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I had a business idea (Which I'll never do because that is too much work) where I essentially go around and just buy/lease people's roofs and install solar panels on them. I'd pay either a portion of the energy re-sell value over a very lengthy period of time, or a flat estimated portion amount of return. I feel like solar's biggest issue is mostly land so people don't really do much with their roof, it's free real estate!
Instead of someone coming by and saying "Pay us to put solar on your roof" you'd get me going "I will pay you to let me put a thing on your roof which you will probably never notice, I'll even insure the roof so if there is storm damage to your roof I'll cover it".
Add in the situation where you decide to keep the panels you can buy them off me by either buying it straight up, or letting me just keep the portion I would be giving you for some amount of time, then your roof and the panels' ownership would revert back to the homeowner.
Couple issues with that. One is how to get it to work and be approved by the utility. In many areas something like this is heavily regulated and you might not even be able to do it depending upon State law (assuming you're in the States).
Another issue is that in many areas, unless you're only offsetting the home or business, the excess isn't profitable. Many utilities pay a fraction of what they charge for any excess put back on the grid.
That being said, I know some utilities are actually doing this. They're renting roof space on large commercial and industrial buildings. It's more profitable for them since they can get full market rate for the energy generated.