Business and Farm Solar
Commercial, agricultural and nonprofit solar in New York: the investment tax credit that survived for business owners, depreciation, elective pay for tax-exempt entities, and land-lease economics.
Solar for a New York Winery: What Changes
A winery's electric load looks nothing like a typical small business, and that changes how a solar system should be sized, sited and financed.
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Commercial Solar Payback Period in New York: How to Model It
A commercial payback is not a residential one with bigger numbers. Demand charges, the compensation mechanism and a different federal provision decide it.
Business and Farm Solar5 min read
Solar on a New York Warehouse Roof: The Real Constraints
A warehouse offers a very large roof over a very small load. Roof age, snow load and how the surplus is paid for decide whether that…
Business and Farm Solar6 min read
Solar for a New York School District: Where to Start
A school district owes no income tax, and its buildings empty across the months when production is at its highest. Both facts change the case before…
Business and Farm Solar6 min read
Solar for a New York Restaurant: What Actually Changes
A restaurant runs its heaviest load after the sun has gone down. That single fact decides most of what solar can and cannot do for the…
Business and Farm Solar6 min read
Solar for a New York Nonprofit: Elective Pay Explained
A nonprofit owes no income tax, so a tax credit on its own is worth nothing to it. Elective pay is the mechanism built to answer…
Business and Farm Solar6 min read
Solar for a Municipality in New York
A municipal solar project is not a large residential one. Three structural facts change it: no tax liability to offset, public procurement rules, and sometimes a…
Business and Farm Solar5 min read
Solar for a Church in New York: What Changes
The defining fact for a church project is that tax credits and depreciation have no direct value to an organisation that owes no tax. Everything else…
Business and Farm Solar5 min read
Solar for a Car Dealership in New York
Dealerships have the roof area, the daytime load and the charging demand that make solar look obvious. Whether it pays turns on a line on your…
Business and Farm Solar5 min read
Section 48E Investment Tax Credit, Explained for Homeowners
If you are buying panels for your own roof, section 48E is not your credit. It matters to you anyway, because it is the reason a…
Business and Farm Solar5 min read
Prevailing Wage and Solar Projects in New York
Prevailing wage is decided by who is paying and under what contract, not by the technology. Establish the answer before bids go out, because bids written…
Business and Farm Solar5 min read
MACRS Depreciation on Solar for a New York Business
Depreciation is usually the largest number in a commercial solar proposal and the least examined. It is not a discount on the price. It is an…
Business and Farm Solar5 min read
Commercial Solar Interconnection in New York: The Real Path
A commercial interconnection is not a larger version of the residential one. The compensation rules are different, the study process is different, and the answer that…
Business and Farm Solar5 min read
What New York Farmers Get Paid for a Solar Lease
The rent on a farm solar lease is set by how much capacity a developer can actually interconnect at that spot, not by the size of…
Business and Farm Solar5 min read
Farm Solar in New York: Incentives and Land Leases
Farm solar means two very different things — offsetting your own load, or leasing ground to a developer. The economics and the risks are not the…
Business and Farm Solar5 min read
Solar for a Small Business in New York
The residential federal credit ended. The business one did not. Here is what that means for a New York small business, and why demand charges change…
Business and Farm Solar5 min read
Not sure which programmes apply to you?
Eligibility in New York depends on your utility, your roof and whether you buy, finance or subscribe. Put the system size and price an installer quotes you into the estimator and see the rebate and the state credit on one scale.