In mid-July 2011, the San Francisco government of the United States introduced a new policy called solar@work. The policy aims to provide Gulf companies with a new model for purchasing modules. Under the proposal of the National Renewable Energy Department's Solar City Program and the US Department of Energy's "Sunshot" incentive policy, the San Francisco Department of Environment proposed the "solar@work" policy, which is planned to unite many participants into a buying group. The collective purchase approach combines standard solar equipment leases.

It is reported that this policy will be implemented for the first time for small and medium-sized enterprises and business owners. Even if the purchase of solar power without concessions costs more than purchasing power from the grid, this model can save some owners within the working life of solar power systems. A large fee.

As the first large-scale commercial group purchase plan in the United States, “solar@work” will be dedicated to promoting interested owners to install more than 2MW of photovoltaic systems in the next six months.

It is understood that the "solar@work" policy is being promoted by the San Francisco Department of Environment's UN Renewable Energy Laboratory and Optony. San Francisco's Ministry of Environment said that for San Francisco's corporate and business owners, start-up funding and difficulties in securing access to the channels are their primary obstacles in the early stages of installation. In order to make it a reality, related groups led by the World Energy Research Institute negotiated with photovoltaic suppliers to solve the unique needs of San Francisco companies and owners, and finally chose SolarCity to help develop the program.

Solarcity, a company established in the Gulf region, is a leading solar energy integrator in the United States and a recipient of the San Francisco Gosolar SF project. More than 15,000 projects have been completed and under construction. Solarcity intends to add more than 400 employees in the second half of 2011. According to the head of the solarcity commercial project team, the policy will enable solar energy to be available to small and medium-sized businesses and business owners in San Francisco.

The U.S. Department of Energy's sunshot program aims to solve the most important challenge in the current PV industry: it can still make clean energy cost-competitive without subsidies in all market segments. Solar@work believes that the goal of sunshot is an extended model that can be promoted nationwide.

“San Francisco has an ambitious goal—to achieve 100% renewable electricity demand, so we need to do our best to ensure that local and regional building owners have the ability to install with minimal upfront investment.” San Francisco Department of the Environment ** Melanie Nutter said that "solar@work" represents a major advancement in available funds options. At the same time, this will make the environment cleaner and healthier and increase job opportunities throughout the Gulf region.

Ramamoorthy Ramesh, project manager of the United States Department of Energy's SunShot program, said: "A policy similar to 'solar@work' will promote our economic competitiveness, create job opportunities, and help achieve the president's goal of doubling clean energy in the next 25 years. A goal, the 'sunshot' plan, will help stimulate the United States to find ways to reduce the cost of solar energy so as to attract business owners nationwide to install solar energy."

The World Energy Institute, using technical support from the National Renewable Energy Department and Optony, used its photovoltaic “buy” model and SolarCity to create a highly competitive solution that includes the elimination of solar upfront costs. The operating lease method.

Solar@work is expected to install over 2MW of photovoltaic power plants in San Francisco and surrounding areas. As a mode of group discount, the more companies sign the contract, the lower the price of the entire buying group. All participants can enjoy a pre-negotiated discount. If the group purchase exceeds 3MW by the end of 2011, the participants will receive the maximum subsidy.

Alex Perera, head of the Climate and Technology Department at the World Resources Institute, said: “Solar@work' uses aggregating company purchasing power to reduce the cost of SMEs using photovoltaic power generation. This is a major milestone. WRI piloted a photovoltaic system. The “buy” model, and found that this model can significantly reduce costs and reduce the time spent on the complex installation guidance process. Because of this, this model is the perfect solution to the photovoltaic problem in San Francisco.”

The merger policy on photovoltaic installations offers business owners and business owners numerous options: cash purchases, photovoltaic leases, funding** or others. Participants may not be eligible to select all plans, but the plan will help buyers get the most suitable financial support.

Ben Foster, Optony’s vice president, said: “The plan is rigorously designed and carefully implemented to create a market-leading solution that supports the solar industry, the government, and the most important potential buyers of solar energy systems. We look forward to increasing the use of photovoltaics in the United States through this innovative model."