For Businesses & Towns

Turn Underutilized Spaces Into Opportunity.

Maximize Your Land’s Potential

At CVE North America, we understand the deep connection landowners have to their property. We believe your land can continue to serve your family and community for generations.

We partner with landowners and farmers to unlock new revenue opportunities to generate reliable income while preserving the land’s agricultural value.

Whether you’re looking to diversify revenue streams or enhance your farming operations, our solar installations are designed to work in harmony with your land.

We handle everything from site evaluation to construction and ongoing maintenance, ensuring a seamless and beneficial experience for landowners while helping bring more reliable, homegrown energy to your community.

Our Solar Offerings

At CVE, all of our U.S. installations are ground-mounted community solar farms that help local households and businesses save through a solar credit system.

While our primary focus has been ground-mounted solar, we are also equipped to deliver rooftop and carport solar solutions where the project opportunity and site conditions align.

Ground-Mounted Solar

Ground-mounted solar farms involve installing solar panels above open land using poles and a racking system. These projects connect directly to the electric grid, delivering power across the broader energy system rather than to one building.

When It’s the Best Fit:
Ideal for larger open spaces, agricultural land, brownfields, or other underutilized sites where there’s room to install rows of panels efficiently.

Rooftop Solar

For properties with available roof space, we have the capability to design and install rooftop solar systems that produce energy right where it’s needed. This solution is a smart way to turn an unused surface into an energy asset.

When It’s the Best Fit:
Perfect for businesses, schools, or municipalities with large, unobstructed rooftops — especially if there’s limited open land nearby.

Solar Carports

We also have the capability to design and install solar carport structures built over parking areas that provide shade while generating clean energy. Solar carports turn parking lots into productive spaces, combining functionality and energy production.

When It’s the Best Fit:
A great option for sites with limited roof space but large parking lots, such as office parks, shopping centers, universities, or public buildings.

Benefits

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FAQs

What is a community solar project?

A community solar project is a solar energy system that provides clean electricity to the utility as well as energy savings to local subscribers (via monthly bill credits). Community Solar allows people who cannot or do not want to install solar panels at their homes or their businesses to have access to solar energy. The process is simple: CVE builds a solar project in your utility service area. The clean electricity generated is distributed to the utility, which exchanges the electricity for monetary bill credits. CVE can then distribute those bill credits directly to the monthly utility bills of local customers – those customers are considered “subscribers” to the solar project. The bill credits reduce each subscriber’s energy cost, thus allowing them to participate in the benefits of solar energy – even without installing any solar energy equipment on their own property. Local utility customers can subscribe to a community solar project without any upfront costs, hidden fees, or termination fees. The project is located on land owned by a separate entity, such as a local farmer.

What are the benefits of hosting a community solar project on my land?

There are several benefits to hosting a community solar project on your land:

Financial compensation: As the landowner, you will receive lease payments for up to 40 years, or a lump-sum payment for a sale. This can be a significant source of additional income.

Environmental benefits: Community solar projects generate clean, renewable energy, which helps to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and lower greenhouse gas emissions.

Community benefits: Community solar projects provide an opportunity for members of the community to participate in the transition to clean energy and support local renewable energy development. Community solar also provides additional tax revenue to the town and helps stimulate the local economy through local jobs and the purchase of local goods and services during construction.

What is the length of a typical land lease agreement for a community solar project?

The length of a typical land lease agreement for a community solar project can vary, but it is usually 20-25 years, with optional extensions to extend up to 35 – 40 years.

Can I participate in a community solar project if I do not own land?

Yes, you can participate in a community solar project even if you do not own land. Community solar projects allow multiple community members to purchase or subscribe to a portion of the solar project’s electricity production. This allows you to support the transition to clean energy and potentially save on your electricity bills without the need to own land or install solar panels on your property.

How does CVE North America work with towns to ensure the success of its solar projects ?

CVE North America engages in regular communication with town representatives, participates in town meetings, and prioritizes local households to subscribe to its community programs. We also ensure that our projects meet local regulations and address community concerns.

How do towns benefit from hosting solar projects on their land ?

Local governments benefit significantly from tax revenue generated by solar projects for up to 40 years. Solar projects will pay increased land taxes as well as entirely new taxes on the installed solar project improvements. This additional tax revenue comes with limited additional strain on local services, it is highly accretive to the tax base. For example, a solar project does not increase demand for traffic management, sewer, police, or schooling. CVE is also open to negotiating PILOT Agreements, or similar, that clearly set the tax revenue over a given term, if the local government prefers.