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The world has changed, but the 2020 class of Top Solar Contractors keeps pushing forward To say 2020 didn’t unfold the way we thought it would is quite the understatement. But despite everything that’s changed since mid-March, our annual Top Solar Contractors issue is still here. The three of us talked to contractors for the past few months from each of our home offices, separate but united by the mission to showcase our country’s best solar installers, both big and small. This year’s collection of over 400 Top Solar Contractors is facing obstacles that this industry has never seen before. The first quarter of 2020 was the country’s biggest ever, with 3.6 GW of new solar capacity added. But COVID-19 impacts showed their force in Q2, and Wood Mackenzie is forecasting residential and non-residential markets will see 25% and 38% decreases in year-over-year installation volumes this year. That’s why it was more important than ever for us to put this issue together, to talk to contractors from coast to coast and tell the stories of what makes them unique. In this issue, you’ll find stories on a company that employs deaf solar installers, contractors adding ancillary services like EV sales and

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complete roofing solutions to their offerings, an installer using its background in research and development to come up with new community solar models for lowincome populations, and much more. We want you to know we appreciate the work you do every day to make this country a greener place and get ahead of the second crisis facing us: climate change. Congratulations to the 2020 class of Top Solar Contractors! We know there’s a long road to recovery ahead, and we will be here to keep telling your stories and sharing all the news and information we can to help you get through this time and continue innovating. SPW

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2 FIRST WORD U.S. solar contractors stood out in 2019 and push forward in 2020

The 2020 Top Solar Contractors list has arrived! This year’s comprehensive list of both solar and storage installation companies now highlights all services every contractor performs, from sales to installation.

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8 EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP Shifting ownership to the employees keeps everyone invested in their company

12 ONLINE PERMITTING Bringing residential solar permitting online is an easy way to cut soft costs

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Employee-ownership nets positive results in both the workplace and community There's something icky about companies being associated with just one face. I can't name one other high-level Amazon employee besides Jeff Bezos. We all saw what happened to Papa John in recent years when the spotlight got too hot on the pizza founder. Even Solar Power World is a team effort â&#x20AC;&#x201D; we share responsibilities and the "limelight" when it is thrust upon us. That's why I'm so happy to see a growing movement in the solar industry of companies shifting toward employee-ownership, whether through a co-op, employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) or some other design that brings all employees to the same level of responsibility and respect. According to data from the National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO), the number of U.S. workers participating in employee-ownership is growing, with an increase of over 1 million participants in the last decade. The construction sector is the fourth-highest for employeeownership, behind only manufacturing, science/ technical firms and the insurance/finance/real estate industry. The solar industry and employee-ownership also seem to go hand in hand. "It is kind of ingrained in what many solar companies believe in," said Christopher Fortson, marketing manager of New Mexico's Positive Energy Solar (No. 162), which has had an

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employee-ownership model for almost 20 years. "I feel that many companies that are out there doing this truly do have that mission of creating a better world. For the solar industry, we're innovators. We are a little ahead of the curve on a lot of things. So, it's not really any surprise that when it comes to corporate structure and the way employees are treated that we would be innovators as well." Over a dozen 2020 Top Solar Contractors proudly describe themselves as employee- or worker-owned organizations, and many more are working toward that goal. Many companies new to employee-ownership also participate in the Amicus Solar cooperative. The member-owned purchasing cooperative supports independently owned and values-driven solar companies, and the large majority of its 50 members have some form of employee-ownership model.

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Original Solar Impact (No. 282) co-owners Barry and Elaine Jacobson had been playing with the employee-ownership idea for a few years, and finally launched it after Amicus Solar provided them with different examples to explore. "I've always been a big believer in that cooperative style of wanting to have everyone on board and aligned and sharing. When we first joined [Amicus] five years ago, there were a few [employee-owned companies], but in the last couple years, it's grown," Barry Jacobson said. "We learned a lot from other Amicus members." Now officially employee-owned for a little over a year, Jacobson said the transition has been good, but it's definitely a change. "We went from a dictatorship to socialism. At times it's easier to just say we're all rowing this way now, but for the most part it's been really good," Jacobson said. "Some of the real positive we've seen is…the sales and operations teams were very much independent, but now the operations guys are excited when these sales are happening because you're starting to see the interconnectedness of it all." Solar Impact has always kept operations fairly small. For almost 12 years, the Florida company stayed around 10 employees because that's all the Jacobsons were comfortable with — but they felt they were holding the company back. Now with an employee-owned business, the employee count has expanded to 25, and everyone is invested in growth. "Before, we really had a mom-andpop operation — 'Don't worry about the money, you'll get paid, we'll take care of it,'" Jacobson said. "But now it's one of our core values to be open and honest. We talk now about what we're going to do. It's not just, 'Let's get a new truck!' Now it's, 'If we buy that, it's going to affect profits this way.'" Renova Energy (No. 119) has had an ESOP in place since 2016. Vincent Battaglia started the California company in 2006 and was the only shareholder. He ultimately wanted to give real ownership to the 200 other "Renovians." "My original intent was to just get a different approach for the Renovians, to

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have them really be bought into everything that this industry was all about as owners and not just as cogs in the machine," he said. "It took off. When you tell people they're an owner and you show them about vesting, and they start to understand that, they really do take pride in what they do. When customers know they're talking to owners, it means so much." Because of that "all hands on deck" mentality, employee-owned companies are better at handling surprise business interruptions — like the coronavirus. "ESOPs are the most-ready for a pandemic because when everyone is an owner, everyone is like, 'Well what can I do best here in order to facilitate the company remaining in business?'" said Battaglia. Data from NCEO also backs this up, finding that firms with employee ownership are linked to greater employment stability in economic downturns. And ESOPs are only half as likely as non-employee-owned firms to go bankrupt or close. "I think that being employee-owned helps in almost every aspect of a business. It allows you to be nimble but get the buy-in quickly because everybody already has a vested interest in the success," said Positive Energy's Fortson. "So, when you have to make pivotal changes like [coronavirus protocol] and do it quickly, you really do have to get everybody on board with the same goal and vision. Being employeeowned inherently has that." And with consumer awareness at an all-time high right now, many are looking for businesses that align with their values. Those that have employee-ownership models are often more respected. "There are more options for consumers than ever right now. When they're looking at what they're purchasing, the company

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itself and what they stand for and what they're doing in the community has a big role in that," Fortson said. "You want to keep your money local and work with a company that you know is treating their employees well." It's a simple focus: treating employees well. Not only do consumers like it, but it helps with attracting and retaining employees. Battaglia believes that when someone is looking to work at a solar company in the popular Southern California market, Renova's ESOP sets it apart from the competition. "I think Renova stands head and shoulders above. We have the insurance benefits, we've got a great brand, we have a great reputation, we've been around longer than everyone else," he said. "But that ESOP, being able to say, ‘When you come in and you stick with us for a year you become an owner,’ it pushed people over the edge and brought them into the company." Fortson himself had previously worked with small organizations and larger corporations before joining Positive Energy. He said he never really felt like he fit in at those places. "With Positive Energy, being an employee where I really felt like I can make a difference and be a part of it, it was absolutely part of the motivation to come work here," he said. "We look at how our profits align with our values. I've worked at other solar companies that were profitable, but it didn’t feel the same. Being at Positive Energy, doing this mission that is really important, I think there is that pride."

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While employee-ownership is a positive trend happening in the solar industry right now, there is a certain type of business going down this path. Size of company isn't as important as the original mission behind opening the installation firm in the first place. "The [solar] companies going ESOP now are old school. I've been doing this 15 years. We got in this industry not because there was money in it, but because there was positive change," Battaglia said. "Those who founded solar and energy companies in the past, we're getting to a point now where we want to continue the growth of this industry, and this model plays right into that. Why not make people owners?" As the solar industry ages, Jacobson said shifting to employee-ownership also makes sure your legacy continues for many years. "The solar industry is getting to that age where people are thinking about having plans to retire," he said. "One reason to do this is for people to have an exit strategy, to say, 'I've built this thing and I care about these people and I want to be able to retire.'" All interviewed companies strongly suggest looking into employeeownership models. The positive outcomes help in all areas of business. "We have enough hardship. We have utilities doing sneaky things, we have legislators against us. We don't need any more," Battaglia said. "We need just good positive growth messaging, and that's what ESOPs do." SPW

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It’s time to move to instant online residential solar permitting Solar permitting has been a stubborn soft cost for residential installers. The forms needed, time it takes to process them and cost of the applications vary widely from county to county and state to state. The National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) wants to standardize, digitize and speed up the process to help AHJs with the increasing residential solar project permit workload and help contractors make solar more affordable for more Americans. “I shadowed a contractor during the permitting process and it took almost three hours for them to get their permit, but it was a five-minute plan check with the actual permitting personnel,” said Jeff Cook, renewable energy policy and market analyst at NREL. “The idea here is let's take those off the plate, get those people out of the permitting office so that jurisdictional personnel can focus on the harder permits, on the ones that can't be automatically approved, so that they can do their jobs more efficiently.” NREL's solution to cut soft costs for contractors and help permitting offices move applications faster is called SolarAPP. It's an online solar permitting tool that instantly approves code-compliant systems submitted by contractors. SolarAPP is free for AHJs, but contractors will pay a standard price per application to maintain the system and fund continuous updates. This fee would be in addition to those charged by AHJs.

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Cook said NREL is not in a position to tell AHJs to cut costs for permitting, but the SolarAPP platform will also be publishing data on permitting practices nationwide to show jurisdictions what others are doing. "The idea then is that a jurisdiction could look at their own processes, their own cycle times, and look at a peer city, possibly one that they compete with on all sorts of other topics, to see how they vary in terms of installed deployment data, jobs and permitting requirements to help them understand whether they might want to make changes based on that," Cook said. He said the website will also include best practices around permitting and interconnections, including cost, to help jurisdictions that may be reassessing fees

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NREL’s SolarAPP automated permitting process.

after SolarAPP decreases the time and human power it takes to process permits. SolarAPP will also include a standardized inspection checklist to make that process uniform and simplified as well. For Orlando installer SunLight Solar (No. 281), a standardized, online permitting process could not come soon enough. Getting permits processed inperson takes a lot of the company’s time and money, especially for installations at the other end of the state. "It'll be great to save gas, because we go down south, and we're in Orlando, so that's a four-hour drive. It would definitely save us some money," said Gloria Pagan, permitting manager at SunLight Solar. "I'm willing to sign whatever petition is needed.” Larry Perea, president of Solar Smart Living (No. 212), said his company is headquartered on the border between Texas and New Mexico. The variations in permitting from state to state and one county to the next are vast. He said in El Paso, Texas, permits are around $100 per project, while in Sunland Park, New Mexico, permits are more like $600. 14

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"In that jurisdiction, the percapita income is very low. It's a very economically depressed part of New Mexico and unfortunately those folks have to cover that cost if they want to go solar," Perea said. "So we're trying to educate [AHJs] and say, 'Look, these are the things that you could be doing that's going to drive your cost. We understand you've got inspectors and you've got cost, but it seems like what you're charging is way outside of the norm in the industry, at least for the other jurisdictions that we're pulling permits in.'" Perea said in his company's 12 years in business, permitting went from relatively simple and quick to expensive and time-consuming. At first, there were only a few solar installers in the area, and AHJs were not very familiar with or strict about solar permitting. Then, more companies popped up, many of which used subcontractors whose work was not as reliable. Perea said he understands AHJs getting tougher as a result to ensure installations are safe, but thinks the relationship between AHJs and installers shouldn’t be adversarial.

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"What we've been doing is working with them," Perea said. "I belong to the Home Builders Association in each of the regions that we service, and asked them to help advocate for some reasonable permitting requirements. Whatever work NREL does, I think at the end of the day it's going to be better information out there and reduce cost to the consumer because the consumer is ultimately the one that pays for it.” Cook said NREL is well aware of the tension that exists between some AHJs and the solar industry. As SolarAPP's launch date gets closer, he encourages contractors to open dialogues with their local AHJs, even if they don't typically get along. "So starting to rebuild those relationships and just identify and reflect that, 'Hey, we didn't always agree, but maybe we can start working better together,'" Cook said. For those contractors that do have positive working relationships with AHJs, Cook said it's important to educate them on SolarAPP by telling them to watch NREL's app demonstration or email solarapp@nrel.gov for more information. SolarAPP is currently in beta testing with a few contractors and AHJ personnel from California cities Modesto and Oceanside.

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"We're hoping to do between eight and as many as 20 pilots with jurisdictions to build out that initial group of jurisdictions that are going to help us to really get the product ready for primetime widespread deployment in September of this year," Cook said. For the additional pilot jurisdictions, NREL hopes to recruit AHJs in emerging solar markets like Colorado, Florida, New York and Illinois. "There hasn't been a lot of jurisdictions saying, 'This is a terrible idea.' A lot of them understand that all permitting is moving toward the digital world. Especially with COVID-19, a lot of jurisdictions that maybe were apprehensive about electronic permitting are now very interested in it," Cook said. "But what we have heard from jurisdictions is the devil is in the details. This testing and piloting phase needs to show to jurisdictions that the application is doing what we say it does, which is approving only safe, code-compliant systems." Pagan at SunLight Solar said during the COVID-19 lockdown, many jurisdictions tried to switch to online permitting by allowing installers to submit forms via email, but she found some jurisdictions struggled with the switch, causing her to wait over two months for a permit to be approved in one case. "The people that are working for the department [may not be] tech savvy, so it hurts us at the end because we're waiting and sometimes they just give us excuses and there's nothing we can do. But on my end, it's super easy," Pagan said. Cook said NREL is aware there will be a learning curve, and it's committed to training any AHJ that needs help with onboarding. The lab is developing SolarAPP training materials that will be distributed to AHJs and contractors with help from

partner organizations like The Solar Foundation, the Interstate Renewable Energy Council and the International Code Council. SolarAPP will be a constantly updated tool, and NREL is working to roll out beta testing to include solar + storage permitting as a next step. The group wants to make sure that as storage becomes more common, contractors don't have to file for solar + storage permits separately. "Beyond 2020, there will be code updates every two years on code cycles, so making sure SolarAPP is compatible with those in addition to bringing in more clean energy technologies or related technologies into the application is a key interest to keep this product viable long-term," Cook said. NREL is committed to cutting solar soft costs to achieve the DOE's goal of making the cost of solar 5 cents per kWh by 2030, and Cook thinks SolarAPP could make that happen even sooner. "At the end of the day, the key goal here is to really help jurisdictions to navigate this new environment where there's a lot g ivin more solar deployment on rooftops rt L a Sm and not necessarily more resources to lar So accommodate evaluating those permits," Cook said. SPW 7 • 2020

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This photo was taken before enacting COVID-19 safety policies, but now Nexamp solar installers must do daily self-certification health reports, sanitize shared surfaces and wear gloves and masks to all worksites. Nexamp

don’t let your guard down — covid-19 is still here We’re supposed to be confined to our homes and minimizing contact with anyone outside of that circle because a pandemic has swept the globe, but American businesses are slowly opening despite COVID-19’s standing presence. It’s not the time to start pulling back any precautions you’ve implemented for your solar installers and administrative staff to safely work while weathering this pandemic. If you want to eat inside a plexiglass booth at your favorite restaurant, that’s your prerogative. But the solar industry falls under the “essential” category for its role with the electrical grid. We’ve seen enough economic hardships recently from waning tax credits and trade tariffs. Adding a potentially lethal virus to the mix after a standout year for solar like 2019 is some cruel irony, but panels can still be set while you’re standing 6 ft from each other. Setting ground rules Businesses across the board felt the disruptive effects of COVID-19 when state shutdowns started in March. For solar developer Nexamp (No. 31), business has persisted in all its operating states except New York. For the remainder, Nexamp analyzed the safety requirements for construction handed down in every state — if they had any. The company picked the most stringent safety requirements from each state and developed some rules of its own if they didn’t meet a certain standard. If new guidance is passed down, Nexamp processes it and changes its safety policy when needed.

