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About the Episode:

Laura Pagliarulo, the President & Founder of SolaREIT, talks about the financing solutions that her company provides to solar and battery storage developers. She discusses various acquisition strategies, including buying land beneath solar projects during construction or operation, and acquiring leases through lump-sum payments. SolaREIT's unique financial tools offer developers flexible capital that can mean the difference in hundreds of thousands, even millions in returns later in the project cycle. With a rich background in energy markets from her SunEdison and Clean Choice Energy days, Laura and the SolaREIT team deeply understand the developer’s pain. And the products she has structured do bridge the gap most developers experience between good project and reliably solid outcome.

Helpful RESOURCES:

Connect with Laura Pagliarulo:

• LinkedIn | X

Check out SolaREIT:

• Website | LinkedIn | X

Key Takeaways:

1. Finance Solution: SolaREIT's novel alternative for land acquisition financing for solar and battery developers highlights the necessity and utility of innovative financial solutions in scaling up more renewable developers.
2. Value Addition: Laura explains how they’re actually paying MORE for purchase options or reducing lease rates that drive bottom line returns.
3. Strategic Timing: SolaREIT works with developers usually at Financial NTP of the project, which could be up to a year before final construction.

NOTEWORTHY QUOTE:

“Solar and battery storage developers need alternative financing solutions for the land that hosts their projects, whether it’s alone against the lease value, whether it’s buying an easement, or whether it’s purchasing the fee simple, and that’s what we’re here to do.”

— Laura Pagliarulo

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