Our Solar Energy Practice was built on the firm’s supply chain management experience including market research, contract negotiations, field engineering and project management to facilitate agreements between infrastructure developers (Telecom and Wind Industries) and commercial building and property owners.
HCP has a track record of negotiating with building owners to establish the rights necessary for a Provider to install, maintain and operate their equipment on commercial buildings. With the rapidly increasing needs for solar deployment on commercial rooftops, HCP can assist in identifying targets, negotiating contracts and coordinating installation through an on-line platform.
HCP has the resources to customize research of possible commercial targets under a distributed generation model to assist solar providers (installers and/or manufacturers) facilitate deployment of their technologies with the commercial building owner population in major markets across the United States.
According to the Solar Industries Energy Association®, solar energy is the cleanest, most abundant, renewable energy source available. The U.S. has some of the richest solar resources shining across the nation. Today's technology allows us to capture this power in several ways giving the public and commercial entities flexible ways to employ both the heat and light of the sun. The greatest challenge the U.S. solar market faces is scaling up production and distribution of solar energy technology to drive the price down to be on par with traditional fossil fuel sources.
Solar energy can be produced on a distributed basis, called distributed generation, with equipment located on rooftops or on ground-mounted fixtures close to where the energy is used. Large-scale concentrating solar power systems can also produce energy at a central power plant.
There are four ways to harness solar energy being 1) Photovoltaics (converting light to electricity); 2) heating and cooling systems (solar thermal); 3) concentrating solar power (utility scale); and 4) Lighting. Active solar energy systems employ devices that convert the sun's heat or light to another form of energy we use. Passive solar refers to special siting, design or building materials that take advantage of the sun's position and availability to provide direct heating or lighting. Passive solar also considers the need for shading devices to protect buildings from excessive heat from the sun.