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“We’re always trying to keep it simple that we have one program that covers all states we’re working in, and it’s kind of an easy sell internally because it really is just all about safety — taking care of our people, you can always do more,” said Chris Perron, senior VP of EPC at Nexamp. This synthesis of state and internal safety policy has resulted in a process that has checks at every level to keep the work flowing and, more importantly, keep employees safe. Nexamp designated COVID safety officers that check in with construction superintendents and managers and make sure installers are following safety guidance. Every employee has to complete a self-certification every day, which declares they’re healthy and fit to work; people can no longer just pop in to check on solar construction sites, visits must be planned and approved; everyone must wear masks and cut-resistant gloves and maintain social distance; mutual surfaces are

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sanitized and employees are discouraged from eating together in confined spaces like worksite trailers; and the company has used mostly hand sanitizer on remote solar sites where water isn’t as accessible. It’s not like how installing solar used to be, but Perron said it’s been effective. “Anytime you’re implementing safety measures, it really has to be top-down driven, mainly because this is taking care of our employees, but as you know, there are regulatory requirements as well,” he said. “Do the right thing for your employees, but also if you do the right things, it supports you on a legal, regulatory point of view, it supports you with a local community. Doing the right thing tends to help you out with all of these.” Distancing on the rooftop As if it wasn’t hot enough working on rooftops, now add the extra layers of masks and gloves to the mix. Commercial EPC American Sentry Solar (No. 237) has been following CDC guidelines and adding some regulations of its own since adapting to working safely during the coronavirus pandemic. Everyone from the Maryland company is working remotely, including installers, who are running company vehicles from their homes. Installs have been three- to four-person operations. Two people are doing system assembly and mounting on the rooftop, and one or two are handling the electrical end inside. Anyone inside is wearing masks and gloves, but on the roof, masks are optional. “The only thing we did not do is masks on roofs, just because they can get very hot and there’s more of a safety concern with that, especially when it’s only two people and you’re not around anybody else,” said Gailan Wensil-Strow, VP of solar operations at American Sentry Solar. He fears that with the elevation and sun exposure, masks could accelerate heat exhaustion. Employees have personal thermometers and take their temperatures regularly, and anyone experiencing symptoms is asked to stay home and not return to work until they test for the virus and it comes back negative. If someone does contract coronavirus, they’re sent home, and American Sentry can determine who the person has been in contact with in the last two weeks by looking at the company vehicle’s GPS. “Business has been slower due to natural expectations of sales, but the actual process of installations has gone well,” Wensil-Strow said. “I think the only reason we have is because we have a lot of experienced guys that are trusted. We’ve learned to trust that they are responsible and don’t need to be hand-held, and I think that respect is mutual.” The efficiency of remote sales Salespeople shouldn’t be taking in-home visits to potential customers right now. Rooftop contractor Freedom Solar Power (No. 99) initially sent its employees home after calls for shelterin-place were set in Texas. A small crew is at the company’s corporate office, others are working remotely and installers are following COVID safety rules: masks, gloves, sanitizing, social

distancing and staying outside during builds. The company is based Since COVID-19 construction regulations in Austin but works across were enacted, solar installers have had the entire state, and the to start physically distancing themselves, sweeping transition to especially on close-quarter work sites remote sales calls has like rooftops. Freedom Solar Power made Freedom Solar reconsider how it’s approaching clients. “On the ‘resi’ business, our sales guys are able to go out and do a lot more appointments in a day than they could, because they’re just doing them on Zoom,” said Bret Biggart, CEO of Freedom Solar Power. “So, from an efficiency standpoint, we’re able to do a lot more consultations with interested customers in a day than we could if our guys were having to drive 30 minutes here or an hour there.” Biggart believes there’s a growing interest in solar because of the uncertainty of the oil market, especially in Texas where its largest exports are petroleum and coal. Pair that with a pandemic, and customers are trying to lock into a set energy price and not rely so heavily on the grid. He thinks interested customers will prefer Zoom sales calls even after the pandemic. “I think there’s a large majority of people going forward after COVID that would say, ‘I’d rather have a Zoom appointment just because I’d rather interact with somebody over the internet than I would have them in my home,’” Biggart said. Although it may seem counterintuitive, he said virtual conferencing has made his team feel more connected too. Biggart has been making weekly calls with everyone from Freedom Solar since March, frequently relaying updates on customers, safety practices, selling techniques and company value propositions. “From a communication standpoint, it’s great because it gave us a reason to really communicate with our people and that always leads to positive impacts,” he said. “People feel more involved, people feel like they’ve gotten feedback, people feel like they know what’s going on in other parts of the business. That’s been really helpful, and quite frankly, we’re going to keep doing it indefinitely.” Socially, the world might feel at a standstill. We can’t safely enjoy many of life’s shared pleasures because we’d put ourselves and others at risk. And while we’ve seen how a less active world has reduced pollutants and allowed the planet to heal a little, global warming is still bearing down on us. So, grab your mask and gloves and keep installing those panels. SPW 7 • 2020

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BREAKING IT DOWN BY MARKET While not necessarily their primary market, 90% of 2020 Top Solar Contractors work in some capacity in the commercial solar market.

The majority of the 2020 class of Top Solar Contractors works primarily in the residential solar market.

129 • 32%

235 • 58%

41 • 10%

365 90%

2 <1%

315 77%

163 40%

89 22%

BY SERVICE More than half of this year’s Top Contractors focus on solar installations on residential rooftops.

10%

28%

115

PRIMARY SERVICES: ALL SERVICES PERFORMED:

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= INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR = SALES

Installation remains the most common service offered by Top Contractors, with nearly 93% of this year’s list offering it, followed closely by sales and development/design.

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= ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR

= DEVELOPMENT & DESIGN

= INSTALLATION

= DEVELOPER

= ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR

= ELECTRICAL WORK

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356 87%

357 88%

377 93%

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MODULE-LEVEL

RAPID SHUTDOWN According to our survey results, 84% of respondents install batteries as a package with solar.

ALONG WITH A BRANDNEW SOLAR INSTALL

AS A RETROFIT SITUATION WITH AN EXISTING SOLAR ARRAY

PREFERENCE

SolarEdge is the preferred brand of module-level rapid shutdown device among survey respondents, receiving 45% of the votes.

45% 29% 29 % 16% 10%

OTHER:

BOTH

84%

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GROUND-MOUNT LAND PREP Most survey respondents have experience both grading land and adapting to existing topography when installing ground-mount solar.

64%

BOTH

VEGETATION 59%

COVER IN ROCK

PROJECT-BYPROJECT BASIS

ADAPT TO TOPOGRPHY

More than half of survey respondents will replace vegetation removed during ground-mount installations.

PREFERENCE RESEED/REPLANT/ RELOCATE

30%

Social media is by far the preferred venue for advertising solar companies, according to survey results, with the next closest being local events.

19%

REPLACE WITH NATIVE/POLLINATORFRIENDLY VEGETATION

13%

GRADE

LOCAL EVENT

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OTHER

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WHICH SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM

DOES YOUR

COMPANY

USE MOST? 65% 20% 4.5% 6% 4.5%

Facebook remains the most popular social media platform used among solar companies, with 65% of the vote.

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DOES YOUR COMPANY RELY ON

STATE OR ORGANIZATIONAL

GRANT FUNDING?

COVID-19 EFFECTS It’s nearly an even split of surveyed solar contractors that have experienced project cancellations because of COVID-19.

Four out of ﬁve respondents do not rely on grant funding

yes 32

yes

20% 80%

WHAT GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE

HAVE YOU RECEIVED OR ARE YOU LOOKING INTO

TO MITIGATE THE ECONOMIC DAMAGE TO THE

S0LAR INDUSTRY BY COVID-19? The majority of respondents were able to secure or have applied for the Paycheck Protection Program during the coronavirus pandemic.

PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER LOAN/SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS

no 33

WHAT ADDITIONAL GOVERNMENT POLICIES

ARE YOU ADVOCATING FOR TO HELP

THE SOLAR INDUSRY RECOVER? The waning solar investment tax credit remains at the top of solar contractors’ minds as the No. 1 policy to advocate for.

ITC EXTENSION

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FUNDING

NJ SREC/TREC SUPPORT

NET METERING

GREEN NEW DEAL

DISASTER RECOVERY ASSISTANCE/OTHER

COMMUNITY SOLAR

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THE FEDERAL INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT

TARIFFS STORAGE INCENTIVES AND IMPLEMENTATION LABOR SUPPLY

TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS

In addition to remaining healthy and socially distant, solar installers’ toughest challenge in 2020 is working with the declining investment tax credit.

BIGGEST

CHALLENGES

4 3

NEC CODES

RESTORING CUSTOMER CONFIDENCE

UNETHICAL SOLAR INSTALLERS

1 2

PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF RENEWABLES CONSTRUCTION COSTS

SUPPLY ISSUES

HOW MANY OF YOUR

SALES CALLS

HAVE BEEN VIRTUAL

DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC? Top Solar Contractors have adapted to COVID-19, moving the majority of their sales calls to virtual means.

MOST

NONE

SOME

ALL

WISH

LIST

Pricing and efﬁciency improvements for energy storage were the top responses for product advancements solar contractors are hoping for.

Reduced cost of batteries: 13 Storage efficiencies: 8 Panel efficiency: 7 Better rapid shutdown opti ons: 6 Design and permitti ng software: 4 Roof and ground racking: 4 Safety equipment: 2 System wiring/management: 2 Inverters: 2 Tools: 2 Roof-integrated solar/solar shingles: 1

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PANEL COVERAGE

MODULE PREFERENCE The following module manufacturers appeared most frequently as the preferred panel provider of this year’s Top Solar Contractors. (262 companies responded)

Members of the 2020 Top Solar Contractors list installed solar in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and two U.S. territories: Guam and Puerto Rico.

LG Q CELLS SunPower Panasonic REC

HOME STATE

SOLAR

203 out of 407 companies on the 2020 Top Solar Contractors list

installed solar solely in their home state

17 out of 407

have not installed solar in their headquartered home state

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RACKING/MOUNTING PREFERENCE IronRidge is by far the preferred mounting/racking provider of the 2020 Top Solar Contractors list, with 102 out of 263 respondents listing the racking company.

IronRidge Unirac SnapNrack Quick Mount PV SunPower

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DESIGN

SOFTWARE NABCEP

Almost three-quarters of this year’s Top Solar Contractors class is certiﬁed through the North American Board of Certiﬁed Energy Practitioners (NABCEP).

About 44% of the responses listed Tesla as the preferred energy storage solution provider. (222 responses)

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More than half of the 225 respondents listed CED Greentech as their preferred solar equipment distributor.

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108 • 27%

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299 • 73%

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ENERGY STORAGE

CERTIFIED

yes

Aurora Helioscope AutoCAD Sighten Solargraf

Aurora was listed most frequently as the main design software used among this year’s Top Solar Contractors, followed closely by Helioscope. (227 responses)

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HIGHLIGHTING THE U.S. SOLAR INDUSTRY’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS The 2020 Top Solar Contractors installed more megawatts of solar in the United States than ever before in 2019. They represent an industry that's determined to turn the American electrical grid toward the sun, and we're delighted to once again highlight and honor their work.

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IN THE UNITED STATES

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Blattner

PIE PIECES REPRESENT ALL SERVICES AND MARKETS IN WHICH A COMPANY WORKS

Avon

1907

3,600

4,448,870

1,069,110.00

Swinerton Renewable Energy

San Francisco

1888

628

5,072,100

1,004,900.00

Horne Brothers Construction

Fayetteville

1958

450

4,000,000

925,396.00

Sun Solar LLC

Apache Junction

2010

4,849,347

834,446.08

Mortenson

Minneapolis

1954

7,500

4,415,500

710,200.00

Baker Electric

Escondido

1938

1,545

2,455,321

694,905.50

Black & Veatch

Overland Park

1915

10,151

1,296,093

515,833.00

Granite Construction

Watsonville

1922

5,000

1,500,000

483,882.35

7X Energy

Austin

2016

445,000

445,000.00

Directional Services

Hope Mills

2005

211

1,404,309

440,277.00

Cantsink

Lilburn

1988

1,144,977

398,878.00

RES (Renewable Energy Systems)

Broomfield

1981

2,500

974,600

381,858.00

RP Construction Services (RPCS)

Monterey

2009

184

793,500

369,691.00

DEPCOM Power

Scottsdale

2014

125

1,269,800

354,800.00

DKD Electric

Albuquerque

1978

100

733,712

326,410.00

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PIE PIECES REPRESENT ALL SERVICES AND MARKETS IN WHICH A COMPANY WORKS

E Light Electric Services

Englewood

1998

210

2,085,160

296,500.00

Moss

Fort Lauderdale

2004

786

1,305,245

292,020.00

Primoris Renewable Energy

Denver

2013

450

877,500

283,050.00

Silicon Ranch

Nashville

2011

829,000

282,544.00

Pure Power Contractors

Monroe

2012

678,000

256,000.00

McCarthy Building Cos.

St. Louis

1864

3,437

1,800,300

243,100.00

Arraycon

Sacramento

2009

180

2,974,034

238,040.10

CS Energy

Edison

1906

140

767,490

233,230.00

CSI Electrical Contractors

Santa Fe Springs

1990

800

2,340,900

219,794.03

Wood

Tucker

1946

60,000

1,845,000

169,610.00

Affordable Solar

Albuquerque

1998

133

252,000

153,519.54

BH Inc.

Vernal

1998

350

500,000

142,000.00

AUI Partners

Fort Worth

1983

1,367,000

120,490.00

Borrego Solar Systems

San Diego

1980

366

640,000

119,214.74

AES Distributed Energy

Louisville

2009

296,756

108,972.58

Nexamp

Boston

2007

202

187,090

94,195.76

Momentum Solar

South Plainfield

2009

1,827

216,374

89,609.15

Carolina Solar Energy

Durham

2004

558,970

84,200.00

Trinity Solar

Wall

1994

1,858

442,113

83,795.99

Titan Solar Power

Mesa

2013

615

226,276

82,308.40

Standard Solar

Rockville

2004

180,000

81,169.88

Watson Electrical Construction

Wilson

1935

659

552,130

72,758.00

M Bar C Construction

San Marcos

1975

175

551,858

71,858.28

Solar Ground-N-Pound

Hamlin

2016

109,800

69,816.00

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PIE PIECES REPRESENT ALL SERVICES AND MARKETS IN WHICH A COMPANY WORKS

Southern Current

Charleston

2016

124,160

65,570.56

Synergy Solar

Plymouth

2013

400,047

60,715.12

ACE Solar

North Andover

2015

137,760

60,049.77

DMH Services

Lebanon

2012

317,834

57,605.06

Joule Energy

New Orleans

2009

132,036

57,036.15

Faith Technologies

Menasha

1972

2,925

243,895

54,005.00

J. Ranck Electric

Mt. Pleasant

1986

250

301,538

50,294.00

Sunstall

Novato

2011

356,000

48,593.79

EnterSolar

New York

2005

158,243

48,289.95

Recon Corp.

Mt. Pleasant

2014

140,321

47,935.62

Sunpro Solar

Mandeville

2008

1,126

93,751

45,969.54

MBL-Energy

San Jose

2002

495,000

45,593.00

Casey Electric

Tell City

2000

127

72,035

45,043.60

Freedom Forever

Temecula

2013

590

87,208

42,704.12

Sunshine Solar

Marietta

2016

50,000

42,048.84

SEI Professional Services (SEIPS)

Paonia

2015

223,010

39,801.00

POWERHOME Solar

Mooresville

2015

1,003

102,362

37,800.98

Cenergy Power

Merced

2008

319,638

37,148.57

United Renewable Energy

Alpharetta

2008

141,969

35,138.00

The Peck Company

South Burlington

1972

130

159,680

33,118.34

Axium Solar

Plano

2008

128,299

32,455.62

Petersen-Dean

Fremont

1984

3,000

283,437

32,354.99

Knobelsdorff Enterprises

Goodhue

1988

150

346,000

32,229.00

Enable Energy

Sacramento

2014

76,204

31,782.78

UGE

New York

2008

67,789

31,532.00

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PIE PIECES REPRESENT ALL SERVICES AND MARKETS IN WHICH A COMPANY WORKS

Core Development Group

Mahwah

2012

125,954

31,398.00

Suntuity Solar

Holmdel

2008

560

280,000

30,146.62

Impact Power Solutions

Roseville

1991

108,482

29,784.00

Dynamic Energy

Wayne

2009

100,403

28,523.81

Melink Solar

Milford

1987

110

60,000

27,266.77

Helix Electric

San Diego

1985

2,300

2,000,000

27,193.00

ION Solar

Provo

2013

450

111,662

25,328.73

OnSite Solar

Liverpool

2017

59,879

24,649.80

TMI Energy Solutions

Cincinnati

1983

55,000

24,552.00

Bright Planet Solar

Auburn

2014

375

58,228

24,469.10

Solar by CIR

Buffalo

1976

140

48,784

24,244.08

Vanguard Energy Partners

Branchburg

2008

130,918

23,465.40

LASE Solar

Nazareth

2017

72,100

22,660.16

Ameresco

Framingham

2000

1,122

245,792

22,611.00

Infinity Energy

Rocklin

2014

498

71,757

22,522.26

Namasté Solar

Boulder

2005

197

123,343

21,532.61

Pivot Energy

Denver

2009

40,821

21,301.90

John Mills Electric

Elmira Heights

1946

125

46,400

19,097.83

Solar Landscape

Asbury Park

2012

59,905

19,043.30

Elite Electric

Riverside

1978

222,540

18,745.26

Got Electric

Gaithersburg

2006

64,524

18,519.71

Newport Renewables

Providence

2011

20,473

18,287.27

Baker Electric Home Energy

Escondido

1938

250

96,570

18,081.76

ReVision Energy

South Portland

2003

267

71,270

16,759.84

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Alder Energy Systems

Collins Electrical

SUNation Solar Systems

PIE PIECES REPRESENT ALL SERVICES AND MARKETS IN WHICH A COMPANY WORKS

Charleston

1993

28,000

16,537.44

Stockton

1928

500

117,535

16,506.03

Ronkonkoma

2003

170

64,733

16,231.27

SunVest Solar

Pewaukee

2009

41,800

16,226.86

Elevation Solar

Chandler

2014

272

48,641

15,537.32

Sun Valley Solar Solutions

Chandler

2006

101

94,237

15,147.19

Arch Electric

Plymouth

2003

17,250

14,822.95

Con Edison Solutions

Valhalla

2017

119

40,000

14,786.14

Inovateus Solar

South Bend

2008

400,000

14,317.01

Solect Energy

Hopkinton

2009

111,000

14,074.45

Freedom Solar Power

Austin

2007

160

53,807

13,706.84

100

Solar Energy World

Elkridge

2009

184

127,234

13,695.91

101

Continental Energy Solutions

Oak Brook

1912

30,930

13,629.08

102

Green Lantern Solar

Waterbury

2011

53,636

13,205.92

103

O3 Energy

Dallas

2011

94,796

12,726.48

104

Sigora Solar

Charlottesville

2011

107

32,983

12,717.33

105

SOLON

Tucson

2006

125,581

12,334.29

106

SolarMax Technology

Riverside

2001

140

72,586

11,465.29

107

Solar Energy Systems

New York

1998

62,479

11,417.13

108

Empire Solar Group

Salt Lake City

2017

210

16,446

11,379.22

109

Solar Optimum

Glendale

2008

100

100,000

11,214.42

110

Kuykendall Solar

Coarsegold

2010

92,094

10,931.45

111

V3 Electric

El Dorado Hills

2014

412

37,182

10,344.50

112

GRNE Solar

Palatine

2012

25,000

10,136.43

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113

Paradise Energy Solutions

114

Sunline Energy

115

Skyline Solar

116

PIE PIECES REPRESENT ALL SERVICES AND MARKETS IN WHICH A COMPANY WORKS

Paradise

2009

45,698

10,128.49

San Diego

2011

109

44,503

9,917.88

Trenton

2010

72,213

9,789.61

LA Solar Group

Los Angeles

2011

100

36,464

9,463.25

117

Hannah Solar Government Services

Summerville

2010

30,382

9,163.98

118

Norwich Solar Technologies

White River Junction

2011

30,000

9,039.00

119

Renova Energy

Palm Desert

2006

193

57,486

8,942.04

120

Synaptic Solar

Richardson

2017

17,318

8,778.24

121

Moxie Solar

North Liberty

2008

121

19,584

8,731.41

122

Berkowatts Electric

Jackson

2010

50,000

8,574.34

123

GRID Alternatives

Oakland

2001

385

57,980

8,380.30

124

SunPower by Stellar Solar

Oceanside

1998

100

55,000

8,372.70

125

Centrica Business Solutions

Iselin

2018

350

153,040

8,331.01

126

Sunlux

Rancho Cucamonga

2015

112

14,751

8,299.41

127

Pickett Solar

Fresno

1988

73,422

8,212.72

128

M.B. Herzog Electric

Paramount

1974

300

56,771

8,075.02

129

GenPro Energy Solutions

Piedmont

2003

24,015

8,068.10

130

Veregy

Phoenix

2011

510

142,174

7,995.39

131

Rethink Electric

Wood Dale

2014

12,000

7,986.20

132

GEM Energy

Walbridge

1955

65,000

7,800.50

133

A&R Solar

Seattle

2007

26,739

7,355.86

134

StraightUp Solar

St. Louis

2006

21,600

7,292.24

135

Blue Sky Solar Co.

