SolarLease
Get solar savings without locking large upfront capital.
WattZap or an approved WattZap asset partner funds, owns, operates, and maintains the rooftop solar plant. The customer uses the generated solar energy and pays WattZap through a long-term savings-linked commercial structure.
Physical flow — solar plant → customer facility → reduced grid consumption. O&M, monitoring and reporting included.
Customer benefits
- Zero or reduced upfront investment
- Lower daytime grid purchases
- O&M included
- Monitoring included
- Performance reporting included
- Predictable payment structure
- Customer retains an agreed share of verified savings
WattZap responsibilities
- Feasibility
- Investment approval
- Project funding
- Engineering
- EPC appointment
- Solar-asset ownership
- Insurance
- Operations and maintenance
- Monitoring
- Performance verification
- Repairs and replacements
- Contract administration
Customer responsibilities
- Roof access
- Site security
- Grid connection
- Timely payments
- Protection of WattZap assets
- Operational cooperation
- Disclosure of material site changes
- Maintenance access
The hybrid payment model
Pays for asset availability, capital recovery, monitoring, and fixed operating obligations.
Paid on measured AC solar generation.
Total lease payment is capped at an agreed percentage of verified solar benefit.
The customer should retain an agreed portion of verified solar savings, such as at least 20%, subject to the final contract.
Typical structure
- Contract duration: 12–15 years
- Fixed availability fee
- Variable generation fee
- Annual escalation
- Annual benefit true-up
- Security deposit
- Performance and availability commitments
- Optional buyout schedule
- End-of-term transfer, renewal, or removal
Lease approval gates
- Final EPC quotation
- Measured daytime absorption
- Roof-right verification
- Structural approval
- P90 generation study
- Customer credit assessment
- Insurance confirmation
- Grid feasibility
- Legal review
- Project return above financing cost
- Adequate DSCR
Lease pricing and project economics are site-specific. WattZap will not publish guaranteed customer savings before technical, legal, and credit due diligence is completed.