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Ask HN: How can I invest in Solar Power?

4•idontwantthis•8h ago
Does this product exist?

Why do people build solar panels on their roofs instead of investing money in large scale solar projects and then receiving a dividend proportional to the power generation built from their investment?

Shouldn’t I be able to say, fund $10k of solar generation somewhere in the world and receive a check every month for the power I helped produce?

This makes a lot more sense to me than building panels on my roofs instead with all of their extra costs.

Comments

bradac56•8h ago
Check with your public power company they are the only ones that let you buy into a solar farm you will never see that from a private company which is nearly all of the solar/wind mega's.

Putting panels on your roof is not an investment it's power freedom from serge pricing models. It's a home not an investment.

conjecTech•8h ago
You can buy stock in a solar "yieldco", which is exactly this. It holds the assets of solar farms and pays out the cashflows. There were a lot circa 2018, I believe Brookfield bought up a bunch, so there may be fewer options now.
uberman•7h ago
Many utilities do pay divadends.
solardev•5h ago
Look into community solar: https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/community-solar-basics

Or virtual power plants.

Or at bigger scales, you can invest in commercial solar companies or engage in carbon trading. It's all a bunch of intertied markets.

brudgers•3h ago
For most investment vehicles, $10k is not worth interacting with and investors with only $10k is unattractive because of the expectations such investors tend to have in aggregate.

Good luck.

omnizone•1h ago
Have you thought about building a Solar CRM?
a_tartaruga•46m ago
TAN ETF is basically this if you think about it

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