What Would a Solar Asset-Backed Security Look Like?

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Interest is building in the potential to issue asset-backed securities (ABS) collateralized by the receivables of solar energy companies. Solar ABS, along with real estate investment trusts (REIT) and master limited partnerships (MLP), are among the ideas emerging for expanding the capital available to renewable energy projects. The advantage of solar ABS over the solar REIT and MLP ideas is that solar securitizations could be issued now under existing tax law.

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