A perk for our planet
Ares is committed to sustainability, and part of that is making renewable energy available to employees. And that's where Arcadia comes in.
- Renters and homeowners can join a local solar farm and get guaranteed savings on their power bill. No additional costs or installations required.
- Employees in DC, DE, IL, MA, MD, ME, MN, NJ, NY, OR and RI are eligible to sign up for Arcadia’s community solar program.
- Minimize your carbon footprint by averting fossil fuels.
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The simplest way to save with solar.
Two-thirds of Americans can't benefit from rooftop solar because they don't own their home, or their home doesn't have a suitable roof. Here’s how community solar helps solve that problem.
Solar that doesn’t require a roof.
With a community solar subscription, there’s no need to install panels; Arcadia digitally connects you to a local solar farm. Your utility stays the same, but you get a clean energy discount.
Solar with guaranteed savings.
As your solar farm generates clean energy, we make sure you automatically receive solar credits on your power bill. These solar credits guarantee you get savings.
Solar made simple.
It takes two minutes to start your subscription. Sign up now for a hassle-free way to support emission-free energy and save money.
How Arcadia does solar.
Connecting to a local solar farm is the accessible alternative to installing rooftop solar panels. Learn how a community solar subscription through Arcadia gives you all the benefits of clean energy for no extra cost.
We digitally connect you to a local solar farm.
We find the right solar farm for you based on several factors like your location and your average monthly energy use.
The solar farm produces clean energy.
Electricity generated by the solar farm flows into the local community’s power. Your subscription helps keeps the solar farm active, which means the grid is cleaner thanks to you!
You get solar credits for the clean energy generated.
Arcadia securely connects to your utility account so that we can calculate the maximum solar credits we can assign to you. Those savings are automatically applied to your bill.
Questions about community solar?
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We recognize how urgent it is to end our dependence on fossil fuels and to replace those with verified, local green alternatives. We want a healthier earth for our children and our community.
With Arcadia, you know your subscribers are sound. I can pull a report that is current to the day and show it to investors at any time. That gives everyone involved tremendous confidence and enables community solar projects to be financed efficiently.
Shining a light on solar.
Community solar is a way to support solar energy and save on your power bill without installing your own solar panels.
Arcadia is the leading manager of community solar projects in the United States.
We’ve teamed up with Google and EDPR NA Distributed Generation to implement a novel solution addressing the energy cost burden faced by over 30 million US households.