Dubuque

2013

8,652

7,266.57

136

Sunfinity Renewable Energy

Dallas

2016

16,450

7,234.22

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137

US Light Energy

Latham

2016

6,901

6,901.00

138

Icon Power

Tempe

2017

10,306

6,882.91

139

Wells Solar

Austin

2014

16,279

6,779.56

140

Solar Technologies

San Ramon

1998

44,013

6,572.00

141

CAM Solar

San Antonio

2009

120

21,994

6,494.09

142

Newport Power

San Clemente

2008

47,660

6,381.78

143

Shine Solar

Bentonville

2016

142

14,796

6,346.86

144

Universal Solar Direct

Las Vegas

2015

100

18,175

6,327.41

145

Harvest Solar

Jackson

2006

19,998

6,287.67

146

Sunny Energy

Tempe

2014

20,080

6,270.36

147

Sun Solar

Springfield

2012

100

33,586

6,218.45

148

Green Power Energy

Annandale

2009

21,310

6,123.23

149

Advanced Solar Products

Flemington

1991

80,000

6,052.16

150

Eagle Point Solar

Dubuque

2010

22,018

5,962.90

151

Simpleray

Fairfield

2008

13,963

5,934.10

152

Sol Luna Solar

Dixon

1991

1,984

5,857.00

153

Advanced Green Technologies

Fort Lauderdale

2007

250,529

5,841.98

154

Fosler Construction Co.

Freeport

1988

120

6,020

5,820.25

155

Sustineo Construction

San Diego

2007

100,000

5,696.40

156

Harvest Power

Islip Terrace

2008

31,500

5,624.42

157

Maximo Solar

San Juan

2009

150

25,000

5,463.59

158

Long Island Power Solutions

Ronkonkoma

2009

21,925

5,405.73

159

EmPower Solar

Island Park

2003

29,578

5,304.99

160

PPC Solar

Taos

1979

14,000

5,302.16

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Sunrise Power Solutions

162

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Hauppauge

2008

8,985

5,243.66

Positive Energy Solar

Santa Fe

1997

32,581

5,157.87

163

Clean Energy Nexus

Houston

2019

5,103

5,102.80

164

LightWave Solar

Nashville

2006

54,833

5,097.60

165

Trinity Power

Fresno

2008

12,292

5,097.00

166

SunPeak

Madison

2014

14,029

4,954.46

167

Lumina Solar

Baltimore

2018

6,373

4,947.41

168

Harmon Electric

Phoenix

1975

119

45,483

4,910.33

169

NRG Clean Power

Canoga Park

2013

25,000

4,905.19

170

South Texas Solar Systems

San Antonio

2007

17,793

4,854.15

171

Green Development

Cranston

2009

16,113

4,813.00

172

Current Electric

Wauwatosa

1983

125

13,121

4,767.59

173

AllSeason Solar

Galloway

2000

150

38,368

4,692.57

174

RevoluSun Smart Home

Honolulu

2009

219

77,211

4,598.73

175

NC Solar Now

Raleigh

2010

16,539

4,555.37

176

CTEC Solar

Bloomfield

2010

22,349

4,547.58

177

Westhaven Solar

Yuba City

2011

100

23,370

4,536.40

178

Geoscape Solar

Florham Park

2008

25,000

4,523.89

179

MC Power Cos.

Lee’s Summit

2010

80,000

4,520.54

180

Renu Energy Solutions

Charlotte

2010

17,609

4,491.05

181

Future Energy

Van Nuys

2016

8,000

4,410.49

182

GreenBrilliance

Sterling

2007

14,241

4,407.97

183

Victory Solar

Stafford

2016

7,956

4,402.90

184

Solar Renewable Energy

Mechanicsburg

2010

50,000

4,400.00

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185

Solar Source

Largo

1984

206,277

4,315.37

186

Goldin Solar

Miami

2014

12,805

4,304.70

187

Midwest Renewable Co. (MRC)

Omaha

2018

3,981

3,980.85

188

EcoMark Solar

Denver

2010

135

21,598

3,952.02

189

Scenic Hill Solar

North Little Rock

2015

13,089

3,941.52

190

Aegis Renewable Energy

Waitsfield

2011

17,154

3,925.60

191

Unlimited Solar Technology

Hollywood

2014

6,702

3,911.08

192

Creative Energies

Salt Lake City

2000

14,861

3,820.11

193

Boston Solar

Woburn

2011

32,237

3,809.95

194

Apex Solar Power

Queensbury

2007

71,930

3,804.10

195

Smart Energy Today

Olympia

2012

100

12,782

3,752.81

196

Invaleon Solar

Haverhill

2011

39,341

3,680.45

197

A.M. Sun Solar

Paso Robles

2012

11,242

3,655.34

198

Renewvia Energy

Atlanta

2008

13,608

3,608.18

199

Sea Bright Solar

Ocean

2003

29,326

3,582.56

200

SunRenu Solar

Scottsdale

2008

23,414

3,530.20

201

Sun Light & Power

Berkeley

1976

34,141

3,469.37

202

Good Energy Solutions

Lawrence

2007

8,426

3,416.55

203

Canopy Energy

Van Nuys

2016

13,351

3,347.95

204

Your Energy Solutions

Dublin

2008

9,772

3,296.61

205

Hytech Solar

Bay Shore

2016

7,900

3,295.47

206

Sol-Up USA

Las Vegas

2009

9,057

3,218.39

207

Sun Badger Solar

Milwaukee

2018

6,034

3,159.97

208

GenRenew

Hamilton

2017

5,720

3,140.50

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SunBug Solar

210

Kopp Electric Company

211

Integrated Solar Operations

212

Solar Smart Living

213

PIE PIECES REPRESENT ALL SERVICES AND MARKETS IN WHICH A COMPANY WORKS

Arlington

2009

23,000

3,103.53

Toms River

1994

20,160

3,095.41

San Juan

2005

7,800

2,927.50

Santa Teresa

2012

9,467

2,899.67

BriteStreet

Denver

2012

8,806

2,894.98

214

Renewable Energy Partners

Corona

2012

10,000

2,868.60

215

SolareAmerica

Upper Darby

2010

18,892

2,842.77

216

Solar Is Freedom

Amelia

2016

4,245

2,817.46

217

Cosmic Solar

Valley Center

2008

25,000

2,772.99

218

Streamline Solar

Phoenix

2008

24,000

2,734.34

219

SunPower by esaSolar

Lake Mary

2010

636,874

2,672.35

220

3D Solar

Odessa

2013

8,251

2,632.86

221

Scudder Roofing Sun Energy Systems

Marina

2007

12,896

2,617.95

222

PV Squared

Greenfield

2002

15,424

2,595.52

223

Skyline Solar

Pleasant Grove

2016

5,327

2,572.61

224

Sprig Electric

San Jose

1970

1,100

37,896

2,516.45

225

Palomar Solar

Escondido

2009

18,924

2,511.28

226

Simple Solar

Springfield

2017

5,430

2,491.56

227

EFS Energy

St. Louis

2011

6,535

2,445.83

228

PurePoint Energy

Norwalk

2007

6,946

2,439.75

229

Altenergy

Charlottesville

2004

12,000

2,429.53

230

Clean Energy USA

Rehoboth Beach

2006

18,000

2,368.61

231

8MSolar

Cary

2015

2,711

2,359.70

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RevoluSun Massachusetts

233

PIE PIECES REPRESENT ALL SERVICES AND MARKETS IN WHICH A COMPANY WORKS

Burlington

2012

15,390

2,354.38

Third Sun Solar

Athens

2000

21,327

2,352.82

234

Ideal Energies

Minneapolis

2010

10,745

2,349.43

235

Cromwell Solar

Lawrence

1982

20,851

2,314.90

236

Robco Electric

Las Vegas

1996

130

12,260

2,312.94

237

American Sentry Solar

Bel Air

1993

118

16,652

2,295.98

238

Solar Power of Oklahoma

Oklahoma CIty

2017

3,846

2,291.90

239

Creative Solar USA

Kennesaw

2008

10,265

2,265.45

240

Treepublic

Los Angeles

2010

6,000

2,214.92

241

Icon Solar

Milford

2009

8,648

2,199.69

242

Elemental Energy

Portland

2010

30,677

2,160.42

243

Seal Solar

North Little Rock

2012

7,910

2,158.37

244

Yellowlite

Cleveland

2009

9,280

2,083.44

245

Allterra Solar

Santa Cruz

2004

11,458

2,035.54

246

mtvSolar

Berkeley Springs

2009

10,521

2,032.79

247

Solarponics

Atascadero

1975

14,308

1,988.25

248

Solar Sale USA

Atlanta

2009

36,123

1,972.00

249

Energy Consultants Group

Anamosa

2008

4,469

1,966.83

250

RisingSun Solar

Kansas City

2016

3,129

1,966.20

251

My Generation Energy

Hyannis

2009

13,543

1,963.73

252

Yes Solar Solutions

Cary

2009

10,464

1,942.59

253

Cutler Bay Solar Solutions

Cutler Bay

2013

3,700

1,936.06

254

Moore Energy

Southampton

2008

24,942

1,905.30

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255

Go Smart Solar

San Antonio

2014

3,120

1,880.74

256

Longhorn Solar

Austin

2009

14,000

1,873.87

257

Solar-Ray

Orlando

2003

11,841

1,858.80

258

Power Production Management

Gainesville

2010

10,040

1,853.88

259

Pingo Solar

Jurupa Valley

2016

11,332

1,850.62

260

Windfree Solar

Chicago

2010

17,000

1,821.11

261

Peak View Solar

Colorado Springs

2010

4,475

1,806.58

262

Milholland Electric

El Cajon

1990

24,687

1,801.60

263

Solar States

Philadelphia

2008

8,979

1,757.45

264

Cape Fear Solar Systems

Wilmington

2007

5,712

1,748.79

265

All American Solar

Orange City

2015

12,970

1,701.11

266

Puget Sound Solar

Seattle

2001

16,212

1,699.69

267

Bombard Electric

Las Vegas

2004

984

500,000

1,689.51

268

Tick Tock Energy

Effingham

2006

4,208

1,659.67

269

SolTerra Solar

Seattle

2008

9,491

1,640.22

270

Fuzion Energy

Bakersfield

2016

3,853

1,621.93

271

Sunsense Solar

Carbondale

1990

20,000

1,620.74

272

Michigan Solar Solutions

Wixom

2007

4,840

1,614.85

273

New Day Solar

Murrieta

1997

24,845

1,601.93

274

Magic Sun Solar

Loomis

2010

12,831

1,591.09

275

A.M. Kerns Construction

Creston

2011

2,107

1,589.07

276

Southern Solar Systems

Huntsville

2007

6,449

1,589.00

277

EIS Solar

Pittsburgh

2008

8,442

1,578.18

278

1 Source Solar

Ankeny

2015

4,419

1,544.58

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Empire Renewable Energy

280

PIE PIECES REPRESENT ALL SERVICES AND MARKETS IN WHICH A COMPANY WORKS

Phoenix

2010

26,563

1,541.85

Kosmos Solar

Grand Prairie

2016

2,819

1,519.84

281

Sunlight Solar

Orlando

2003

3,703

1,516.58

282

Solar Impact

Gainesville

2007

12,316

1,510.60

283

A1A Solar Contracting

Jacksonville

2010

16,722

1,506.03

284

Atlasta Solar Center

Grand Junction

1979

8,173

1,477.84

285

Rooftop Solar

Flagstaff

2009

7,300

1,470.71

286

Solar Dad and Sons

Islandia

2008

9,447

1,436.99

287

Palmetto State Solar

Greenville

2016

2,306

1,431.57

288

Solar Direct

Sarasota

1986

8,900

1,399.16

289

Resolute Performance Contracting

Tempe

2011

56,977

1,376.22

290

California Solar Electric Co.

Grass Valley

2000

6,702

1,375.88

291

Bob Heinmiller Solar Solutions

Orlando

1990

3,637

1,359.99

292

Independent Power Systems

Boulder

1996

16,332

1,331.51

293

Green Street Solar

Selbyville

2008

6,118

1,307.14

294

Northwest Electric & Solar

Kenmore

2011

3,978

1,305.88

295

Solar Watt Solutions

Carlsbad

2009

4,431

1,292.39

296

Morton Solar

Evansville

2006

9,668

1,277.36

297

Artisan Electric

Seattle

2007

8,164

1,272.67

298

Advanced Energy Systems

Eugene

2004

15,300

1,264.63

299

Ipsun Solar

Fairfax

2016

1,749

1,236.37

300

Buffalo Solar Solutions

Buffalo

2015

3,253

1,231.86

301

Exact Solar

Yardley

2005

5,292

1,227.38

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302

Missouri Solar Applications

Jefferson City

2008

6,636

1,196.42

303

North State Solar Energy

Forest Ranch

2002

19,375

1,195.37

304

Energy Concepts

Hudson

1994

7,777

1,152.16

305

True South Solar

Ashland

2010

6,435

1,129.00

306

Ecotech Solar

Bellingham

2004

8,019

1,126.34

307

RSRV Power

Charlotte

2017

2,063

1,124.55

308

Highlight Solar

San Jose

2008

5,173

1,122.65

309

Westcoast Solar Energy

Santa Rosa

2009

14,921

1,120.40

310

Clayco Electric

San Diego

2011

4,500

1,115.58

311

Mass Renewables

Bellingham

2009

6,910

1,088.13

312

Sunbridge Solar

Wsahougal

2010

4,998

1,073.94

313

IQ Power

Sanford

2009

7,382

1,072.93

314

Maine Solar Solutions

Durham

2012

3,425

1,069.14

315

Sunergy Systems

Seattle

2005

11,736

1,056.55

316

OnSite Energy

Bozeman

2012

4,024

1,052.49

317

Fresh Coast Solar

Chicago

2018

2,094

1,035.80

318

Solar Rising

Mashpee

2012

5,530

1,033.88

319

Belmont Solar

Gordonville

2002

12,469

1,026.91

320

CB Solar

Des Moines

2013

16,071

963.40

321

American Solar Power

Los Angeles

2009

15,103

953.79

322

SunOn Energy

Anderson

2015

3,163

948.75

323

Cool Blew Solar & Electric

Peoria

2010

5,244

947.49

324

TerraSol Energies

Chadds Ford

2009

2,433

946.90

325

Nationwide Solar

Vancouver

2018

1,503

945.91

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REAL Solar

327

Unique Solar

328

PIE PIECES REPRESENT ALL SERVICES AND MARKETS IN WHICH A COMPANY WORKS

Backus

2000

3,170

936.90

San Diego

2012

3,180

922.63

King Solar

Yoder

1982

2,748

915.31

329

Alternative Energy Southeast

Athens

2007

3,385

910.63

330

Nova Solar

Falls Church

2015

1,600

895.26

331

Trusted Energy

Storm Lake

2002

6,000

894.51

332

Coastal Solar Power

Hinesville

2011

6,000

874.39

333

Sugar Hollow Solar

Fairview

2012

2,524

857.69

334

EGT Solar

Boise

2010

4,000

843.88

335

Arctic Solar Ventures

Anchorage

2015

1,470

837.00

336

EcoHouse Solar

Columbus

2008

2,374

816.91

337

CMI Solar & Electric

Newark

1998

23,906

790.66

338

Sunwatt Solar

Pawtucket

2014

3,500

764.30

339

Imagine Energy

Portland

2003

7,410

758.48

340

Roof Power Solar

Rich Hill

2012

4,114

756.35

341

Smart Energy

Boca Raton

2016

2,800

756.32

342

Shaw Solar

Durango

2007

5,014

751.54

343

Carlson Electric

Hayward

1977

7,918

751.02

344

Solar Grid USA

Hayward

2014

3,683

739.50

345

Emerald Energy

Raleigh

2009

1,800

721.52

346

South Sound Solar

Olympia

2008

5,777

717.02

347

Solar SME

Dallas

2011

2,900

669.09

348

Electric Distribution & Design Systems

Dallas

1982

11,539

664.55

349

Main Street Solar

Fincastle

2008

2,791

661.61

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350

Pennsylvania Solar Energy Co.

