Abstract
It has been proposed that Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) have the potential to lower the cost and increase the adoption of photovoltaic systems (PV) by offering a more attractive source of capital. The purpose of this paper is to explain the fundamental physical characteristics of PV and compare them to the characteristics of 'real' property, to help determine whether REITs can own PVsystems.
Original language | American English |
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Number of pages | 15 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2012 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/TP-6A20-55396
Keywords
- cost of capital
- financing
- integrated as a system
- passive
- PV
- real estate
- real estate investment trust
- real property
- REIT
- securitization
- solar REIT
- source of capital
- SREIT