Our Value Proposition
We provide superior value and outcomes through a strong focus on technical, contractual, managerial, and financial factors in solar development, including:
- Identifying superior project sites with low site development costs
- Developing strong landowner relationships
- Minimizing project risks at every stage of development
- Engendering strong local agency and public support
Our Offering
Proprietary Site Selection Expertise
Extensive Power Facility Permitting Experience
Expertise with the Transmission Interconnection Process
Real Estate Acquisition Team with Demonstrated Success
Strong legal and engineering teams
Understanding of Project Economics
Expertise with Securing Power Purchase Agreements
Negotiation Experience
Strong Industry Relationships
Opti-Site: Optimal Siting Process
The Opti-Site site selection process is based upon Keeney/Raiffa decision analysis techniques integrated with geographic information system mapping software. The Opti-Site process optimizes three key project objectives that are vital to project success:
- Maximizing Project Revenue
- Minimizing Installed Cost
- Minimizing the cost of energy
- Minimizing Permitting Risks and Permitting Delay
Candidate sites undergo a comprehensive Critical Issues Assessment in which over thirty technical, environmental, and regulatory potential sources of project risk are evaluated.
Power Plant Permitting Experience
Our team has decades of solar power plant permitting experience including:
- First Solar 27 MW solar PV project in Blythe, CA
- Solel 550 MW solar thermal electric project, Johnson Valley, CA
- SunPower 250 MW solar PV project, Carrizo Plain, CA
- Long Beach Convention Center, 1 MW rooftop project, CA
- General Motors Distribution Center, 1 MW rooftop, Ontario, CA
Five Projects totaling 93 MW in Fresno and Madera Counties, CA
Permitting Approach:
- Develop close relationships with local, state, and Federal regulatory agencies
- Cultivate strong relationships with the public
- Integrate engineering with environmental analysis
- Select projects sites with minimal mitigation needs
- Engage a permitting team with local experience
Transmission Interconnection Process
Our Team has extensive experience working with utilities
- Extensive power flow modeling for most of the State of Florida
- Completed transmission capacity analysis in key areas of Alabama
- Utilized industry-leading Design Engineers and Power Flow Modelers
Real Estate Acquisition Team
Team has long, successful track record in commercial real estate approach:
- Study land values in site area and land owners’ objectives
- Negotiate land agreements which are compatible with these objectives
- Launch win-win deal structures with land owners
- Establish long term positive relationships with land owners
Our Site Development Model
Identify attractive sites for solar PV projects
Obtain long-term options to purchase
Complete Due Diligence regarding site
Apply for Transmission Interconnection
Secure all permits/entitlements
Negotiate Power Purchase Agreement