Washington

1999

8,655

642.36

351

CE Team

Cape May Court House

2014

1,224

629.51

352

Brilliant Harvest

Sarasota

2009

2,064

620.80

353

SolarTyme

Richmond

2013

6,800

620.60

354

OE Solar

Albuquerque

2008

3,591

618.08

355

Whole Sun Designs

Bloomington

2011

2,532

616.72

356

Silverline Home Remodeling

Los Angeles

2014

1,520

614.10

357

Brightstar Solar

Sudbury

2009

3,385

586.20

358

Greenlife Technologies

Lindale

2009

2,413

556.61

359

RC Construction Solar

Greer

2007

2,800

546.00

360

The Solar Store

Tucson

1998

6,542

533.50

361

Jefferson Electric

Indianapolis

2011

7,352

523.68

362

Enterprise Electric and Rental

Enterprise

1970

2,564

522.19

363

Nickels Energy Solutions

Liverpool

2015

1,174

522.16

364

Solar Construction

Miami

2017

862

507.10

365

Save a Lot Solar

Oakland

2008

2,311

502.64

366

SunWork Renewable Energy Projects

Milpitas

2005

4,453

495.01

367

E2 Solar

Bend

2005

2,907

484.56

368

Sunshine Solar Services

Fort Lauderdale

2007

3,487

480.55

369

Earth Electric

San Jose

2009

2,498

476.62

370

Solar Generation

Kingston

2004

3,788

470.93

371

Solar-Fit

Holly Hill

1975

4,657

463.94

372

American Made Solar and Wind Technologies

Weslaco

2005

2,000

461.94

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Byers Solar

374

PIE PIECES REPRESENT ALL SERVICES AND MARKETS IN WHICH A COMPANY WORKS

Grass Valley

1987

2,000

455.28

Alternative Power Solutions

Sonora

2002

2,649

450.05

375

Winona Renewable Energy

Winona

2010

1,890

433.89

376

Island Pacific Energy

Honolulu

2007

10,000

432.72

377

ETM Solar Works

Endicot

1988

3,000

431.20

378

Carolina Energy Conservation

Myrtle Beach

2008

1,567

430.44

379

Living Solar

Durango

1995

2,821

401.16

380

Wright-Way Solar Technologies

Tyler

2009

2,038

400.37

381

Texas Green Energy

College Station

2007

6,566

391.30

382

Advanced Solar

Leesburg

2015

1,094

366.40

383

Vasco Solar

Fountain Valley

1990

2,020

360.27

384

Green Water and Power

Los Angeles

2011

1,428

331.14

385

Complete Energy Solutions

Denver

2002

2,000

328.07

386

American Electric

Mililani

1946

226

71,222

320.05

387

California Home Solar

Sherman Oaks

2014

6,597

318.92

388

Green Sun Energy Services

Middletown

2010

1,722

310.29

389

Ocean Solar

Cape May Court House

2011

1,807

307.30

390

LuxLight Solar Energy

Lockeford

2013

2,284

297.82

391

Harrimans

Venice

1969

5,700

286.21

392

Empowered Energy Systems

Hotchkiss

2004

1,584

283.63

393

AllCities Solar and Electric

Yakima

1979

5,957

226.00

394

Northstar Solar

River Falls

2018

268

211.15

395

Southern Light Solar

New Bedford

2013

3,006

208.96

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SWT Energy

397

Arsenal Solar

398

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Lincoln

2006

1,813

202.66

Philadelphia

2010

300

177.45

Sumpter Solar Services

Belleville

2016

403

176.64

399

Solar Planet

Shawnee

2018

157

157.30

400

Solar Connexion

Blacksburg

1993

3,650

157.23

401

SunRoof Solar

Ronkonkoma

2019

202

135.25

402

Southeast SolarPros

Irmo

2015

712

119.20

403

Sunergy Renewable Systems

Peosta

2017

375

115.80

404

YouVee Solar

Ridgecrest

2011

900

113.89

405

Built Well Solar

North Bellmore

2001

9,106

102.58

406

Renewable Energy Outfitters

Salida

2008

500

44.13

407

Solectriq

Pinckney

2017

28.86

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UTILITY TOP 40

What's your greatest concern for the industry in the second half of 2020? My greatest concern is ensuring tax equity is still available in the market. As an industry, our main priority is to allow solar companies to fully utilize the ITC during this economic crisis. We’re asking lawmakers to make a change to the tax code that would provide a choice between using the existing ITC or direct cash payments. As the tax equity market begins to tighten due to the uncertainty of corporate profits, this critical change will help both residential and utility solar. Solar will be an essential part of our country’s economic recovery, creating new job opportunities, major investments in rural communities and driving the clean energy transition.

— George Hershman

Senior VP and GM, Swinerton Renewable Energy (No. 2 overall)

Kayenta 2 Solar

38.8 MW | Kayenta, Arizona

Blattner

Swinerton Renewable Energy

Horne Brothers Construction

4 5

1,069,110.0

1,004,900.0

925,396.0

Sun Solar LLC

834,446.1

Mortenson

710,200.0

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UTILITY TOP 40

Baker Electric

694,905.5

Black & Veatch

515,833.0

Granite Construction

483,882.4

Directional Services

440,277.0

RES (Renewable Energy Systems)

381,858.0

RP Construction Services (RPCS)

369,691.0

DEPCOM Power

354,800.0

DKD Electric

326,410.0

E Light Electric Services

296,500.0

Moss

292,020.0

Primoris Renewable Energy

283,050.0

Pure Power Contractors

256,000.0

McCarthy Building Cos.

243,100.0

Arraycon

238,040.1

CS Energy

233,230.0

CSI Electrical Contractors

219,794.0

Wood

169,610.0

Affordable Solar

153,519.5

BH Inc.

142,000.0

AES Distributed Energy

108,972.6

Carolina Solar Energy

84,200.0

Watson Electrical Construction

72,758.0

Solar Ground-N-Pound

69,816.0

Southern Current

65,570.6

Joule Energy

57,036.2

J. Ranck Electric

50,294.0

Sunstall

48,593.8

Casey Electric

45,043.6

SEI Professional Services (SEIPS)

39,801.0

United Renewable Energy

35,138.0

Knobelsdorff Enterprises

32,229.0

TMI Energy Solutions

24,552.0

Vanguard Energy Partners

23,465.4

Inovateus Solar

14,317.0

Green Development

171

4,813.0

7 â&#x20AC;¢ 2020

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COMMERCIAL TOP 100

Walden, NY Community Solar 5.78 MW | Walden, New York

How has customer reasoning for going solar evolved over the last few years? We've seen two major changes. One is the development of a whole new customer base. Growth in community solar has allowed a much larger portion of residential and small commercial customers to select solar power. In the past, the majority of these customers had no practical way to switch to solar energy. Community solar has completely changed that and allowed solar adoption to scale quickly in many states. The second trend has been the increase in quality and quantity of corporate sustainability initiatives. Large corporations have been making much more aggressive carbon reduction and renewable energy commitments.

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mike Hall

CEO, Borrego Solar (No. 29 overall)

7X Energy

445,000.0

Cantsink

398,878.0

Silicon Ranch

282,544.0

AUI Partners

120,490.0

Borrego Solar Systems

119,214.7

Nexamp

94,195.8

Standard Solar

81,169.9

M Bar C Construction

71,858.3

Synergy Solar

60,715.1

DMH Services

57,605.1

SOLAR POWER WORLD

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COMMERCIAL TOP 100

Faith Technologies

54,005.0

EnterSolar

48,290.0

Recon Corp.

47,935.6

MBL-Energy

45,593.0

Sunshine Solar

42,048.8

Cenergy Power

37,148.6

The Peck Company

33,118.3

Axium Solar

32,455.6

Enable Energy

31,782.8

UGE

31,532.0

Core Development Group

31,398.0

Impact Power Solutions

29,784.0

Dynamic Energy

28,523.8

Melink Solar

27,266.8

Helix Electric

27,193.0

OnSite Solar

24,649.8

Solar by CIR

24,244.1

LASE Solar

22,660.2

Ameresco

22,611.0

Pivot Energy

21,301.9

John Mills Electric

19,097.8

Solar Landscape

19,043.3

Elite Electric

18,745.3

Got Electric

18,519.7

Newport Renewables

18,287.3

Alder Energy Systems

16,537.4

Collins Electrical

16,506.0

SunVest Solar

16,226.9

Con Edison Solutions

14,786.1

Solect Energy

14,074.5

Continental Energy Solutions

101

13,629.1

Green Lantern Solar

102

13,205.9

O3 Energy

103

12,726.5

SOLON

105

12,334.3

Solar Energy Systems

107

11,417.1

Solar Optimum

109

11,214.4

7 â&#x20AC;¢ 2020

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COMMERCIAL TOP 100

Kuykendall Solar

110

GRNE Solar

Paradise Energy Solutions

50 51

10,931.5

112

10,136.4

113

10,128.5

Hannah Solar Government Services

117

9,164.0

Norwich Solar Technologies

118

9,039.0

Berkowatts Electric

122

8,574.3

Centrica Business Solutions

125

8,331.0

Pickett Solar

127

8,212.7

M.B. Herzog Electric

128

8,075.0

GenPro Energy Solutions

129

8,068.1

Veregy

130

7,995.4

Rethink Electric

131

7,986.2

GEM Energy

132

7,800.5

Blue Sky Solar Co.

135

7,266.6

US Light Energy

137

6,901.0

Solar Technologies

140

6,572.0

Newport Power

142

6,381.8

Harvest Solar

145

6,287.7

Advanced Solar Products

149

6,052.2

Simpleray

151

5,934.1

Sol Luna Solar

152

5,857.0

Advanced Green Technologies

153

5,842.0

Fosler Construction Co.

154

5,820.2

Sustineo Construction

155

5,696.4

PPC Solar

160

5,302.2

Sunrise Power Solutions

161

5,243.7

Clean Energy Nexus

163

5,102.8

LightWave Solar

164

5,097.6

Trinity Power

165

5,097.0

SunPeak

166

4,954.5

CTEC Solar

176

4,547.6

Geoscape Solar

178

4,523.9

MC Power Cos.

179

4,520.5

Solar Renewable Energy

184

4,400.0

Midwest Renewable Co. (MRC)

187

3,980.9

Scenic Hill Solar

189

3,941.5

Aegis Renewable Energy

190

3,925.6

Invaleon Solar

196

3,680.5

SOLAR POWER WORLD

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COMMERCIAL TOP 100

Renewvia Energy

198

3,608.2

SunRenu Solar

200

3,530.2

Sun Light & Power

201

3,469.4

Good Energy Solutions

202

3,416.6

Renewable Energy Partners

214

2,868.6

SolareAmerica

215

2,842.8

Scudder Roofing Sun Energy Systems

221

2,618.0

Sprig Electric

224

2,516.4

EFS Energy

227

2,445.8

PurePoint Energy

228

2,439.8

Altenergy

229

2,429.5

Ideal Energies

234

2,349.4

Cromwell Solar

235

2,314.9

Treepublic

240

2,214.9

Moore Energy

254

1,905.3

100

Windfree Solar

260

1,821.1

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RESIDENTIAL TOP 100

Old Bridge Residence

16.38 kW | Old Bridge, New Jersey

What do you think is the biggest motivation for consumers to go solar in 2020? Certainty and control. For the first time in history, consumers at a global level have an opportunity to take control of their energy footprint and their high utility bills, and solar power has enabled them to do so. With both the time and resources available, consumers are able to access this abundant resource and are not as hesitant as they were in the past. Suntuity enables such consumers through the use of its various finance and engineering platforms and delivers a seamless transition into this affordable renewable energy source.

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; dan javan

CEO and President, Suntuity (No. 66 overall)

Momentum Solar

89,609.2

Trinity Solar

83,796.0

Titan Solar Power

82,308.4

ACE Solar

60,049.8

Sunpro Solar

45,969.5

Freedom Forever

42,704.1

POWERHOME Solar

37,801.0

Petersen-Dean

32,355.0

Suntuity Solar

30,146.6

ION Solar

25,328.7

SOLAR POWER WORLD

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RESIDENTIAL TOP 100

Bright Planet Solar

24,469.1

Infinity Energy

22,522.3

Namasté Solar

21,532.6

Baker Electric Home Energy

18,081.8

ReVision Energy

16,759.8

SUNation Solar Systems

16,231.3

Elevation Solar

15,537.3

Sun Valley Solar Solutions

15,147.2

Arch Electric

14,823.0

Freedom Solar Power

13,706.8

Solar Energy World

100

13,695.9

Sigora Solar

104

12,717.3

SolarMax Technology

106

11,465.3

Empire Solar Group

108

11,379.2

V3 Electric

111

10,344.5

Sunline Energy

114

9,917.9

Skyline Solar

115

9,789.6

LA Solar Group

116

9,463.3

Renova Energy

119

8,942.0

Synaptic Solar

120

8,778.2

Moxie Solar

121

8,731.4

GRID Alternatives

123

8,380.3

SunPower by Stellar Solar

124

8,372.7

Sunlux

126

8,299.4

A&R Solar

133

7,355.9

StraightUp Solar

134

7,292.2

Sunfinity Renewable Energy

136

7,234.2

Icon Power

138

6,882.9

Wells Solar

139

6,779.6

CAM Solar

141

6,494.1

Shine Solar

143

6,346.9

Universal Solar Direct

144

6,327.4

Sunny Energy

146

6,270.4

Sun Solar

147

6,218.5

Green Power Energy

148

6,123.2

7 • 2020

SOLAR POWER WORLD

RESIDENTIAL TOP 100

Eagle Point Solar

150

5,962.9

Harvest Power

156

5,624.4

Maximo Solar

157

5,463.6

Long Island Power Solutions

158

5,405.7

EmPower Solar

159

5,305.0

Positive Energy Solar

162

5,157.9

Lumina Solar

167

4,947.4

Harmon Electric

168

4,910.3

NRG Clean Power

169

4,905.2

South Texas Solar Systems

170

4,854.2

Current Electric

172

4,767.6

AllSeason Solar

173

4,692.6

RevoluSun Smart Home

174

4,598.7

NC Solar Now

175

4,555.4

Westhaven Solar

177

4,536.4

Renu Energy Solutions

180

4,491.1

Future Energy

181

4,410.5

GreenBrilliance

182

4,408.0

Victory Solar

183

4,402.9

Solar Source

185

4,315.4

Goldin Solar

186

4,304.7

EcoMark Solar

188

3,952.0

Unlimited Solar Technology

191

3,911.1

Creative Energies

192

3,820.1

Boston Solar

193

3,810.0

Apex Solar Power

194

3,804.1

Smart Energy Today

195

3,752.8

A.M. Sun Solar

197

3,655.3

Sea Bright Solar

199

3,582.6

Canopy Energy

203

3,348.0

Your Energy Solutions

204

3,296.6

Hytech Solar

205

3,295.5

Sol-Up USA

206

3,218.4

Sun Badger Solar

207

3,160.0

GenRenew

208

3,140.5

SunBug Solar

209

3,103.5

SOLAR POWER WORLD

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RESIDENTIAL TOP 100

Kopp Electric Company

210

3,095.4

Integrated Solar Operations

211

2,927.5

Solar Smart Living

212

2,899.7

BriteStreet

213

2,895.0

Solar Is Freedom

216

2,817.5

Cosmic Solar

217

2,773.0

Streamline Solar

218

2,734.3

SunPower by esaSolar

219

2,672.3

3D Solar

220

2,632.9

PV Squared

222

2,595.5

Skyline Solar

223

2,572.6

Palomar Solar

225

2,511.3

Simple Solar

226

2,491.6

Clean Energy USA

230

2,368.6

8MSolar

231

2,359.7

RevoluSun Massachusetts

232

2,354.4

Third Sun Solar

233

2,352.8

Robco Electric

236

2,312.9

100

American Sentry Solar

237

2,296.0

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SOLAR EPC S

TOP 100

What was your biggest challenge last year? Our biggest challenge in 2019 turned into one of our most successful initiatives. We were faced with the task of meeting the everexpanding demand for skilled solar laborers during a time of record-low unemployment. Through strategic recruiting and the creation of a caring working environment that focuses on the well-being and success of our employees, we became an employer of choice. Our most valuable sales tools were our superintendents who shared their success stories of growing through the ranks at Moss. Our culture of investing in the personal growth of employees enticed many new laborers to join the Moss family amid a very competitive market.

