Local Solar for the Land and Community
Lightstar develops, builds and operates community solar projects in a way that benefits the landowner, their land and the community. We care for and steward the land before, during and after the project is built while maintaining long-term partnerships with landowners.
We provide secure income for landowners and clean energy to the local community
Our projects deliver energy savings to subscribers, stable income to landowners, tax revenue to local municipalities and improved soil health beneath the arrays
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Why Lightstar
You’ve never met a solar company quite like us. We’re one of the few developers and builders who own and operate all of its projects, and one of the first to offer farmers the opportunity to keep farming under solar arrays.
Our team helps landowners and/or farmers like you to protect and earn the most from your land by building responsibly planned, sited, and operated dual-use solar facilities. In partnership with our landowner/farmer hosts, we provide low-cost clean energy to the local community. We support the full life-cycle of our projects, meaning we don’t leave after initial development—we continuously work with our partners to ensure the long-term success of every project.
Our projects have the capability to be constructed on parcels ranging from 15-20 acres to much larger sizes with the potential to generate sufficient energy to supply around 1,000 average-sized homes with power for a year.
Our promise is to leave your land and soil in as good as (or better) condition than before we arrived. Reach out any time to ask us how dual- use solar can become a part of your agricultural operation and support your long-term plans for your farm, family and community.
Hosting Solar on Your Land
Reliable Income
Hosting a Lightstar solar project provides an income stream that can help mitigate annual crop risks and strengthen the financial reassurance that the land will continue to generate income even after retirement.
Improving Production
Our projects are built to make the land more productive. Where possible, we create pollinator habitats and design for dual-use, which allows for crops and livestock grazing in and around the array.
Our Promise
Our landowner partners can trust us to treat their land as if it were our own in the way we handle construction, site clean up, and maintenance – all without any cost to them.
Interested in selling your land?
Leave your land in good hands. We’ll purchase your land at a competitive rate and build a solar farm that provides local solar energy to your community
Welcoming Solar
to Your Community
Greening the Grid
When community solar is built locally, it means that less polluting energy is needed to power the grid, and communities can run on cleaner sources of power.
Energy Savings
In most cases local residents, businesses and public entities can subscribe to the project and receive direct savings on their utility bills.
Environmental Benefits
We prioritize preserving the land beneath the arrays and leaving it in better condition than we found it through planting pollinator habitats and grass mixes that help sequester carbon.
Bringing Solar to
Your Town
Here to Help
Our approach to solar development is collaborative and consultative. Our team of seasoned solar developers, engineers, and construction managers help towns navigate the complexities of solar regulations.
Revenue Generation
We understand the importance of local revenue for municipalities. Our projects are a guaranteed source of tax revenue for the life of the project.
Removing the Project
When the solar project is ready to be removed, we ensure full decommissioning of the project and that the land is returned to the same or a better state than before the project was built.
Our Holistic Approach
We see solar as not just about energy generation, but as a tool for conservation and preservation of land and the health of communities.
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