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Joaquin Altenberg

Joaquin started his career on Wall Street and brought his expertise in financing to the solar industry over 15 years ago. He speaks both English and Spanish and can most often be found conducting business from CEN's Puerto Rico office.

Recent Posts

Solar Tax Equity Season 2022: What's Changed?

Nov 11, 2022 1:11:00 PM / by Joaquin Altenberg posted in Solar, Tax Equity, Investing

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Tax equity season is in full swing for 2022, and a number of regulatory and worldly developments make this season different than previous years' fourth quarters.

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How To Finance C&I Solar Projects

Feb 22, 2021 10:18:00 AM / by Joaquin Altenberg posted in Solar, Finance, Tax Equity, Investing

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Financing Commercial and Industrial (C&I) solar projects can be challenging, and for a myriad of reasons. We share our tried-and-true methods for pushing through each challenge and successfully financing C&I solar projects below.  

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Solar Tax Equity 102: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

Feb 1, 2021 9:45:00 AM / by Joaquin Altenberg posted in Solar, Finance, Tax Equity, Investing

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This blog is intended to dive deeper into the subject of tax equity for solar projects. The prior blog opened up with a series of common questions (Solar Tax Equity 101) and answers. In this post, we discuss the most common tax equity structure and touch on why companies choose to invest in tax equity.

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Solar Tax Equity 101

Jan 18, 2021 11:08:00 AM / by Joaquin Altenberg posted in Solar, Finance, Tax Equity

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Tax equity is a hugely underutilized investment in the solar industry. It's complex, multi-layered, and a missed investment opportunity for many corporations and companies. We've outlined and answered the basic tax equity questions we hear all the time to help you make sense of it and to help you decide if it deserves a piece of your portfolio (hint: it does!). 

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