Southwest Florida Solar Energy Center 94.65 MW | Desoto County, Florida

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Edwin Perkins

VP, Moss Solar (No. 17 overall)

Blattner

1,069,110.0

Swinerton Renewable Energy

1,004,900.0

Mortenson

710,200.0

Black & Veatch

515,833.0

RES (Renewable Energy Systems)

381,858.0

DEPCOM Power

354,800.0

Moss

292,020.0

Primoris Renewable Energy

283,050.0

McCarthy Building Cos.

243,100.0

CS Energy

233,230.0

Wood

169,610.0

SOLAR POWER WORLD

7 â&#x20AC;˘ 2020

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SOLAR EPC S TOP 100

Affordable Solar

153,519.5

AUI Partners

120,490.0

Borrego Solar Systems

119,214.7

Southern Current

65,570.6

Synergy Solar

60,715.1

Faith Technologies

54,005.0

J. Ranck Electric

50,294.0

Recon Corp.

47,935.6

Cenergy Power

37,148.6

United Renewable Energy

35,138.0

The Peck Company

33,118.3

Axium Solar

32,455.6

Knobelsdorff Enterprises

32,229.0

Enable Energy

31,782.8

Suntuity Solar

30,146.6

Dynamic Energy

28,523.8

Melink Solar

27,266.8

Helix Electric

27,193.0

Vanguard Energy Partners

23,465.4

Elite Electric

18,745.3

Newport Renewables

18,287.3

Alder Energy Systems

16,537.4

Collins Electrical

16,506.0

Con Edison Solutions

14,786.1

Continental Energy Solutions

101

13,629.1

SOLON

105

12,334.3

Solar Energy Systems

107

11,417.1

GRNE Solar

112

10,136.4

Paradise Energy Solutions

113

10,128.5

Hannah Solar Government Services

117

9,164.0

7 â&#x20AC;¢ 2020

SOLAR POWER WORLD

SOLAR EPC S

TOP 100

Synaptic Solar

120

8,778.2

Moxie Solar

121

8,731.4

Centrica Business Solutions

125

8,331.0

Pickett Solar

127

8,212.7

GenPro Energy Solutions

129

8,068.1

Veregy

130

7,995.4

Rethink Electric

131

7,986.2

StraightUp Solar

134

7,292.2

Blue Sky Solar Co.

135

7,266.6

Solar Technologies

140

6,572.0

Harvest Solar

145

6,287.7

Advanced Solar Products

149

6,052.2

Eagle Point Solar

150

5,962.9

Simpleray

151

5,934.1

Sol Luna Solar

152

5,857.0

Advanced Green Technologies

153

5,842.0

Fosler Construction Co.

154

5,820.2

Sustineo Construction

155

5,696.4

PPC Solar

160

5,302.2

Sunrise Power Solutions

161

5,243.7

LightWave Solar

164

5,097.6

Trinity Power

165

5,097.0

SunPeak

166

4,954.5

NRG Clean Power

169

4,905.2

CTEC Solar

176

4,547.6

Geoscape Solar

178

4,523.9

Aegis Renewable Energy

190

3,925.6

Unlimited Solar Technology

191

3,911.1

Invaleon Solar

196

3,680.5

SunRenu Solar

200

3,530.2

SOLAR POWER WORLD

7 â&#x20AC;¢ 2020

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SOLAR EPC S TOP 100

Sun Light & Power

201

3,469.4

Good Energy Solutions

202

3,416.6

SolareAmerica

215

2,842.8

Streamline Solar

218

2,734.3

Scudder Roofing Sun Energy Systems

221

2,618.0

Sprig Electric

224

2,516.4

EFS Energy

227

2,445.8

PurePoint Energy

228

2,439.8

Altenergy

229

2,429.5

Cromwell Solar

235

2,314.9

American Sentry Solar

237

2,296.0

Creative Solar USA

239

2,265.5

Treepublic

240

2,214.9

Seal Solar

243

2,158.4

Moore Energy

254

1,905.3

Pingo Solar

259

1,850.6

Windfree Solar

260

1,821.1

Sunsense Solar

271

1,620.7

Southern Solar Systems

276

1,589.0

1 Source Solar

278

1,544.6

Empire Renewable Energy

279

1,541.9

Solar Impact

282

1,510.6

Solar Dad and Sons

286

1,437.0

Independent Power Systems

292

1,331.5

Morton Solar

296

1,277.4

Advanced Energy Systems

298

1,264.6

Missouri Solar Applications

302

1,196.4

North State Solar Energy

303

1,195.4

100

Energy Concepts

304

1,152.2

7 â&#x20AC;¢ 2020

SOLAR POWER WORLD

SOLAR DEVELOPERS TOP 40

Lapetus Energy Project

130 MW | Andrews County, Texas

Has COVID-19 altered any of your future project plans? COVID-19 has not had an impact on future project plans for 7X Energy. We were fortunate that all the 2,000 MWAC of safe harbor equipment that we purchased in 2019 arrived on time thanks to our manufacturing partners. Without having to visit properties in person, we can accelerate the site selection process using our proprietary geospatial software visualization platform, Smart Power Maps. Our development process has only changed in that our interaction with landowners and community stakeholders is via email and phone, rather than in-person as we would prefer.

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Clay Butler

President and CEO, 7X Energy (No. 9 overall)

7X Energy

445,000.0

Silicon Ranch

282,544.0

AES Distributed Energy

108,972.6

Nexamp

94,195.8

Carolina Solar Energy

84,200.0

Standard Solar

81,169.9

EnterSolar

48,290.0

UGE

31,532.0

Core Development Group

31,398.0

Impact Power Solutions

29,784.0

Ameresco

22,611.0

Pivot Energy

21,301.9

SOLAR POWER WORLD

7 â&#x20AC;˘ 2020

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SOLAR DEVELOPERS TOP 40

Solar Landscape

19,043.3

SunVest Solar

16,226.9

Inovateus Solar

14,317.0

Solect Energy

14,074.5

Green Lantern Solar

102

13,205.9

O3 Energy

103

12,726.5

Solar Optimum

109

11,214.4

Norwich Solar Technologies

118

9,039.0

GEM Energy

132

7,800.5

US Light Energy

137

6,901.0

EmPower Solar

159

5,305.0

Clean Energy Nexus

163

5,102.8

Green Development

171

4,813.0

MC Power Cos.

179

4,520.5

Solar Renewable Energy

184

4,400.0

Midwest Renewable Co. (MRC)

187

3,980.9

Scenic Hill Solar

189

3,941.5

Renewvia Energy

198

3,608.2

Canopy Energy

203

3,348.0

Sun Badger Solar

207

3,160.0

Renewable Energy Partners

214

2,868.6

Ideal Energies

234

2,349.4

Go Smart Solar

255

1,880.7

Rooftop Solar

285

1,470.7

Trusted Energy

331

894.5

Smart Energy

341

756.3

Solar SME

347

669.1

LuxLight Solar Energy

390

297.8

7 â&#x20AC;¢ 2020

SOLAR POWER WORLD

ROOFTOP CONTRACTORS TOP 100

How have rapid shutdown requirements changed your business? Rapid shutdown hasn’t changed our business, but it is extremely important because POWERHOME couldn't do what we do without it. All of the systems we install are grid-tied, and rapid shutdown allows us to connect in parallel with utility companies as safely as we can.

— Jayson Waller

CEO, POWERHOME Solar (No. 56 overall)

Pleasant Garden Residence

10.2 kW | Pleasant Garden, North Carolina

Momentum Solar

89,609.2

Trinity Solar

83,796.0

Titan Solar Power

82,308.4

ACE Solar

60,049.8

Sunpro Solar

45,969.5

Freedom Forever

42,704.1

POWERHOME Solar

37,801.0

Petersen-Dean

32,355.0

ION Solar

25,328.7

Bright Planet Solar

24,469.1

Infinity Energy

22,522.3

Namasté Solar

21,532.6

Baker Electric Home Energy

18,081.8

ReVision Energy

16,759.8

SUNation Solar Systems

16,231.3

SOLAR POWER WORLD

7 • 2020

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ROOFTOP CONTRACTORS TOP 100

Elevation Solar

15,537.3

Sun Valley Solar Solutions

15,147.2

Arch Electric

14,823.0

Freedom Solar Power

13,706.8

Solar Energy World

100

13,695.9

Sigora Solar

104

12,717.3

SolarMax Technology

106

11,465.3

Empire Solar Group

108

11,379.2

V3 Electric

111

10,344.5

Sunline Energy

114

9,917.9

Skyline Solar

115

9,789.6

Renova Energy

119

8,942.0

GRID Alternatives

123

8,380.3

SunPower by Stellar Solar

124

8,372.7

Sunlux

126

8,299.4

A&R Solar

133

7,355.9

Sunfinity Renewable Energy

136

7,234.2

Icon Power

138

6,882.9

Wells Solar

139

6,779.6

CAM Solar

141

6,494.1

Shine Solar

143

6,346.9

Universal Solar Direct

144

6,327.4

Sunny Energy

146

6,270.4

Sun Solar

147

6,218.5

Green Power Energy

148

6,123.2

Harvest Power

156

5,624.4

Maximo Solar

157

5,463.6

Long Island Power Solutions

158

5,405.7

Positive Energy Solar

162

5,157.9

Lumina Solar

167

4,947.4

Harmon Electric

168

4,910.3

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ROOFTOP CONTRACTORS TOP 100

South Texas Solar Systems

170

4,854.2

AllSeason Solar

173

4,692.6

RevoluSun Smart Home

174

4,598.7

NC Solar Now

175

4,555.4

Westhaven Solar

177

4,536.4

Renu Energy Solutions

180

4,491.1

Future Energy

181

4,410.5

GreenBrilliance

182

4,408.0

Victory Solar

183

4,402.9

Solar Source

185

4,315.4

Goldin Solar

186

4,304.7

EcoMark Solar

188

3,952.0

Creative Energies

192

3,820.1

Boston Solar

193

3,810.0

Apex Solar Power

194

3,804.1

Smart Energy Today

195

3,752.8

A.M. Sun Solar

197

3,655.3

Sea Bright Solar

199

3,582.6

Your Energy Solutions

204

3,296.6

Hytech Solar

205

3,295.5

Sol-Up USA

206

3,218.4

GenRenew

208

3,140.5

SunBug Solar

209

3,103.5

Kopp Electric Company

210

3,095.4

Integrated Solar Operations

211

2,927.5

Solar Smart Living

212

2,899.7

BriteStreet

213

2,895.0

Solar Is Freedom

216

2,817.5

Cosmic Solar

217

2,773.0

SunPower by esaSolar

219

2,672.3

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ROOFTOP CONTRACTORS TOP 100

3D Solar

220

2,632.9

PV Squared

222

2,595.5

Skyline Solar

223

2,572.6

Palomar Solar

225

2,511.3

Simple Solar

226

2,491.6

Clean Energy USA

230

2,368.6

8MSolar

231

2,359.7

RevoluSun Massachusetts

232

2,354.4

Third Sun Solar

233

2,352.8

Robco Electric

236

2,312.9

Solar Power of Oklahoma

238

2,291.9

Icon Solar

241

2,199.7

Elemental Energy

242

2,160.4

Yellowlite

244

2,083.4

Allterra Solar

245

2,035.5

mtvSolar

246

2,032.8

Solarponics

247

1,988.3

Solar Sale USA

248

1,972.0

Energy Consultants Group

249

1,966.8

RisingSun Solar

250

1,966.2

My Generation Energy

251

1,963.7

Yes Solar Solutions

252

1,942.6

Cutler Bay Solar Solutions

253

1,936.1

100

Longhorn Solar

256

1,873.9

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INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTORS TOP 20

How does your team stay organized while working on large projects? Having the proper personnel to lead is great, and communication is key, but most important is trust. We all partake in the installations, meaning the team leaders lead by example and truly understand the details of the project while earning the respect of the employees. We have group meetings every morning, after lunch and at the end of the day before we leave the site together. Everyone has a radio, so communication happens consistently throughout the day. With good leadership, trust and communication, a project of any size with any obstacles can be a great success.

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8 MW | Grand Island, New York

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Matthew Beres

Owner, Solar Ground-N-Pound (No. 39 overall)

Horne Brothers Construction

925,396.0

Sun Solar LLC

834,446.1

Granite Construction

483,882.4

Cantsink

398,878.0

RP Construction Services (RPCS)

369,691.0

Arraycon

238,040.1

M Bar C Construction

71,858.3

Solar Ground-N-Pound

69,816.0

DMH Services

57,605.1

Sunstall

48,593.8

MBL-Energy

45,593.0

SOLAR POWER WORLD

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INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTORS TOP 20

Sunshine Solar

42,048.8

OnSite Solar

24,649.8

LASE Solar

22,660.2

Kuykendall Solar

110

10,931.5

LA Solar Group

116

9,463.3

Newport Power

142

6,381.8

Power Production Management

258

1,853.9

A.M. Kerns Construction

275

1,589.1

Sunlight Solar

281

1,516.6

INSTALLING COMMERCIAL CARPORTS COAST TO COAST

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ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTORS TOP 20 40

Albuquerque Zoo carports

629.28 kW | Albuquerque, New Mexico

Which is more challenging: one 500-MW project or many smaller projects? Whether it’s a large project or multiple small projects, there are many hurdles to overcome. The sheer size of a single 500MW project is particularly challenging due to the coordination required to move tools and equipment across many miles of rough terrain while supervising installation between crews. On the other side, building many smaller sites is challenging in that each project has its own design and components that must be managed individually. Big or small, every renewable energy project is a benefit to a community and every challenge is a new learning experience that allows us to keep moving into the future.

— Josh Brokaw

Chief Operating Officer, DKD Electric (No. 15 overall)

Baker Electric

694,905.5

Directional Services

440,277.0

DKD Electric

326,410.0

E Light Electric Services

296,500.0

Pure Power Contractors

256,000.0

CSI Electrical Contractors

219,794.0

BH Inc.

142,000.0

Watson Electrical Construction

72,758.0

Joule Energy

57,036.2

Casey Electric

45,043.6

SEI Professional Services (SEIPS)

39,801.0

TMI Energy Solutions

24,552.0

SOLAR POWER WORLD

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ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTORS TOP 20

Solar by CIR

24,244.1

John Mills Electric

19,097.8

Got Electric

18,519.7

Berkowatts Electric

122

8,574.3

M.B. Herzog Electric

128

8,075.0

Current Electric

172

4,767.6

Bombard Electric

267

1,689.5

Northwest Electric & Solar

294

1,305.9

SOLAR+STORAGE TOP 50

How important is storage to the Hawaiian electrical grid? Storage, when combined with solar, provides significant benefits to the grid whether this is interconnected behind the meter through a commercial or residential installation, or directly tied to the grid. These benefits include mitigating the impacts of weather from solar generation, providing stand-by reserves for peak demands, and providing power into the evening, when Hawaii’s demand continues to spike but solar generation has ceased. Residential storage has become a requirement where the utility mandates new systems to curtail their overproduction either through onsite storage or ramping down their inverters.

