Distributed Generation Is Scaling. SolaREIT™ Makes Execution Easier.
Wood Mackenzie projects the U.S. will add 217 GW of distributed energy resource (DER) capacity through 2028, a sign that market demand is real and behind-the-meter and distribution-connected projects will keep expanding despite near-term policy changes. DG developers are being forced into compressed execution timeframes where permitting, procurement, and financing have to move in parallel.
Distributed generation (DG) and community solar projects remain some of the most repeatable ways to add new generation close to load—especially as electricity demand rises and developers keep pushing multi-site portfolios forward.
The best-positioned DG and community solar teams are treating land like a capital lever: unlocking value from land positions and redeploying it into the work that keeps projects advancing—so that they stay flexible, keep optionality, and keep building.
DG Solar Is Scaling Faster Than the Systems Built to Support It
Utility Variability at the Distribution Level
Unlike transmission-connected utility-scale projects, DG solar interconnects at the distribution level where grid upgrade requirements, approval timelines, and utility priorities may shift with little notice and vary significantly from one jurisdiction to the next.
Fragmented Permitting and Stakeholder Coordination
Advancing a DG portfolio means navigating a different set of rules, approvals, and counterparties at nearly every site. Permitting timelines, zoning requirements, and local stakeholder dynamics rarely follow a predictable pattern across towns and counties, making portfolio-level execution inherently more complex than utility-scale development.
Portfolio Liquidity Strain
Developing multiple DG sites in parallel requires capital to move early and often, covering lease payments, option deposits, permitting costs, and pre-construction work across many projects simultaneously, often well before any single site generates revenue. The result is significant cash tied up across a portfolio with no near-term return until projects reach construction.
How DG Developers are Using SolaREIT’s Solutions
- Finance site control across many small projects so you’re not tying up cash in leases and land while you queue up the next tranche of sites.
- Redeploy land capital into distribution interconnection needs like utility studies, upgrade costs, deposits, and timeline-critical workstreams.
- Keep your portfolio moving through local friction like municipal permitting, landlord coordination, title, and surveys by freeing liquidity to cover pre-NTP costs across multiple sites.
- Unlock cash tied up in site control so you are able to fund interconnection, permitting, and procurement.
Capital Solutions in Action
Land Purchase
Lease Purchase
Land Loan
Three Simple Steps from First Conversation to Closing
Pricing
Share the basic details of your lease and project. We’ll move quickly to provide a price and term sheet. There’s no lengthy intake process or unnecessary back-and-forth.
Contract
Our simple contracts are shaped by years of experience and hundreds of closed transactions. As off-the-shelf standardized documents, they are clear, fair, and built to avoid surprises. Thanks to our standardized system, we are able to focus on partnership and efficiency.
Closing
Our streamlined closing process is designed to deliver capital in as little as 30 to 45 days after signing documents.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does land financing help my pipeline?
ExpandIt unlocks capital from land or lease positions so you may redeploy cash into interconnection, permitting, and pre-construction work across multiple DG sites.
How does SolaREIT support multi-site DG portfolios?
ExpandWe finance site control in a repeatable way—helping you advance more projects in parallel while preserving liquidity and optionality.
Does SolaREIT finance brownfields or rooftop solar?
ExpandWe may finance land positions tied to DG projects, including certain brownfield sites and rooftop solar site. If there’s a land or real estate component we may underwrite, we’ll evaluate it.
How quickly can SolaREIT close land financing for DG and community solar projects?
ExpandTimelines vary by site and structure, but our process is designed to move quickly once we have the key land and project details. We often close 30-45 days after signing documents.
When should a community solar developer use land for capital?
ExpandWhen you’re building multiple sites in parallel, facing interconnection or permitting timelines, or want to preserve cash for deposits, engineering, and procurement.
Work With Us
Share your distributed generation solar project details and we’ll identify the right capital solution for your goals, with closings in as little as 30 to 45 days after signing documentation.