Connecting Partners
We bring together landowners, governments and utilities to power communities with clean energy.
Landowners
Many of our landowners manage land that's been in their family for generations. We have our landowners sign long-term, 40-year leases. This allows them to generate a new and diverse income stream to help keep the land in the family. Our landowners can then sustain their family legacy of serving the community.
Once operational, solar projects pay the property taxes and rent. Working together with landowners is the first step in developing a new solar project.
Municipalities
Many cities, counties and communities have aggressive goals for developing clean energy. In 2019, the City of Charlotte chose one of our projects to source solar power to meet about 25% of the City’s energy use. Our experienced team can develop new solar projects to help meet clean energy goals on time. We collaborate with municipal partners throughout the Southern region of the US.
In the news
"Many rural landowners see solar as a unique opportunity to really optimize the value they can get from their rural property,"
- CEO Carson Harkrader to Smart Cities Dive.
Charlotte, North Carolina, becomes largest US city to acquire large-scale solar through a green tariff
Chris Teale
UtlityDive, Published Feb 25, 2020
Charlotte’s solar deal a bright spot for Duke Energy’s green tariff program
Energy News Network, Published Feb 27, 2020
City of Charlotte Announces Partnership to Construct Major Utility-Scale Solar Energy Project
Julian Spector
City of Charlotte: Published Feb 24, 2020
From our early days, we’ve shown our commitment to the communities where our projects are located.
TROSA: We joined together with TROSA which provided labor for three of our early solar projects. TROSA is an innovative, multi-year residential program for people with substance use disorders. Our projects helped provide vocational training in their comprehensive program.
Grifton nature walk: We donated to Grifton, NC, after the permitting of our Buckleberry project there. This donation unlocked a matching grant to create a nature walk on donated land in the town. Local environmental organizations have been busy planting native trees throughout the property.
Southside Roller Mill: We gave a grant to improve this historical structure in Chase City,VA, after the permitting of our Bluestone project there. Our donation helped replace the roof of the flour and cornmeal mill built in 1912. The Roller Mill is an important community landmark that continues to be restored.
Pollinators: We are designing many of our new projects, including our two projects in Halifax County, VA and all of our Kentucky projects, to be planted with at least two acres of native pollinator species. Bee populations are in decline, and are critical to agriculture and food supply. Solar projects planted with pollinators can be part of the solution.