— Todd Lindstrom

COO, Enable Energy (No. 63 overall)

Hawaiian solar project

19.3 MW solar, 70 MWh storage Kauai, Hawaii

Enable Energy

31,782.8

70,490.00

CS Energy

233,230.0

49,788.00

Nexamp

94,195.8

44,094.00

Directional Services

440,277.0

26,117.00

AES Distributed Energy

108,972.6

23,960.00

Joule Energy

57,036.2

12,268.00

RevoluSun Smart Home

174

4,598.7

11,893.50

Green Lantern Solar

102

13,205.9

8,820.00

Elite Electric

18,745.3

8,234.50

Black & Veatch

515,833.0

8,000.00

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SOLAR+STORAGE TOP 50

Ameresco

22,611.0

8,000.00

Integrated Solar Operations

211

2,927.5

7,082.90

Maximo Solar

157

5,463.6

6,363.00

Solar Optimum

109

11,214.4

4,347.00

J. Ranck Electric

50,294.0

4,000.00

Baker Electric Home Energy

18,081.8

3,722.60

Northwest Electric & Solar

294

1,305.9

3,618.00

POWERHOME Solar

37,801.0

3,420.20

Hannah Solar Government Services

117

9,164.0

3,000.00

ReVision Energy

16,759.8

2,659.28

LA Solar Group

116

9,463.3

2,156.30

Borrego Solar Systems

119,214.7

2,088.00

Advanced Solar Products

149

6,052.2

2,088.00

CSI Electrical Contractors

219,794.0

2,032.00

Solarponics

247

1,988.3

1,953.60

A&R Solar

133

7,355.9

1,851.30

Veregy

130

7,995.4

1,522.00

Blattner

1,069,110.0

1,500.00

V3 Electric

111

10,344.5

1,474.80

Allterra Solar

245

2,035.5

1,282.50

Renova Energy

119

8,942.0

1,269.00

Sun Valley Solar Solutions

15,147.2

1,151.00

Infinity Energy

22,522.3

1,092.00

Island Pacific Energy

376

432.7

1,026.00

Alternative Energy Southeast

329

910.6

1,002.40

Mass Renewables

311

1,088.1

972.20

GreenBrilliance

182

4,408.0

941.90

A1A Solar Contracting

283

1,506.0

889.30

Creative Solar USA

239

2,265.5

882.40

Renu Energy Solutions

180

4,491.1

854.20

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SOLAR+STORAGE TOP 50

American Electric

386

320.1

823.00

Yes Solar Solutions

252

1,942.6

769.50

Goldin Solar

186

4,304.7

716.50

Yellowlite

244

2,083.4

686.40

Sunergy Systems

315

1,056.6

675.00

Solect Energy

14,074.5

670.00

Elevation Solar

15,537.3

647.40

Freedom Solar Power

13,706.8

634.50

Scudder Roofing Sun Energy Systems

221

2,618.0

634.50

Solar Watt Solutions

295

1,292.4

540.00

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A&R Solar 5.0 MW OnSite Energy 1.0 MW

REAL Solar 51.0 kW

Standard Solar 36.6 MW

DEPCOM Power 124.4 MW Borrego Solar Systems 2.0 MW

GRID Alternatives 276.0 kW Creative Energies 1.0 MW GenPro Energy Solutions 7.7 MW

Baker Electric 252.2 MW

Swinerton Renewable Energy 474.3 MW

RES 75.0 MW

E Light Electric Services 212.0 MW

E Light Electric Services 84.5 MW

Horne Bros. 16.0 MW

Inovateus Solar 7.6 MW

Solar Power of Oklahoma 1.6 MW

Affordable Solar 153.5 MW

7X Energy 445.0 MW

Arctic Solar Ventures 837.0 kW

RPCS 35.0 MW

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ReVision Energy 8.0 MW The Peck Company 33.1 MW

ACE Solar 52.7 MW

Faith Technologies 33.3 MW

CS Energy 78.0 MW

POWERHOME Solar 9.6 MW

Trinity Solar 9.8 MW Sun Solar LLC 15.5 MW

TMI Energy Solutions 24.5 MW

RPCS 44.0 MW

Harvest Solar 1.0 MW

Sun Solar 6.1 MW

AES Distributed Energy 34.2 MW Swinerton Renewable Energy 49.4 MW CS Energy 60.5 MW Clean Energy USA 2.3 MW

mtvSolar 1.5 MW

Sun Solar LLC 144.7 MW

DEPCOM Power 50.1 MW DC: GreenBrilliance 1.2 MW

Sun Solar LLC 314.2 MW

McCarthy Building Cos. 95.0 MW

RPCS 18.0 MW

ReVision Energy 7.2 MW

Horne Bros. 472.3 MW

Silicon Ranch 81.0 MW

McCarthy Building Cos. 20.0 MW

Blattner 398.9 MW

DEPCOM Power 44.1 MW

TOP SOLAR CONTRACTORS

Black & Veatch 407.2 MW

GU: 03 Energy 955.0 kW

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City of Tucson Crime Lab & Westside Police Substation 1,418 kW | Tucson, Arizona

What is the challenge with municipal solar portfolios? Municipal clients are all uniquely complex with fun challenges. SOLON treats each location as a distinct client with specific stakeholders, goals and operational constraints. Sites often have multiple governmental stakeholders who were not involved in the solar project’s initial selection committee, so it’s important to get unanimous agreement as early as possible on project design, aesthetics and construction flow to avoid surprises during construction. Municipalities also have more construction experience than most private clients, so they will always keep you on your toes. SOLON loves working with municipal clients and our in-house construction crews have built solar portfolios for over 15 municipalities.

— Brian Seibel

President, SOLON (No. 105 overall)

SOLAR POWER WORLD

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E Light Electric Services

212,000.00

296,500.0

Titan Solar Power

53,289.21

82,308.4

Swinerton Renewable Energy

38,800.00

1,004,900.0

Sun Valley Solar Solutions

15,147.19

15,147.2

SOLON

105

12,334.29

12,334.3

Veregy

130

7,684.27

7,995.4

Elevation Solar

6,880.47

15,537.3

Freedom Forever

6,331.24

42,704.1

Sunny Energy

146

5,972.76

6,270.4

Icon Power

138

5,697.70

6,882.9

Harmon Electric

168

4,910.33

4,910.3

Streamline Solar

218

2,734.34

2,734.3

Empire Renewable Energy

279

1,541.85

1,541.9

SunRenu Solar

200

1,473.90

3,530.2

Rooftop Solar

285

1,447.32

1,470.7

Cool Blew Solar & Electric

323

947.49

947.5

Standard Solar

656.88

81,169.9

Sunfinity Renewable Energy

136

545.62

7,234.2

The Solar Store

360

533.50

533.5

Universal Solar Direct

144

508.57

6,327.4

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CALIFORNIA TOP 40

Poso Creek Project

23 MW | Bakersfield, California Photo by RPCS, project developed by Cenergy

What wildlife have you encountered during installation? 1

Swinerton Renewable Energy

474,300.00

1,004,900.0

Baker Electric

442,615.50

694,905.5

Blattner

255,080.00

1,069,110.0

CSI Electrical Contractors

219,794.03

219,794.0

Arraycon

99,000.10

238,040.1

M Bar C Construction

69,490.57

71,858.3

RP Construction Services (RPCS)

49,020.00

369,691.0

MBL-Energy

45,593.00

45,593.0

Cenergy Power

35,648.57

37,148.6

AUI Partners

26,800.00

120,490.0

Freedom Forever

26,620.42

42,704.1

Granite Construction

23,529.40

483,882.4

Petersen-Dean

22,350.18

32,355.0

Borrego Solar Systems

19,723.86

119,214.7

Sunstall

19,635.66

48,593.8

Elite Electric

18,745.26

18,745.3

Baker Electric Home Energy

18,081.76

18,081.8

Helix Electric

17,193.00

27,193.0

Core Development Group

17,176.00

31,398.0

Infinity Energy

16,865.89

22,522.3

We’ve built hundreds of projects all over the U.S., so we’re lucky to have seen a wide variety of wildlife during installations: the San Joaquin kit fox, blunt-nose leopard lizards, American badgers, burrowing owls, tarantulas and even larger animals like coyotes and pronghorn antelopes, to name a few. Any time we come across wildlife, RPCS ensures appropriate measures are taken to avoid and minimize impacts to these creatures during construction and for the life of the array. The more rare the sighting, the more meaningful the reminder that the benefits of switching to clean, renewable energy extend far beyond our own needs.

— Alex Smith

Chief Sales Officer, RPCS (No. 13 overall)

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CALIFORNIA TOP 40

Fairfield residence

9.61 kW | Fairfield, California

How important is the ITC in conversations with potential customers? It is important because it creates urgency. Instead of the step-down causing a decrease in sales, we have seen a significant increase as customers realize time is running out. We can train our salespeople not to avoid the topic of the ITC step-down, but to use it effectively as a sales tool. The decrease from 30% to 26% proves to customers that these tax incentives won’t last forever. Customers that have been waiting to get solar as they see equipment costs dropping each year are now seeing proof that the incentives are also dropping each year. There has never been a better time to get solar.

— Alec Nethercott

Co-founder, V3 Electric (No. 111 overall)

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Collins Electrical

16,506.03

16,506.0

DEPCOM Power

15,800.00

354,800.0

Bright Planet Solar

15,284.61

24,469.1

SolarMax Technology

106

11,465.29

11,465.3

Solar Optimum

109

11,214.42

11,214.4

Kuykendall Solar

110

10,931.45

10,931.5

V3 Electric

111

10,344.50

10,344.5

Sunline Energy

114

9,917.88

9,917.9

LA Solar Group

116

9,463.25

9,463.3

LASE Solar

8,949.02

22,660.2

Renova Energy

119

8,942.04

8,942.0

SunPower by Stellar Solar

124

8,360.88

8,372.7

Sunlux

126

8,289.84

8,299.4

Pickett Solar

127

8,212.72

8,212.7

M.B. Herzog Electric

128

8,075.02

8,075.0

Solar Technologies

140

6,572.00

6,572.0

Newport Power

142

6,381.78

6,381.8

GRID Alternatives

123

6,114.63

8,380.3

EnterSolar

5,541.18

48,290.0

Trinity Power

165

5,097.00

5,097.0

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TOP 20

auraria library

779 kW | Denver, Colorado

How is your team instituting COVID-19 protection measures on the jobsite? Safety is a core value at Namasté Solar. We immediately implemented safety protocols across all our departments, providing hand-washing stations for hygiene, PPE, tool and surface sanitizers and guidelines for social distancing. Additionally, we instituted staggered start times for our crews that needed to access materials in our warehouses. Employees drive to jobsites in separate vehicles and work only with set crews. Most recently, we have instituted an online process to self-check and report any potential symptoms before coming into work, and a rapid response protocol to mitigate any exposure or outbreak. We have increased our paid-time-off policies to encourage reporting and self-isolation.

— Jason Sharpe

Co-owner and CEO, Namasté Solar (No. 80 overall)

SOLAR POWER WORLD

7 • 2020

E Light Electric Services

84,500.00

296,500.0

Mortenson

47,000.00

710,200.0

McCarthy Building Cos.

25,000.00

243,100.0

Namasté Solar

20,389.23

21,532.6

Pivot Energy

19,722.44

21,301.9

DEPCOM Power

16,900.00

354,800.0

Standard Solar

14,958.36

81,169.9

RP Construction Services (RPCS)

12,230.00

369,691.0

SEI Professional Services (SEIPS)

8,616.00

39,801.0

Core Development Group

7,550.00

31,398.0

ION Solar

7,490.37

25,328.7

EcoMark Solar

188

3,952.02

3,952.0

CAM Solar

141

2,665.86

6,494.1

Silicon Ranch

2,537.00

282,544.0

BriteStreet

213

2,197.68

2,895.0

CTEC Solar

176

1,999.88

4,547.6

Skyline Solar

223

1,875.12

2,572.6

Peak View Solar

261

1,806.58

1,806.6

DKD Electric

1,720.00

326,410.0

Empire Solar Group

108

1,677.31

11,379.2

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FLORIDA TOP 20

United Therapeutics Carport 1,400 kW | Jacksonville, Florida

How do you design solar systems in hurricane zones? 1

Black & Veatch

407,220.00

515,833.0

Moss

292,020.00

292,020.0

Mortenson

101,800.00

710,200.0

Blattner

55,000.00

1,069,110.0

Swinerton Renewable Energy

41,700.00

1,004,900.0

Momentum Solar

33,027.36

89,609.2

Solar Ground-N-Pound

30,000.00

69,816.0

Cantsink

23,000.00

398,878.0

Suntuity Solar

10,946.06

30,146.6

Horne Brothers Construction

9,500.00

925,396.0

Directional Services

9,006.00

440,277.0

Sunpro Solar

7,562.16

45,969.5

Advanced Green Technologies

153

5,841.98

5,842.0

Titan Solar Power

5,661.03

82,308.4

Solar Source

185

4,315.37

4,315.4

Goldin Solar

186

4,304.70

4,304.7

Unlimited Solar Technology

191

3,911.08

3,911.1

SunPower by esaSolar

219

2,672.35

2,672.3

3D Solar

220

2,632.86

2,632.9

Maximo Solar

157

2,099.97

5,463.6

Our local conditions drive a deeper level of analysis for every aspect of design. In the rooftop space, we focus designing around the highest wind zones to avoid unnecessary costs in the racking design, along with analyzing the uplift and deadloads imposed through the array into the structure to ensure performance of the array and deck to structure connections under 180-mph wind loads. Our carport team is focused on everything from effects of vibration on our bolt assemblies to module selection for frame strength and steel optimization. Carports are especially exciting as we engineer, fabricate and build them custom to each site.

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Clint Sockman

VP, Advanced Green Technologies (No. 153 overall)

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ILLINOIS TOP 20

Nokomis installation

17.3 kW | Nokomis, Illinois

How has your operating territory's weather affected installations? Ground-mount piles can be lifted out of the ground due to frost heave, or piles can deteriorate over time from the corrosive Midwest soils if proper measures are not followed during the initial pile placement. We have standardized the use of expansion joints and weathertight connectors on all projects to avoid expansion and contraction issues with the changing climate. We also have strict wire management practices to help combat possible detrimental effects from snow, ice, sleet, rain, excess sun exposure or Midwest rodents/ unwanted guests.

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Eric Peterman CEO, GRNE Solar (No. 112 overall)

SOLAR POWER WORLD

7 â&#x20AC;˘ 2020

15,500.00

834,446.1

Continental Energy Solutions

101

13,371.08

13,629.1

Rethink Electric

131

7,986.20

7,986.2

GRNE Solar

112

7,215.28

10,136.4

Moxie Solar

121

6,020.89

8,731.4

Fosler Construction Co.

154

5,820.25

5,820.2

StraightUp Solar

134

4,769.07

7,292.2

SunVest Solar

4,368.19

16,226.9

LightWave Solar

164

3,138.06

5,097.6

SunPeak

166

2,895.92

4,954.5

Bright Planet Solar

2,591.86

24,469.1

Eagle Point Solar

150

2,287.87

5,962.9

RP Construction Services (RPCS)

2,250.00

369,691.0

Melink Solar

2,105.35

27,266.8

Sun Badger Solar

207

2,096.93

3,160.0

J. Ranck Electric

2,010.00

50,294.0

Windfree Solar

260

1,821.11

1,821.1

Blue Sky Solar Co.

135

1,732.60

7,266.6

Tick Tock Energy

268

1,659.67

1,659.7

A.M. Kerns Construction

275

1,589.07

1,589.1

Sun Solar LLC

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Upper Cape Cod Technical High School Solar Carport

663.3 kW | Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

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ACE Solar

52,797.66

60,049.8

CS Energy

49,430.00

233,230.0

Nexamp

43,428.14

94,195.8

Borrego Solar Systems

27,240.12

119,214.7

Dynamic Energy

20,157.00

28,523.8

Trinity Solar

12,073.54

83,796.0

Solect Energy

11,712.13

14,074.5

AES Distributed Energy

10,878.12

108,972.6

Ameresco

10,201.00

22,611.0

Synergy Solar

9,625.04

60,715.1

Con Edison Solutions

5,736.98

14,786.1

Skyline Solar

115

4,423.78

9,789.6

Boston Solar

193

3,809.95

3,810.0

Invaleon Solar

196

3,573.27

3,680.5

SunBug Solar

209

3,103.53

3,103.5

PV Squared

222

2,592.57

2,595.5

RevoluSun Massachusetts

232

2,329.53

2,354.4

My Generation Energy

251

1,938.73

1,963.7

Solar Ground-N-Pound

1,770.00

69,816.0

Cenergy Power

1,500.00

37,148.6

Given our market leadership and engagement, the relationships we have established over the past 10 years have allowed us to continue selling in many traditional ways. However, as we have moved into these new socially distanced times, we have embraced innovative technologies for selling and trained our sales team to make the most out of virtual meeting software. We understand that now, more than ever, businesses and communities are highly focused on their budgets and the safety of their employees, customers and members. Our aim is to help our customers reduce spending, increase revenue and enhance safety through commercial solar.

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ken Driscoll

CEO and Founder, Solect Energy (No. 98 overall)

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NEW JERSEY TOP 20

Signature Flight Support

769 kW | Teterboro, New Jersey

What software has improved your business this year? Procore, a construction project management software, has enabled our team to refine our design coordination and project execution processes so that we can increase our number of projects while maintaining our team’s current size. The software provides one place for us to oversee our external collaborators, track financials, organize documents and monitor the progress through every stage of construction, helping our team complete projects on time and under budget. With this increased efficiency, our team has been able to seamlessly develop more projects as well as execute projects with additional complexity, including systems that incorporate solar tracker technology and energy storage components.

— Steve Burns

VP of Project Management EnterSolar (No. 48 overall)

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CS Energy

60,500.00

233,230.0

Trinity Solar

25,090.18

83,796.0

Vanguard Energy Partners

23,465.40

23,465.4

EnterSolar

20,059.50

48,290.0

Momentum Solar

17,001.75

89,609.2

Solar Landscape

13,643.30

19,043.3

Suntuity Solar

12,686.68

30,146.6

Berkowatts Electric

122

8,430.34

8,574.3

Solar Energy Systems

107

6,599.67

11,417.1

Green Power Energy

148

6,083.31

6,123.2

Advanced Solar Products

149

6,052.16

6,052.2

Core Development Group

5,160.00

31,398.0

AllSeason Solar

173

4,692.57

4,692.6

Geoscape Solar

178

4,523.89

4,523.9

Solar Renewable Energy

184

4,400.00

4,400.0

GEM Energy

132

4,000.00

7,800.5

Dynamic Energy

3,572.00

28,523.8

Sea Bright Solar

199

3,129.13

3,582.6

Kopp Electric Company

210

3,095.41

3,095.4

Skyline Solar

115

2,874.89

9,789.6

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Zerega Ave

635 kW | Bronx, New York

CS Energy

78,000.00

233,230.0

Nexamp

45,719.38

94,195.8

Borrego Solar Systems

43,145.98

119,214.7

Synergy Solar

41,337.40

60,715.1

Solar Ground-N-Pound

37,346.00

69,816.0

AES Distributed Energy

32,670.43

108,972.6

AUI Partners

30,000.00

120,490.0

Joule Energy

29,401.20

57,036.2

Sun Solar LLC

28,000.00

834,446.1

UGE

26,015.00

31,532.0

OnSite Solar

24,649.80

24,649.8

Solar by CIR

24,244.08

24,244.1

John Mills Electric

19,097.83

19,097.8

DMH Services

17,724.56

57,605.1

SUNation Solar Systems

16,231.27

16,231.3

Standard Solar

13,788.92

81,169.9

Recon Corp.

