Agrivoltaic development for Hawai'i
Sub-1 MW solar + storage designed around your farm, not the other way around. We help Hawai'i landowners generate clean energy income while keeping land in active agriculture.
For Farmers & Landowners
Agrivoltaics means solar panels elevated high enough for crops, livestock, and equipment to work underneath. Your operation continues — you add a new revenue stream.
Long-term land lease payments provide predictable income independent of crop markets, weather, or input costs. You farm; we maintain the solar.
Elevated panels reduce heat stress and water loss. Cover crops are planted before construction. Panels are designed around your soil, not bolted into it.
Every design is custom-tailored to your operation — what you grow, how you grow it, and what you want to grow in ten years.
When the lease ends, we remove everything. Panels, racking, conduit — all of it. Your land returns to full agricultural use. This is in the contract, not a promise.
Seven Stars finances, builds, owns, and maintains the system. You provide the land and keep farming.
We know island agriculture, island permitting, and island grids. This isn't a mainland template dropped on local land.
You tell us about your land and your operation. We listen. No commitment, no pressure — just a conversation about whether this makes sense for your farm.
We assess your site — soil, slope, sun, grid access. If it doesn't work, we tell you honestly and explain why. Not every parcel is right for solar.
Permits, design, financing, construction, grid connection — all of it is on us. We keep you informed, but you don't have to manage any of it.
Regular lease payments start when the system is operating. You keep farming. We maintain the solar. The arrangement is straightforward.
No. Elevated systems don't compact soil the way ground-mount does. We plant cover crops before construction to protect topsoil. Research from NREL shows soil moisture can actually improve under panels.
Yes — that's the point. Panel height and row spacing are designed around your crops and equipment. Grazing, row crops, and specialty agriculture all work.
We remove everything — panels, racking, wiring, all of it. Full decommissioning is written into the lease agreement. Your land returns to unrestricted agricultural use.
Nothing. We finance, build, own, and maintain the system. You provide the land and receive lease payments.
In Hawai'i, expect 2–4 years from first conversation to an operating system. Permitting is the longest phase. We manage it all and keep you updated.
When the soil is Class A (solar is prohibited), when the parcel is too steep, when grid capacity isn't available, or when the project would genuinely conflict with your operation. We'll tell you upfront.
For Investors
Hawai'i has the nation's highest retail electricity rates, strong policy support for distributed generation, and a 100% renewable mandate by 2045. Sub-1 MW agrivoltaic projects fit a structural gap no utility-scale developer is filling.
Retail rates above $0.40/kWh. Island grids with no interconnection to the mainland. A legislated 100% RPS by 2045.
Investment Tax Credit up to 70% for qualifying projects (base 30% + energy community + low-income + domestic content). USDA REAP grants for agricultural integration.
Projects sized below utility thresholds for faster interconnection, county-level permitting, and community-scale economics. Small is a strategy, not a limitation.
Our scoring engine evaluates every agricultural parcel across five islands — solar resource, grid capacity, soil class, permitting pathway, and agricultural suitability.
Power Purchase Agreements with creditworthy offtakers. Long-term, predictable cash flows structured for tax equity and project finance.
Agrivoltaic design is a permitting advantage. Projects that keep land in active agriculture face less community opposition and faster approvals.
Details on our site identification, diligence, permitting, financing, and construction pipeline are available in our investment materials.
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We're building the infrastructure for small-scale agrivoltaic solar across the Hawaiian islands. Our approach pairs proprietary site selection technology with deep local knowledge to develop projects that work for farmers, communities, and investors.
The highest electricity costs in the nation. A 100% renewable mandate. Thousands of acres of agricultural land with willing landowners. And a gap between utility-scale projects and rooftop solar that nobody is filling. That's where we work.
Hawai'i's agricultural land is protected by some of the strongest land use laws in the country. Solar that displaces farming faces opposition and permitting barriers. Solar that supports farming gets built.
Smaller projects mean faster permitting, simpler interconnection, less community friction, and access to wheeling tariffs that let us sell power across the grid. We're not trying to be the biggest — we're trying to be the most deployable.
Contact
Whether you're a farmer exploring options, a landowner curious about lease income, or an investor looking at Hawai'i's energy market — we'd like to hear from you.
Or reach out directly at
info@agrivoltaicshawaii.com