Every few weeks, a member of the BayWa r.e. team sits down with Chris Crowell of Solar Builder in our PowerForward! series partnership.
On this edition of Power Forward!, we’ll discuss conversations from RE+ 2024, the state of solar financing, why third-party ownership (TPO) is an important financing tool for solar installers, how the domestic content adder is being utilized, and how to judge loans vs. leases heading into 2025, with Joshua Tinaglia, finance program manager at BayWa r.e.
- 0:31 – Takeaways from RE+ 2024 conversations
- 2:05 – Outlook on TPO (leases) vs. loans now
- 3:27 – The role of a distributor in tracking domestic content
- 4:40 – Should I still offer TPO in 2025 with interest rates going down?
- 6:44 – Who actually benefits from the 10% domestic content adder?
- 8:41 – Explanation of Split-Pay, and how installers benefit
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