13,500.00

47,935.6

J. Ranck Electric

13,462.00

50,294.0

Momentum Solar

9,139.29

89,609.2

EnterSolar

9,040.47

48,290.0

What aspect of solar training is most difﬁcult for onboarding new employees? With much of our solar development happening today in and around the New York City area, training new employees to understand the complexities of working in this highly regulated city requires effort. Helping our developers and designers become intimately familiar with the complex requirements of each jurisdiction’s unique electrical code, fire code and building code is just the first step. Training on how each code applies to and interacts with the solar and energy storage systems we design and build is, in my opinion, among the most difficult aspects of new solar training.

— Mateo Chaskel

Managing Director, UGE (No. 64 overall)

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Ranchland & Summit Farms Solar Projects 120 MW | Currituck County, North Carolina

How do the two Carolina markets differ? The first and probably most important difference is the state regulations regarding solar caps. North Carolina has had a much broader and more cooperative attitude toward the solar industry. South Carolina in 2019 passed legislation that allowed for solar development by lifting the caps that were previously in place in the state. Since Q3 2019, we have seen a definite increase in small to mid-range commercial projects there. Another major difference is the fact that North Carolina is serviced by two major electric power providers. Both these electric providers have a proven track record of aggressively developing and building large-scale solar projects.

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Daniel Nesheim & Ryan Schneider Managing Members, Sun Solar LLC (No. 4 overall)

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Sun Solar LLC

314,269.00

834,446.1

Blattner

230,070.00

1,069,110.0

Directional Services

189,516.00

440,277.0

Horne Brothers Construction

143,372.00

925,396.0

Pure Power Contractors

119,000.00

256,000.0

Wood

100,690.00

169,610.0

Mortenson

96,000.00

710,200.0

Carolina Solar Energy

84,200.00

84,200.0

Watson Electrical Construction

53,916.00

72,758.0

Cantsink

38,484.00

398,878.0

RP Construction Services (RPCS)

17,800.00

369,691.0

DEPCOM Power

12,700.00

354,800.0

SEI Professional Services (SEIPS)

12,354.00

39,801.0

J. Ranck Electric

6,593.00

50,294.0

Southern Current

5,873.00

65,570.6

POWERHOME Solar

5,840.90

37,801.0

NC Solar Now

175

4,555.37

4,555.4

Renu Energy Solutions

180

2,420.32

4,491.1

8MSolar

231

2,359.70

2,359.7

Sigora Solar

104

2,005.04

12,717.3

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essamine

2.4 MW | Marion, South Carolina

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Horne Brothers Construction

472,324.00

925,396.0

Sun Solar LLC

236,940.90

834,446.1

Directional Services

217,925.00

440,277.0

Cantsink

189,865.00

398,878.0

RP Construction Services (RPCS)

118,000.00

369,691.0

Black & Veatch

107,800.00

515,833.0

Granite Construction

85,294.10

483,882.4

Southern Current

44,348.12

65,570.6

Watson Electrical Construction

17,940.00

72,758.0

Alder Energy Systems

12,693.21

16,537.4

Pure Power Contractors

7,000.00

256,000.0

Ameresco

6,800.00

22,611.0

DEPCOM Power

6,000.00

354,800.0

Renu Energy Solutions

180

1,322.74

4,491.1

POWERHOME Solar

966.84

37,801.0

Hannah Solar Government Services

117

869.60

9,164.0

Sigora Solar

104

722.57

12,717.3

SunRenu Solar

200

683.00

3,530.2

Palmetto State Solar

287

616.39

1,431.6

RSRV Power

307

580.93

1,124.6

Yes, we do. We strive to be good stewards of the environment while also understanding the importance of staying in compliance with environmental state laws before, during and after construction. Our Erosion Control and Finishing Crews possess the experience and knowledge to ensure proper site conditions and a sustainable environment at site completion. We own a fleet of equipment specifically for the installation of erosion control and final seed and grade. Our managers and crews have safely protected and finished over 10,000 acres of land utilized for the installation of solar.

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jack Horne

President, Horne Brothers Construction (No. 3 overall)

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TEXAS

TOP 20

Roadrunner, Phase 1

25.18 MW | McCamey, Texas

What is unique to your company's customer base? Primoris Renewable Energy’s customer base is focused specifically on renewables and sustainability. The power plant assets we build are facilities that last over 30 years, which most customers operate long-term. They seek the best value based on an EPC offer, and they demand high performance on safety and quality, both of which we agree with and deliver upon. This creates certainty of the outcome on our execution of work.

— Kent James

Senior VP of Sales and Marketing, Primoris Renewable Energy (No. 18 overall)

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7X Energy

445,000.00

445,000.0

Mortenson

326,900.00

710,200.0

DKD Electric

315,000.00

326,410.0

Granite Construction

294,117.60

483,882.4

Primoris Renewable Energy

283,050.00

283,050.0

Blattner

130,000.00

1,069,110.0

Swinerton Renewable Energy

56,000.00

1,004,900.0

CS Energy

33,100.00

233,230.0

Axium Solar

32,455.62

32,455.6

Sunpro Solar

28,701.46

45,969.5

McCarthy Building Cos.

22,000.00

243,100.0

Momentum Solar

17,768.89

89,609.2

Directional Services

14,270.00

440,277.0

Horne Brothers Construction

14,200.00

925,396.0

Freedom Solar Power

13,706.84

13,706.8

O3 Energy

103

10,460.38

12,726.5

Synaptic Solar

120

8,778.24

8,778.2

Joule Energy

7,004.16

57,036.2

AUI Partners

6,950.00

120,490.0

Wells Solar

139

6,779.56

6,779.6

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ACROSS AMERICA Norwich Solar Technologies

Current Electric

DMH Solar Empire Solar Group

Freedom Forever

Atlasta Solar

McCarthy Building Cos.

Palomar Solar

Axium Solar

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Texas EPC gives deaf installers opportunities to shine Axium installer Kevin Ruffin (left) works on a solar carport

"A cousin of mine introduced me into solar when I was looking for a deaf-friendly company to work with after searching high and low for a job," Plummer said via email. Kevin Ruffin, another Axium installer, said he has not had trouble finding jobs as a deaf person. He worked at Home Depot for five years before Plummer encouraged him to come work at Axium. "I will say it is a lot easier to get on with a company as a deaf person if you know someone already in the company," Ruffin said via email. Ruffin said the solar industry is a good fit for deaf workers because it's very visual and hands-on work. "So far, in this field and with this company I have been welcomed in, and that has also made the job easier," Ruffin said. Derik Kendrick never expected to learn He doesn't think American Sign Language as a second working on a solar jobsite language. In his past 20 years working in is harder for deaf people construction, he never knowingly worked Axium installer Michael than hearing people, just a alongside anyone who was deaf. But as Plummer works on a groundbit different. co-owner of Plano, Texas, solar installation mounted solar project. "For instance, when company Axium Solar (No. 60), that all coworkers on the crew are changed. trying to get each other’s An Axium installer told Kendrick his nephew attention, they can easily do so by calling for each other from who is hard of hearing was looking for work and wondered if a far distance. When my coworkers or boss have to give me there was a place for him at Axium. The company hired him and was happy with his work, so when two of his friends who are deaf information, they have to be in range where I can see them, and not everyone knows sign, so they may have to walk over and came looking for work, the company hired them too. Axium now type on their phones," Ruffin said. "The more time I spend with employs 10 deaf solar installers. the guys, the more we have learned to communicate and work "We were getting phone calls like instantly as soon as it got together." out that we were hiring [deaf employees]," Kendrick said. Many Axium workers, including Kendrick, have pursued The state of Texas recognized Axium's efforts to employ deaf ASL training to be able to communicate more easily with their workers in 2018, when the company was nominated for and won a deaf colleagues. Some employees went to free ASL classes at Lex Frieden Employment Award from The Governor’s Committee a public school in Plano, and others relied mostly on YouTube on People with Disabilities. The awards highlight the efforts of tutorials. Then, they picked up more sign language while employers to hire and retain employees with disabilities. working alongside deaf installers. According to a 2016 study by the National Deaf Center, "I'm pretty much fluent now over the last three years. I duo almost half of deaf people weren't in the labor force, compared to with these guys every day," Kendrick said. "I started off with my less than one-quarter of hearing people. ABCs, then I went to safety stuff and then just started picking Deaf Axium installer Michael Plummer said he had a difficult up anything else I could take, anything else I could learn." time finding a job initially.

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Expanding communication options has proven to be beneficial for the whole team. "Deaf or not, we have to stay on our toes and keep eyes out for each other's safety," Plummer said. "Life in the construction field can be dangerous when careless. Being deaf encouraged my coworkers to try to communicate more than they usually would." He said sometimes, solar project construction gets so loud that sign language works better for communication between hearing employees too.

"With sign language, we are able to communicate in noisy environments without an issue," Plummer said. Besides adapting jobsite communication styles, the only other challenge of employing deaf installers is making accommodations for remote conference calls and large in-person meetings. Still, Kendrick said it's not a big hassle or expense. For remote meetings, deaf installers can use a free app called Purple that offers free ALS interpreters via videocall. When the classic conference call issue comes

up where many people try to talk at the same time, the interpreter sometimes has a hard time telling the deaf installer what others are saying. "We all kind of have to remember that we have to adapt our communication styles so that communication is effective," said Eric Cotney, VP and general manager of Axium. For larger in-person meetings, the company hires interpreters to come in. But any small challenges or extra expenses necessary to employ deaf installers aren't a big deal to Axium. "They've really been some of our best employees: hard-working, high ethics," Cotney said. "It's been, I think, one of the best decisions for our company. We feel really blessed to get to work with these guys and allow them to contribute to the success of our business." SPW

Wisconsin electrical subcontractor helps flood-stricken town increase energy independence with solar + storage The small village of La Farge, Wisconsin, was under water in 2018 after its worst flood ever. The flooded Kickapoo River damaged the local electric co-op's generator and substation and left the city without power for several days. The town’s only gas station was also flooded, so residents who didn’t have power had to drive 20 to 30 miles to get gas to power their diesel generators, said Samantha Laskowski, innkeeper at La Farge’s Green Apple Inn Bed and Breakfast. “We were lucky we didn't lose power, but the power line that comes into our neighborhood is right there, right along the river,” Laskowski said. “Some big log could have come and knocked it down and then we would

have all been out of power. So that really made the need to have some sort of storage backup really important at that point." A group of forward-thinking residents led by Laskowski decided it was time to procure some energy resiliency for the community. They contacted Current Electric (No. 172), based over 160 miles away in Wauwatosa, and asked about their options. Laskowski said she and her group did most of the research for the installations ahead of time and presented them to the La Farge Village Hall members, who were grateful for the solutions to their energy pains.

Current Electric installs Tesla Powerwalls in La Farge’s Lawton Memorial Library.

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"I got the feeling that this town had a very pro-solar group, which kind of aligns itself with getting people to be pro-solar at a town level and a community level," said Current Electric president and owner Chuck Smith. "They found out that Tesla had their Powerwalls, they contacted us and said, 'How can we make this happen?'" A few buildings in the village already had rooftop solar installations, so Current Electric got to work making public and private partnerships to add storage to them and allow the buildings to go off-grid if necessary. The installer individually contracted with the Green Apple Inn Bed and Breakfast, the Lawton Memorial Library and a residential property. Laskowski said the library solar + storage installation was important so the location can serve as a community gathering place in case of future outages. Residents could go there to make plans and use the internet if they didn’t have power at home. "They wanted something for emergency services and the community to have someplace to go in case of a power outage or another flood," said Ray Hoffman, sales and marketing manager at Current Electric. "Those three spots are pretty high up, so there's not as many issues there. And it provides that emergency location." Current Electric is a certified Tesla installer with experience installing solar + storage systems. In November 2019, the crew installed seven grid-tied Powerwalls set up for selfconsumption at the three locations. The batteries integrated

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easily into the existing systems, even one with a 10-year-old inverter. "There were some concerns whether the Tesla Powerwall would integrate well with that inverter, and it turns out it did integrate very well with an inverter that's been running for over a decade," said Brad Koepke, solar manager at Current Electric. "Obviously, Tesla Powerwall technology is much newer technology, so it's really a great product for anybody who needs it, especially in a retrofit of an existing solar system." The biggest challenge for this and any solar + storage system, Smith said, is calculating the load size and "predicting the unpredictable" as to how long a customer might be without power. "That said, though, the Powerwall provides you time," Smith said. "If they know their utility isn't going to be able to get [the grid] back up and running, they have

time to make other means now if they absolutely need to." For a disaster as catastrophic as the 2018 floods, that would have meant extra time for the American Red Cross or other emergency relief services to mobilize to help the community. "Unfortunately, that's not what happened in the case of La Farge, and they felt very abandoned by their utility company, which is why they're switching to self-reliance on their power," Koepke said. The utility’s generator and substation still haven’t been moved to a safer, higher area out of the potential flood zone due to funding issues, Laskowski said. Now, the town at least has a few reliable energyindependent locations in case another disaster strikes. Laskowski is working to bring even more solar + storage resiliency to the town in the future. Smith said energy self-reliance seems even more important now as the world deals with the COVID-19 pandemic. Keeping power on for the most important loads, like hospitals and other emergency services, is a life or death matter. "I mean, we went through not having masks and toilet paper and everything else, but probably more critical would've been if we didn't have power," Smith said. SPW

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Utah installer uses lessons learned from oilfield contracting to grow solar business Since family-owned solar installation company Empire Solar Group’s (No. 108) founding in 2017, it has expanded to serve a total of 11 states, six of which opened offices in just seven months. Before starting Empire, the family owned R&J Technical Services, an electrical contracting company that served oilfield businesses. When the price of oil dipped in 2016, R&J Technical had peaked out at about 100 employees and was operating in five states. Chevron Oil and other large oil companies had to make budget cuts, and electrical contracting was the first cut since it was considered an ancillary service. Some vendor partners R&J worked with in oil contacted the company saying they were moving lots of solar equipment and seeing a big demand for solar installation in the state of Utah. The former vendor partners wondered if the electrical contractor wanted to try installing these systems using their equipment. "It was just perfect timing and sort of landed in our lap in that sense, because most of the electrical contractors in the state of Utah that are focused on construction — new builds — were really overbooked," said Abby

Buchmiller, CEO and co-founder of Empire Solar Group. "We were there and ready to reinvent ourselves and jump in." The family started the new company, Empire Solar Group, then did its first few installations in Utah and found some opportunities to install in Colorado since it had existing contractors’ licensure there. Next came Idaho. "We were in three states and we were rolling, but that felt very natural for us," Buchmiller said. The family’s former business experience prepared Empire to embrace expansion and move where demand was high. "In oilfield services, it's following wherever there's an oil boom or a boomtown, and sort of setting up somewhat temporary operations," Buchmiller said. "Obtaining quick

electrical licensure in different states is something that I think we've definitely been a lot faster to do than a lot of our competitors." In its new solar venture, Empire knew coordinating standardized business practices across multiple states was crucial to success. Buchmiller said when it expands into new states, Empire deploys its "business in a box" with a warehouse, base number of vehicles and base number of staff members. "Scalability is managed pretty effectively with that blueprint," she said. Empire's entire installation workforce is on-staff. The only subcontracting the company does is for additional services at point-of-sale, like pest control services. Remote work was nothing new for Empire when the COVID pandemic started. The company has a strong

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partnership with a human Group’s very first solar resources-specialized legal installation. firm to ensure it’s following all the rules in different states with varying HR laws. The company also relies on Slack, an instant messaging service, for communication, with different channels established for the satellite offices as well as different departments or job functions. When COVID-19 came to the United States, Empire moved as many employees as possible to remote work and leaned more on the virtual platforms it was already using. "It's a different skill set that everyone has to sort of learn and adapt to and I would say part of us sailing through some of this COVID stuff is because managing these remote offices, ensuring that they feel the culture, that they feel a part of the organization and that they have a certain amount of autonomy to kind of create their own micro culture and their own camaraderie," Buchmiller said. Empire took a pause for a few weeks when the pandemic started but was able to continue installations as usual in the states it operates in after being determined an essential business by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The company didn't have to furlough any employees and actually hired 32 new HQ employees during that time. Buchmiller said the company managed to achieve record sales even during a pandemic, which she saw as a testament to the team's hard work and good reputation during a dark time. She expects Empire to grow even faster this year than last. "Doing really good business and also taking care of one another has been the key to the rapid growth," Buchmiller said. SPW

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Fed up with outside roofers, one solar contractor starts its own roofing division Many installers get their start in the roofing industry before seeing an opportunity to jump into the residential solar market. Not many companies travel in the opposite direction. But Palomar Solar & Roofing (No. 225) is that rare gem in California. "Our goal since Day 1 was to help people make great decisions, whether they choose us or not," said Adam Rizzo, partner and director of sales at Palomar. "If you're going to be a serious solar contractor, you need to have both [a roof and solar system] to do the job right." Eleven-year-old Palomar Solar started its own roofing division in March 2019 almost as a necessity. When customers needed a new roof before getting solar, the hired roofersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; inconsistent schedule was eating into Palomar's tight installation timeframe. Then, many roofers would automatically void a new roof's warranty

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after the solar company made penetrations. To provide a better experience for the customer and prevent a backlog of solar projects, Palomar started performing its own roof replacements and is now a C-39 licensed roofing contractor. "It's become apparent that there's a lot of finger pointing going on when the roofs leak, and so [we wanted] to be able to offer that peace of mind to our customers that everything's done in-house," Rizzo said. If a solar customer needs a new roof, Palomar can now provide that product and include the roof and solar into linked warranties. "I've found most solar contractors avoid that [new roof] conversation because they know if they make it an issue now, the homeowner is going to try and find a roofer and then more than likely the roofer knows a solar guy," Rizzo

