Facilitating the ownership of solar-powered electricity-generating systems

A system for facilitating a party's purchase of an electricity-generating solar power system, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• a communication device coupled to the processor and adapted to communicate via a communications network;
• a storage device in communication with the processor and storing instructions adapted to be executed by the processor to:
• calculate a contract time period, wherein, in return for a payment amount funding all or a portion of a party's purchase and installation of the solar power system, up to 100% of the electricity generated by the solar power system during the contract time period accrues to the lender, and wherein the party owns the solar power system;
• and
• determine the cost of electricity delivered from the solar power system and to be sold by the lender to a third party, wherein determining the cost of the electricity comprises considering readings from a meter connected to the solar power system that measures electricity delivered by the solar power system.

A system for facilitating a party's purchase of an electricity-generating solar power system, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• a communication device coupled to the processor and adapted to communicate via a communications network;
• a storage device in communication with the processor and storing instructions adapted to be executed by the processor to:
• calculate a purchase price at which a lender will sell the solar power system to the party;
• calculate a contract time period, wherein, in return for a payment amount the solar power system to the party, up to 100% of the electricity generated by the solar power system during the contract time period accrues to the lender, and wherein the party owns the solar power system upon the party's purchase;
• and
• determine the cost of electricity delivered from the solar power system and to be sold by the lender to a third party, wherein determining the cost of the electricity comprises considering readings from a meter connected to the solar power system that measures electricity delivered by the solar power system.

A method comprising:

• financing, by a lender, the purchase by a plurality of parties of electricity-generating solar power systems wherein the parties own their respective solar power system, and wherein the lender owns and is to sell up to 100% of the electricity generated by the parties' solar power systems after installation for a contract time period defined by a financing agreement with each party respectively, and wherein, pursuant to the financing agreements, the parties are to transfer renewable energy environmental attributes earned by the parties to the lender;
• tracking, with a computer system, the creation of energy environmental attributes earned by the parties, wherein the tracking comprises, for each of the plurality of parties, determining with a computer system the energy environmental attributes derived from the respective solar power system based on readings from a meter connected to the respective solar power system;
• aggregating, by the lender, the renewable energy environmental attributes transferred by the parties;
• and
• by the lender, at least one of selling the aggregated renewable energy environmental attributes and using the aggregated renewable energy environmental attributes

A system for facilitating a party's purchase of an electricity-generating solar power system, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• a communication device coupled to the processor and adapted to communicate via a communications network;
• a storage device in communication with the processor and storing instructions adapted to be executed by the processor to:
• for each of a plurality of parties, calculate a contract time period, wherein, in return for a payment amount funding all or a portion of the party's purchase and installation of the solar power system, up to 100% of the electricity generated by the solar power system during the contract time period accrues to the lender, wherein the party owns the solar power system, and wherein the parties are obligated to transfer renewable energy environmental attributes earned by the parties to the lender;
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• aggregate the renewable energy environmental attributes transferred by the parties for sale.