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The national community solar beat: program dockets and capacity blocks, project awards, subscriber acquisition, and the developers and operators building the market. New episodes Tuesday and Thursday. Produced with AI. Economics
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  • The Dirtiest Lot in Maine Just Got a Second Life, and Illinois Brought Sheep

    The Dirtiest Lot in Maine Just Got a Second Life, and Illinois Brought Sheep
    22 Oct 2026
    Nautilus Solar turns a toxic former circuit-board recycling site in Sanford, Maine into a 7 megawatt community solar farm serving over 960 subscribers, the show's first Maine story and Nautilus's third state in two months. Plus: Generate Capital and TurningPoint Energy energize the first site in an eight-project Illinois portfolio, with grazing sheep and a nearly $70 million savings projection to show for it.

    Sources:
    Generate Capital and TurningPoint Energy Energize 3.5 MWac Community Solar Project in Sandwich, Illinois | Solar Power World | https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/10/3-5-mw-community-solar-project-completed-in-illinois-shines-program/
    Nautilus Solar Energizes 7 MW Community Solar Farm on a Former Contaminated Circuit-Board Recycling Site in Sanford, Maine | Energies Media | https://energiesmedia.com/17-acre-maine-lot-once-buried/

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    9 min
  • The Land Nobody Wanted Is Having a Moment: Apples, a Superfund Site, and the Money That Followed

    The Land Nobody Wanted Is Having a Moment: Apples, a Superfund Site, and the Money That Followed
    20 Oct 2026
    A four-hundred-year-old Massachusetts orchard grows solar around its trees, a former Superfund zinc smelting site in Illinois turns into a city tax line, and two very different financing deals, one a developer's first-ever term loan, one a $387 million bet on Illinois and Maryland, show the capital is following. Four wins, no heads-up, the same beat proving itself on land and on paper.

    Sources:
    BlueWave's Three-Site Dual-Use Community Solar Finalist in Granville, Massachusetts | Solar Builder Magazine | https://solarbuildermag.com/projects/vote-1-mw-to-10-mw-2026-project-of-the-year-awards/
    AC Power Turns a Former EPA Superfund Zinc Smelting Site Into Community Solar in Hillsboro, Illinois | Solar Builder Magazine | https://solarbuildermag.com/projects/vote-1-mw-to-10-mw-2026-project-of-the-year-awards/
    Pivot Energy Closes Its First Term Loan: $173 Million for 51 Community-Scale Solar Projects | Pivot Energy (via Pulse 2.0) | https://pulse2.com/pivot-energy-closes-173-million-term-loan-with-first-citizens-bank-huntington-bank-and-bankunited/
    Aligned Climate Capital Lands $387 Million to Build Out 126 MW of Community Solar Across Illinois and Maryland | PV Tech | https://www.pv-tech.org/aligned-climate-capital-nexamp-secure-finance-community-solar-projects/

    Sponsored by Our Power Co. — you build the solar, we bring the community. Community solar customer acquisition for developers and operators. Looking to subscribe and lower your own bill? Go to https://joincommunity.solar

    Produced with AI. https://communitysolar.news
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    9 min
  • Three Pieces at a Time, Two Hundred Million All at Once: Same Business, Every Size

    Three Pieces at a Time, Two Hundred Million All at Once: Same Business, Every Size
    15 Oct 2026
    A Georgia co-op opens enrollment on a one-megawatt solar project sold in small blocks along an interstate, an Illinois village clears zoning for its own project unanimously, Captona backs a 55 MW Nexamp portfolio across four states, and New York puts $200 million behind NY-Sun. Four wins, no heads-up, same industry working at every scale.

    Sources:
    Cobb EMC Launches SolarShare Community Solar Project Along Georgia Interstate | Cobb Business Journal (MDJ Online) | https://www.mdjonline.com/cobb_business_journal/cobb-emc-celebrates-launch-of-solarshare-community-solar-project/article_c9954323-2c63-48e8-a1ac-960c6a66c5a9.html
    Illinois Village of Oswego Advances Community Solar Project Offering Residents a 10% Bill Discount | Shaw Local News Network | https://www.shawlocal.com/kendall-county-now/2026/10/14/oswego-residents-would-share-in-power-generated-by-community-solar-project/
    Captona Makes Preferred-Equity Investment in 55 MW Nexamp Community Solar Portfolio | Kirkland & Ellis | https://www.kirkland.com/news/press-release/2026/10/kirkland-advises-captona-on-preferred-equity-investment-with-nexamp
    New York Commits $200M to Expand NY-Sun, Including New Capacity for Commercial and Community Solar | NYSERDA / NY-Sun (via NY State Senate newsroom) | https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026/pete-harckham/harckham-applauds-governor-hochuls-ny-sun-roll-out

    Sponsored by Our Power Co. — you build the solar, we bring the community. Community solar customer acquisition for developers and operators. Looking to subscribe and lower your own bill? Go to https://joincommunity.solar

    Produced with AI. https://communitysolar.news
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    10 min
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