Renewable energy crowdfunding:
Current solar photovoltaic investment opportunities for citizens
Technology and business innovations and supportive European legislation has made it possible for Croatian, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovakian and Slovenian citizens to invest in ventures that combine positive environmental and social impact with profits.
The GREET CE project aims to foster bioeconomy solutions and promote crowdfunding. Therefore, it assists innovative European SMEs and citizens seeking crowdfunding deals. One of the fields it focuses on is sustainable energy.
Solar photovoltaic, a strong growth area is a popular crowdlending field, with a number of projects looking for credit. This is enabled by the risk profile of these projects that rely on standardised technologies and have relatively predictable cash-flows.
Crowdfunding allows citizens to contribute small amounts of money to fund larger projects – such as solar installations. In one of the common crowdfunding model lenders receive interest on their loans. People invest small amounts, which are pooled together to fund the project. An advantage is that it removes financial barriers to investing in renewable energy. Anyone can participate in a solar project, with a small the investment. Typical individual solar projects have been too small to qualify for project financing at a bank, yet it too large for a project owner to finance on their own.
Like any investment, crowdfunding solar panels carries risks. It’s important to research each project and the regulatory environment carefully before investing.
Currently open solar PV crowdlending investment opportunities:
| Solveo Energies | 4 | 7% | 450.000 | France |
| General Solar | 5 | 7% | 1.500.000 | France |
| ARQ PLASTICOS, S.L | 5 | 5,25% | 144.000 | Spain |
| Lomas del Taraje | 5 | 8,5% | 100.000 | Spain |
| Son Castello | 5 | 7,1% | 1.829.890 | Spain |
| Elia Srl | 2 | 10,5% | 100.000 | Italy |
This is not an investment offer. Anybody should make their own due diligence before making any investments.