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said. "Unfortunately we're getting a lot of phone calls on companies that installed on bad roofs and it leaked the next year, the company's out of business and now they're paying us to remove it, replace the roof and reinstall it — and it's not cheap to do that." To help start the new roofing division, Palomar hired George Cortes, a 20-year roofing veteran who brought his own experienced crews to the team. "I said, 'We'll give you a new truck, you bring your crews, we'll worry about workman's comp insurance and paying people, and all you have to do is worry about roofs,'" Rizzo said. "We didn't want to start it from scratch because that would have been a nightmare. He already had crews with him for 15+ years, and it really has been one of the best business decisions that we made." Rizzo said the integrated roofing division keeps Palomar Solar relevant in a saturated market. "There's been a lot of rain out here, which is unusual, so there have been a lot of leaky roofs. People hear our ads and never thought about solar. So they just call about a roof originally and then we educate them," he said. "They need a roof and they want to be able to just deal with one company who handles everything. They have a better experience all around, and they also know that if there are ever any leaks, they're not going to be dealing with two different companies." Talking about home upgrades outside of the solar sphere is often difficult, but having that in-house roofing expertise makes it easier to uphold Palomar Solar's prominence in the industry. "These are tough conversations. Salespeople don't want to bring up the tough issues. They want to get the paperwork signed and let somebody else deal with it," Rizzo said. "That's where we are different. We don't pressure people. We're very transparent, and that's paying off. Having that reputation over 10 years now and the great referral sources are really keeping us going." SPW

Rooftop installer films infomercial to promote its national presence A two-time Inc. 5000 listee, Freedom Forever (No. 53) is a quickly growing company. After almost tripling its employee count in two years, the 600+-employee, multi-state residential solar dealership decided it was time to step up its marketing. New VP of marketing hire Julianne Ribarits immediately took on a big project — a full-length infomercial. "When I came in, I didn't have any solar experience, so how would I like to be told about solar? It's nice to have that experience because then you can relate more with the customers as to what's confusing and what needs to be explained," she said. "The infomercial is an amazing way to tell a deeper story." The 30-minute infomercial features customer testimonials and employee interviews alongside a whiteboard explanation of solar and the installation process. Freedom Forever also scored a celebrity spokesperson — Richard Karn from "Family Feud" and "Home Improvement" fame. "When we were able to do the shoot with him and have the team there, it was

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almost like this perfect utopian moment," Ribarits said. "We're all there to do something positive and everyone was just so great to work with. It was an amazing couple of days to shoot." While Freedom Forever had done some basic customer videos and social media content in the past, the company knew it needed a larger partner to pull off a professional infomercial. Video marketing agency Envision Response was instrumental in getting Freedom Forever's message across. A script was finalized once Karn signed on as the talent, and filming began in February 2020 before being interrupted by COVID-19 shutdowns. Customer testimonials were gathered from Arizona and Nevada residents before the shutdown, and Ribarits said they will add in customer stories from Illinois and Texas once it's appropriate. Even without the extra interviews, the infomercial launched in Southwest markets before the summer, and Ribarits said work is busier than ever. "Even with a one-minute spot, you can only say so much. But with the infomercial, it's almost like a mini documentary," she said. "You can illustrate answers to questions and show real examples of real customers benefitting from solar. I don't think people realize [solar] is not a typical product. It's very personal and customizable. So to be able to show that process has been helpful." In addition to more easily explaining solar in its dealership areas, Freedom Forever uses the infomercial to advance one of its company values: disruption. "One of our values is to disrupt the industry and bring this transparency to it. It's been fun to lift the veil on the industry and lead with education," Ribarits said. "We illustrate how a customer can lock into their electric rate by going solar, and you can't really do that in an ad. So we broke down the math." Infomercials are a great way to gain new business, but Ribarits said this was only an option for Freedom Forever to take once it had scaled to its larger size. "[CEO Brett Bouchy] has done an amazing job of making things very efficient. He focused on operations and excellent installation, making sure we could take the amazing branch we had and scale that to different locations. Being able to efficiently scale fast gave us that room to do an opportunity like this," she said. "The more locations we have, the more important it is to be more national rather than advertising in just a single market. We had to grow up first and become the company we are now before we went to market." SPW

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Colorado contractor complements solar installs with electric vehicle sales For a company to survive in this market for over 40 years, it must know a thing or two about hopping on the next trend. Atlasta Solar Center (No. 284) started installing solar thermal systems in 1979 before transitioning to off-grid and eventually grid-tied solar PV systems. The Colorado company was also dabbling in energy storage and electric vehicle chargers when a bigger trend emerged in the area â&#x20AC;&#x201D; pre-owned EV and hybrid vehicle sales. "We saw a lot of correlation between the electric vehicle market and the solar market. [A large percentage] of people who purchase solar are also looking at EVs this year, and the inverse is also true â&#x20AC;&#x201D; [many] people buying an EV this year are likely to look at solar. We saw an opportunity there," said Matt Fowler, Atlasta marketing manager. In 2018, Atlasta participated in a local energy "Shark Tank" competition and pitched the pre-owned EV dealership idea. Since Atlasta is a licensed electrical contractor in the state and has experience installing EV chargers, the proposal won support, and sister company SunRabbit Clean Transport was born. SunRabbit presently takes orders from interested customers and then buys the vehicles at auction. But very soon, it will have pre-owned vehicles on a physical lot for customers to browse. By law, all car salespeople must be licensed, so three Atlasta employees, including co-owner Lou Villaire, are now licensed. Although there is double-dipping in employee pools, Atlasta and SunRabbit are two separate entities and considered complementary of each other. "Increasingly, we had our [solar] customers ask us, 'I think I'm going to get an electric vehicle and I'd like to know how many solar panels I need to cover the fuel for that,'" Villaire said. "It's really an exciting time for EVs. We've seen people want to take a look and dip their feet into the world of EVs." The sister companies want to provide a better car-buying experience to those looking into cleaner options. "It's not just coming in and getting the dealership treatment where you ask me about a car and I've got to go ask my manager five or six times," Fowler said. "It's a better car-buying experience because we're able to find the exact vehicle the customer is looking for because we have access to the auto auctions that happen all across the company on

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a weekly basis. And we have that support side, with installing the [electric] supply infrastructure." A solar company linking with an EV dealership is a great business decision, Villaire said, especially since they both promote a greener future. "CO2 emissions are the highest they've ever been. The transportation sector has surpassed the electric generation sector in terms of the greatest source of CO2 emissions in the United States," he said. "The quickest way for us as a nation to reduce CO2 emissions is the electrification of vehicles." SPW

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Solar developer specializing in R&D lowers the financial bar of entry for solar Norwich Solar Technologies of White River Junction, Vermont, was founded in 2011 by Joel Stettenheim and Troy McBride, both of whom have backgrounds in research and development (R&D). Norwich installs commercial solar PV and works on special-interest R&D like pairing concentrated solar and energy storage or finding ways to encourage snowmelt on solar panels. “We’re trying to not just be someone with our head down, just cranking out projects, and conversely not trying to be just an R&D entity that doesn’t have a grounding in what the current challenges installers or projects would see,” said Jim Merriam, CEO of Norwich Solar Technologies (No. 118). “It has really been riding the bridge between emergent technologies on solar, and in the R&D aspect of it, building off a practical experience of how solar is

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actually designed and installed.” The majority of Norwich’s installed solar capacity has come from commercial ground-mount projects, since there aren’t many large-roofed distribution facilities in Vermont or New Hampshire. The company’s involvement with groundmount solar provided an avenue into a larger R&D project: community solar with a focus on environmental justice. Norwich started its Community Impact Group program in December 2018, which connects philanthropic investors looking to help underserved communities go solar, targeting nonprofits, startup businesses and people in the low- to moderate-income range. “Renewables and solar are not just for certain classes or entities,” Merriam said. “We have a very large challenge ahead of us with respect to climate change and if we only have certain

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groups that are able to participate and help us move toward a carbon-free economy, [we won't get there.] There’s not a difference between the beliefs of any individual, based on income demographics, in terms of wanting to combat climate change.” With the Community Impact Group, Norwich acts as a matchmaker between investor and client, with the company handling documentation, subscriber structure and, of course, installing solar systems for customer offtake. “It allows us to give back to the community, it supports the community, it’s about the community and the community is made up of all income demographics, so it’s important for us that we fund solutions that benefit everyone,” Merriam said. The impact group program functions the same as other community solar programs, where customers receive

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energy credits for subscribing to a system. Multi-family residential buildings, a new brewery and even a local dairy farm have all subscribed to Norwich’s community solar program. A 2018 report by the U.S. Global Change Research Program states that climate change disproportionately affects low-income citizens and communities of color. The world is already experiencing the effects of a warming climate, and Norwich is trying to give people access to renewable energy regardless of income level. “It’s the right thing to do,” Merriam said. “Solar has benefitted from people’s awareness of problems and of a sense that renewables promote a higher level of social justice than the traditional fossil fuel extraction industry. I think it’s incumbent upon us to try to live up to that expectation and to acknowledge the benefit that perspective has brought us as an industry.” SPW

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Installation subcontractor gambles on drilling equipment and wins the pot There are plenty of obstacles in solar construction that can cause significant delays and jeopardize installers’ schedules if they’re not prepared for them. The biggest lesson DMH Solar (No. 43) founder David Heilman learned in 2019 was that it’s better to own the equipment to physically remove those obstacles than to rely on someone else to deliver it. DMH Solar of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, has been constructing PV arrays primarily in the Eastern U.S. since 2012. Heilman entered the solar industry several years before and cut his teeth in running construction crews. “After about three years of that I split ways and went on my own because I started to notice that the mechanical end is very in-depth, just like electrical, because there’s so many different parts,” he said.

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DMH install crews handle system assembly, excavation and mounting, and leave the electrical work to another contractor. The rocky soils of states along the Atlantic shoreline, especially in New England, often warrant piledriving equipment to get ground-mounted solar foundations in place, and up until early 2019, DMH was renting excavators for on-site drilling. “On every job, it’s always timing. When you find out you hit rock and you have to wait for a driller to come, you sign a contract, they have to mobilize and they’d have no sense of urgency,” Heilman said. “In the mechanical end of solar, we strictly make money on labor alone. I don’t buy the racking or anything – I’m the installer.” After experiencing equipment delivery delays, and at one point needing

to ask a direct competitor for assistance on a project, Heilman commissioned REV Drill of Maryland to build a smaller model of the excavator the company was renting. This was in January 2019, and Heilman saw immediate returns on the decision to own custom machinery. “I put it right on a job and I didn’t get finished with that job and I was already building the second [machine],” he said. By March, DMH commissioned a second drill rig and shortly after acquired a couple of post pounders. These commissioned excavators lend themselves to better navigation on solar construction sites, Heilman said. The previously rented rigs were larger and made for use in other construction industries, like underwater drilling and bridge construction. These smaller excavators DMH commissioned can

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navigate rows of solar racking much easier than the larger models, Heilman said. With the addition of post drivers, DMH installers are drilling holes for foundations with the rigs and pounding piers into place immediately after. Having this equipment on hand has made the company and its 22 employees more mobile and created install opportunities in states DMH previously avoided because of high rock presence. Install crews are traveling to solar construction sites with the drill rigs and post-pounders in tow, ready to work upon arrival. “We put up a decent amount of money to make this work and we rolled the dice, because you just don’t know, and it ended up taking off really good for us,” Heilman said. “Now, it’s pretty much a given that customers know we can get through this rock, so it’s opened up the doors this year to doing double the work of last year. It’s just been a great thing.” SPW

Solar EPC restores utilityscale solar project sites to original ecological glory

When a company has been involved in construction for over a century, its work has moved miles and affected the American landscape in a way few contractors can claim. With that level of involvement in the field, defaulting to minimal consideration for restoration on construction sites might be the quick solution, but McCarthy Building Cos. (No. 21) makes sure its solar installers are taking extra care of the environments where its arrays are built. The 156-year-old heavy-build construction company entered the solar market in 2013 and has installed 2 GW of solar PV since. About three years ago, the company started implementing site restoration and stormwater pollution prevention plans (SWPPP) to minimize solar project impacts on local waterways and surrounding environments. “Solar construction has a lot of differences than your typical construction. Normally, you're on a postage stamp, building in an urban area, and runoff…you're worried about it, but you're only trying to control it within two to five acres,” said Scott Canada, VP of McCarthy's Renewable Energy & Storage group. “Here, we have several hundred, and we actually have to train our operational staff in how to be really good at understanding when they have a problem, having a regular check-in with the civil engineers and the vegetation experts and [agricultural] experts every two weeks or so.” McCarthy has a board of consultants that will direct project runners to experts on agriculture, reclamation and conservation in the areas where they’re working. As Canada put it, these practices are taking old knowledge and technology and applying it to a new

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problem. His team uses the U.S. Geological Survey, a federal department dating back to the late 1800s, as a resource for data on agricultural land, rainfall and how well certain soil types drain water. “We all looked at each other and said, ‘How could we have been in this industry for years and not known that this exists?’” Canada said. “There’s all this drain tile, detention and all these technologies that have been around for tens of years, if not hundreds of years, for managing water on a site and helping crops grow. It’s reaching out to find these old approaches and applying them to a whole new industry, and, sure, it’s not the flashy technology, but it’s incredibly effective.” Stormwater pollution prevention became a more prevalent issue once McCarthy solar installers expanded out of drier climates and into those with heavy rainfall. Unlike installing or assembling certain solar equipment, every construction site requires a different approach for a proper reclamation and a SWPPP. Replanting or replacing pollinatorfriendly and native vegetation and adding retention sites can limit erosion that would occur from rainfall if the construction site was left as-is. McCarthy has also introduced livestock like sheep to solar sites for vegetation management. The company is careful with these decisions, and in one case planted vegetation a year before construction on an array in Georgia to protect its native wetlands. McCarthy transfers ownership of its arrays to another party when construction is complete. Given the longevity of solar, considerations like these are necessary not only ecologically, but for the people in these communities where the solar systems will reside, Canada said. “We're not like a coal plant belching out pollutants. If we don't do what's right for the land and do what's right for the folks next to us and figure out how to be innovative with livestock, pollinating grasses and vegetation, and bees, then we're missing a real opportunity and may hurt our future,” he said. SPW

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GREENEST CONTRACTOR The Greenest Contractor award celebrates the greenest contractors making their companies and communities as environmentally friendly as possible.

ReVision Energy has planted community gardens at most of its offices across Northern New England and is a proponent of composting food waste.

Solar Power World’s 2020 Greenest Contractor inspires sustainable lifestyles in local communities It’s not enough to just install solar panels to be considered a green-minded company in 2020. Office operations, transport, equipment, materials, installation itself — everything can contribute to carbon production. ReVision Energy (No. 88) of South Portland, Maine, has made it a point to keep all five of its branches across Northern New England solar-powered and overall green. ReVision, a certified B Corp, has installed solar at all of its offices, and paired those arrays with batteries, electric vehicle chargers, LED lighting and heat pumps. Many of its employee-owners have solar installed on their homes as 108

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well, incentivized to do so with product and installation discounts and an interestfree loan program implemented by the company. ReVision started a program to encourage employees to bike, walk and carpool to work and installed a solarpowered shower for those who opt for the first two options. As for vehicles, ReVision’s installers drive trucks that run on biofuel, the sales team uses Toyota Priuses for customer visits and the marketing team has allelectric Chevy Bolts that are charged at their offices. ReVision plants native flowers to cultivate pollinator habitats on large ground-mount projects, and most of www.solarpowerworldonline.com

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ReVision employee-owners are encouraged to drive electric vehicles and can charge them with solarpowered stations at the company’s offices.

“After 250 years of fossil fuel wealth accumulation in the trillions of dollars, the renewable energy industry finds itself fighting an unrelenting campaign of disinformation and policy attacks as the dominant status quo uses its colossal financial and political resources to try and stop the clean energy transition,” said Phil Coupe, co-founder of ReVision Energy. “This is why it is such an honor, and so important, for ReVision Energy to be recognized by Solar Power World as one of the Greenest Contractors in our industry.” 7 • 2020

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efforts like adaptive managed livestock grazing, grassland restoration, pollinator habitat creation and more. Silicon Ranch (No. 19) minimizes land grading during site design by using advanced solar trackers that can adjust to undulating terrain, then employs technology like half-cell modules to reduce any row-to-row shading issues. Each project has a 100- to 200-ft buffer zone between the fenced solar site and any surrounding tree line to create a softer transition from forest to open space. The minimal trees the company must remove to

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create the buffer zone are mostly mulched and spread out to add organic matter to the soil. Silicon Ranch also makes end-oflife roadmaps as part of its regenerative energy mission, including plans for module recycling or reuse. The company is working to share its findings on the outcomes of these regenerative energy sites to encourage other developers and installers to incorporate dual land use practices into more projects. SPW

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“Solar Power World deserves tremendous credit for all it does to advance our industry, and we at Silicon Ranch are honored to be selected as a finalist for its ‘Most ForwardThinking’ award,” said Matt Beasley, chief commercial officer at Silicon Ranch. “As long-term owners and operators of our projects, Silicon Ranch is deeply committed to our partners and communities, and every day we seek to deliver enhanced value through a steadfast pursuit of continuous improvement.”

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