SunFarm Energy provides customized commercial solar power systems for a variety of clients including nonprofit organizations, church groups, local governments, and small businesess. Reduce your energy costs and contribute to a clean energy future with a solar array for your organiztion or business. We offer a wide variety of products for commercial and large-scale projects including ground mounts, carport canopies, and rooftop arrays.
Featured Commercial Projects
Commercial Arrays: Surf & Sand Hotel
In the Spring of 2023 SunFarm Energy collaborated with Innisfree Hotels to install a 235 MWh array at the Surf & Sand Hotel on Pensacola Beach. The system will produce half of the hotel’s annual energy consumption and return significant energy savings of about $48,000 per year.
The array at the Surf & Sand Hotel is a significant milestone for SunFarm Energy, the team at Innisfree Hotels, and the community of Pensacola Beach. Our collaboration represents a longstanding commitment to a clean energy future that contributes to the conservation of resources along the Gulf Coast.
REAP Projects: Adapative Ready Rent
Based in Fort Walton Beach, Adaptive Ready Rent provides construction, lawn care, and other equipment for home improvement projects. Thanks to REAP, the team at Adaptive Ready Rent was able ot secure grant funding for fifty percent of their 36.86 kw array.
Government Projects: NSA – Panama City
The U.S. Naval Support Activity (NSA) office in Panama City suffered damage to its solar carport system during Hurricane Michael in 2018. The array represented a significant resource for NSA operations by offsetting energy usage and charging electric vehicles.
In the Spring of 2024, SunFarm Energy replaced and updated all damaged modules and repaired EV charging infrastructure. The facility is now fully updated with six networked Chargepoint EV chargers and an operational single axis tilt carport array.
Nonprofit Partnerships: Helping Hand Missions
Based in Santa Rosa County, Helping Hand Missions provides financial and household-goods support to low-income families, those impacted by disasters, and formerly incarcerated individuals transitioning out of the prison system. After many years of support, energy consumption was high at their warehouse facility in Milton, Florida. Solar made sense, especially since the new IRA law provided a direct-pay option for the federal ITC.
In the Spring of 2023 SunFarm Energy installed a 96 kW array to offset 90 percent of energy usage at the warehouse.
Commercial Solar Incentives
Business Investment Tax Credit
The federal Business Energy Investment Tax Credit (ITC) allows businesses to receive a 30% Federal Tax Credit for the gross cost of their solar power system. The ITC also applies to battery storage systems.
See the Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy’s Residential and Commercial ITC Factsheets for more information, or contact a SunFarm Energy Consultant today!
USDA Rural Energy For America Program (REAP)
REAP provides guaranteed loan financing and grant funding to agricultural producers and rural small businesses that invest in renewable energy and/or energy efficiency improvements. Grants for up to 50% of the project costs are available.
REAP eligibility depends on the location of your business. Contact SunFarm Energy for assistance determining if your business is qualified. Learn more about REAP.
Domestic Content Bonus Credit
The domestic content bonus credit was designed to boost American manufacturing by providing a 10% bonus to the ITC when your project meets domestic content requirements. U.S. made solar panels and/or U.S. made steel satisfy the domestic content requirements.
Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System
MACRS allows you to recover costs over an accelerated time period of 5 years. You invest in solar and lower your taxes based on the amount you spent on solar over a period of just five years.
With MACRS, you’re reducing the amount you spend on your taxes in a given year.
Warranty Information
Commercial installations up to 2 MW are backed by a 30-year comprehensive industry-leading warranty from Solar Insure.
Solar Insure warranties includes parts, labor. Warranties are also include transferable ownership which allows you to transfer warranty protections to a new owner if needed. Learn more about Solar Insure.
Dedicated Service Department
At SunFarm Energy we maintain a dedicated service department to assist with all your solar needs. Whether you’re having issues with system reporting, need removal and replacement services, or just have questions about your system, we’re here to help.
Our Solar Service Specialists are standing by to assist with troubleshooting and dispatching service crews if needed. Plus, we keep an eye on your system monitoring to make sure everything is running smoothly. We even assist customers who installed solar with a different company and we’ve completed hundreds of removal and replacement jobs on projects across the Florida Panhandle.
Financing for Commercial Solar Projects
Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing is funding available to qualified property owners to make energy efficiency, renewable generation, and wind mitigation improvements and repairs. The funding is repaid through an assessment included on the annual property tax bill.
Businesses often face capital budgets constraints that force owners to choose between capital improvements. Using PACE financing enables business to take advantage of fixed rates and longer terms that allow capital costs to be annually and significantly reduced by savings associated with energy efficiency, renewables and wind resistance improvements.
In addition, PACE financing is an off-balance sheet transaction that maintains your company’s cash position while allowing capital projects to be advanced immediately.
Next Steps After Install: Reading Your Meter
Installing solar power at your home or business is an exciting time! Not only do you start seeing savings roll in, but you also enjoy energy independence and peace of mind. We’re here to help answer your pressing technical questions, including how to read your newly re-programmed meter. Meter Reading Basics Installing solar means reading…
We’ve Got Your Back With Solar Insure
When it comes to adding solar power to your home or business, we understand that peace of mind matters – a lot! That’s why we’re incredibly proud to be part of the Solar Insure Certified Provider network, offering the best comprehensive warranty in the industry. We provide long term protection for your solar investment with…
No Roof Space? No Problem – Creative Solar Solutions
Your home or business is more than just the rooftop, why not explore additional solar solutions? When you think about switching to solar where do you envision your panels? Probably on a rooftop. And that’s for good reason! Rooftop solar is a cost effective and accessible way to reap all the benefits of solar power….
All About REAP
What is REAP? The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) provides guaranteed loan financing and grant funding for farmers, agricultural producers, and rural small businesses to make energy efficiency improvements at their facilities. Funds are available for a variety of projects that positively impact overhead energy costs. This includes renewable energy systems like solar, wind,…
Riding the Renewable Wave at Surf & Sand
Pensacola Beach’s First Solar-Powered Hotel The Gulf Coast just took another step closer to a clean energy future. The Surf & Sand, one of Pensacola Beach’s premier hotel destinations, added solar to their property this past summer through a partnership with SunFarm Energy. After many years in development, the project is Pensacola Beach’s first-ever solar-powered…
Classroom Connections: Solar Provides Opportunities from AL to Central America
Renewable energy adoption is on the rise, and there’s no limit to what it can do – and whom it can reach. As nations across the globe turn to massive wind and solar developments to scale up their infrastructure, sometimes it’s the smaller projects that mean the most. For students in both Alabama and Central…
Your Guide to the Solar Investment Tax Credit
There are plenty of incentives to help you make the switch to solar power, but the federal solar investment tax credit is perhaps the most important of them all. This program has been helping folks make the switch to solar for over 15 years and it’s a great way to jump-start your solar power project….