared with 2010 increased by 11%, mainly from growth in the third-party owners, and that the rental market.
The OneRoof Energy Company is the practitioner of this new trend. This company is located in San Diego to households rent their own solar system: the full amount to buy the system, you need to spend $ 3-4 million, but the company signed a lease contract with tenants can its installation, households only need to pay a small (even without pay) upfront capital, pay monthly lease charges can be. According to the OneRoof company president and CEO David Field (DavidField), OneRoof users monthly savings of 15% to 25% of the electricity bill.
's New SolarSelect leasing program is the introduction of market need more wisdom financing initiatives. Raise working capital, OneRoof also need to create a tax equity financing facility (taxequityfund) for their own to cover the upfront capital required by the lease plan, taking full advantage of some of the policy advantages, such as enjoyment of the investment tax credit (investmenttaxcredit) this special tax relief measures for investment in solar controller power projects company.
Some investors have seen the hope in this market. In September 2011, owned by South Korean companies Hanwha Group (HanwhaGroup), Han Huaguo International, Inc. (HanwhaInternational) OneRoof the sum of $ 50 million investment.In March this year, Boston clean energy technology investment company the black coral capital (BlackCoralCapital) to its capital injection of $ 3,000,000. Black Coral Capital vice president Ligier Gag (NikhilGarg) said the OneRoof company is very careful and complex financing initiatives to make it a team was impressed.
Rumsfeld hoped to complete the round of financing before the end of the year, the goal is to receive a $ 100 million tax equity financing fund, and the sum of $ 20 million in operational funds. OneRoof taken prudent expansion strategy. Rumsfeld said, this is mainly due to the nation's only less than 10 states to meet its development conditions - sunshine, high tariffs, the relatively favorable market rules and local government stimulus, such as tax-privileged or installation fee rebate these are OneRoof toward profitability necessary conditions.
But with the continued low prices of the solar panel system products, as well as norms and favorable policy environment more, this situation will improve. Since the start SolarSelect leasing program in October 2011, OneRoof business fromCalifornia expanded to Hawaii ,
also plans to Arizona , Massachusetts ,
Connecticut and New York
Today, the company's solar system has been installed hundreds of sets. Rumsfeld revealed that the company is on track to be completed in 2012, the 4000 system installation, the total value will reach $ 120 million. "People want to own the roof with a solar system, but at a higher price to buy, install and maintain the solar system has forced them faltering," Rumsfeld said, "We offer a more compared to serving households good solution. "
The good news is that, as consumers have come to accept the car rental, residential solar systems market also showed the same trend: the households receiving lease Photovoltaic Panels system is gradually increasing. According to the American Solar Energy Industry Association data show that, in 2011, the installed capacity of the nation's residential solar systems compared with 2010 increased by 11%, mainly from growth in the third-party owners, and that the rental market.
The OneRoof Energy Company is the practitioner of this new trend. This company is located in San Diego to households rent their own solar system: the full amount to buy the system, you need to spend $ 3-4 million, but the company signed a lease contract with tenants can its installation, households only need to pay a small (even without pay) upfront capital, pay monthly lease charges can be. According to the OneRoof company president and CEO David Field (DavidField), OneRoof users monthly savings of 15% to 25% of the electricity bill.
's New SolarSelect leasing program is the introduction of market need more wisdom financing initiatives. Raise working capital, OneRoof also need to create a tax equity financing facility (taxequityfund) for their own to cover the upfront capital required by the lease plan, taking full advantage of some of the policy advantages, such as enjoyment of the investment tax credit (investmenttaxcredit) this special tax relief measures for investment in solar controller power projects company.
Some investors have seen the hope in this market. In September 2011, owned by South Korean companies Hanwha Group (HanwhaGroup), Han Huaguo International, Inc. (HanwhaInternational) OneRoof the sum of $ 50 million investment.In March this year, Boston clean energy technology investment company the black coral capital (BlackCoralCapital) to its capital injection of $ 3,000,000. Black Coral Capital vice president Ligier Gag (NikhilGarg) said the OneRoof company is very careful and complex financing initiatives to make it a team was impressed.
Rumsfeld hoped to complete the round of financing before the end of the year, the goal is to receive a $ 100 million tax equity financing fund, and the sum of $ 20 million in operational funds. OneRoof taken prudent expansion strategy. Rumsfeld said, this is mainly due to the nation's only less than 10 states to meet its development conditions - sunshine, high tariffs, the relatively favorable market rules and local government stimulus, such as tax-privileged or installation fee rebate these are OneRoof toward profitability necessary conditions.
But with the continued low prices of the solar panel system products, as well as norms and favorable policy environment more, this situation will improve. Since the start SolarSelect leasing program in October 2011, OneRoof business from
Today, the company's solar system has been installed hundreds of sets. Rumsfeld revealed that the company is on track to be completed in 2012, the 4000 system installation, the total value will reach $ 120 million. "People want to own the roof with a solar system, but at a higher price to buy, install and maintain the solar system has forced them faltering," Rumsfeld said, "We offer a more compared to serving households good solution. "
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