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Cheers to a decade of Top Solar Contractors Since starting the magazine in late 2011, Solar Power World has published an annual list of the best solar contractors across the United States. The original list of 100 contractors multiplied, with this year showcasing 426 companies. That's not all that's changed in a decade. The companies on our list have hired more employees, entered new niches and expanded into other states. The solar industry employed around 100,000 workers in 2011, but now over 230,000 people receive a paycheck because of solar power. It's our distinct pleasure to recognize solar contracting companies both large and small every year. For this momentous 10th anniversary issue, we wanted to emphasize the people who make the industry run every day. We're featuring Q&As with seasoned solar leaders who inspire those who work for them, as well as new installers on rooftops transforming companies with
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A lot has changed since the first Top Solar Contractors list!
ON THE COVER It’s a big year here at SPW. We’re celebrating 10 years of the Top Solar Contractors list in 2021, and we couldn’t be more impressed with this year’s class. We hope you enjoy the more personal look at the solar community we provide in this special magazine edition.
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Turns out many Top Solar Contractors are also celebrating 10 years of work
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A few pros share the story of how they came to find a home in the solar industry
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Individual success stories from the last year that we just had to share
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We highlight the 18 companies that have been with us since the start
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52 TOP UTILITY CONTRACTORS
84 TOP ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTORS
54 TOP COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS
86 TOP SOLAR + STORAGE INSTALLERS
58 TOP RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTORS
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66 TOP EPCs
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Data provided by The Solar Foundation’s annual Solar Jobs Census
119,016
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SOLAR WORKERS
173,807
Solar jobs exist in all 50 states.
Employers are increasingly less likely to span multiple subsectors, suggesting that firms are beginning to specialize.
Demographic information is collected for the first time, revealing that 19% of solar workers are women and one-in-six is Latino or Hispanic.
The U.S. solar industry is becoming more efficient, to fewer than 15.5 jobs per megawatt of installed capacity.
Corporations become a major source of demand for large-scale solar.
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SOLAR WORKERS
The number of large installation firms having more than 100 employees more than doubles to almost 10%.
Solar employment experiences its first decline since The Solar Foundation began tracking jobs in 2010 due to uncertainty around the Section 201 trade case.
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The Census tallies jobs in the solar + storage market and in the territory of Puerto Rico for the first time.
Solar jobs experience a year of growth due to declining solar costs, waning concerns around the Section 201 tariffs and increased demand from the impending phaseout of the 30% ITC.
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The pandemic strikes a blow to solar jobs as companies attempt to recover from work stoppages and an economic recession.
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Thin-film solar shows promise as the “future of the industry” since it is significantly cheaper at the time to produce than silicon-based panels. GE announces it will open a 400-MW CdTe thin-film manufacturing facility in Colorado. The factory never opens and GE’s technology is later sold to First Solar.
SunPower’s P-series and Panasonic’s HIT solar modules first enter the U.S. market.
2012 Anti-dumping duties are placed on Chinese solar imports, with some panel manufacturers hit with 30% and higher tariffs. This U.S. decision led to many Chinese manufacturers moving facilities to Southeast Asia and Taiwan to avoid the tariffs, while China placed its own significant taxes on imported U.S. polysilicon.
2013 Ivanpah, the world’s largest concentrating solar plant, first connects to the grid from California’s Mojave desert. Producing 377 MW of solar thermal power via concentrated mirrors, it is the country’s first (and last) major towered CSP plant.
2017 BIPV gets a boost when Tesla begins taking orders for its Solar Roof product.
2018 First Solar’s large Series 6 thin-film modules are made commercially available.
2019 New U.S. panel manufacturing facilities from JinkoSolar, LG and Q CELLS open.
2020 Trina Solar begins transition to industry’s largest solar wafer size (210-mm/G12).
2021 400-W modules for the residential market are released by LG, JinkoSolar and Meyer Burger.
2014 REC releases its TwinPeak module line, featuring half-cut solar cells.
2015 Yingli Solar releases a 1,500-volt solar panel to the North American market.
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10 YEARS OF SOLAR JOBS & PROGRESS “We’ve seen tremendous growth in the solar workforce over the last decade, and today there are 2.5-times more Americans working in solar than there were in 2010. Policy action, and even the threat of negative policy in the case of the Section 201 tariffs, drives both job growth and declines in our industry. On our current growth trajectory, we’re going to need 400,000 more workers by 2035 to reach President Biden’s ambitious clean energy goal. To get there, we’ll need proactive, long-term investments and a stable policy environment to spur solar and storage deployment.”
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“Jobs in the U.S. solar industry have more than doubled in the past decade, with more than 230,000 Americans now employed in solar. Our annual National Solar Jobs Census has found that despite cutbacks imposed by the pandemic, solar energy continues to be a vital source of job creation for people of all experience levels and backgrounds. In the coming years, we expect this job growth to only accelerate.” Foundation and President and CEO of the Interstate
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Solar Power World talked to solar companies also celebrating their 10th year in the industry. How has your solar business changed from when it started?
The sum of failures is called experience! We had quite some failures along the road, mostly initiated by weather events, which demonstrates that our services depend on project conditions. Today, we have processes and tools to manage the projects better than when we started, but identifying all the risks is still challenging.
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What was it like entering the market in 2011?
To appreciate fully the success of Silicon Ranch, one must first recognize the competitive landscape our co-founders entered when they founded the business. Industry dynamics heavily favored California and the desert Southwest, and the market was dominated by developer arms of investor-owned utilities and companies based in other parts of the country. The idea that a Nashville-based company could compete — and thrive — in this environment was unimaginable in 2011. With marked determination, the Silicon Ranch team dramatically changed the industry landscape by developing the first large-scale projects in markets across the Southeast and by establishing deep ties with America’s rural electric cooperatives.
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What advice would you give yourself in 2011?
My advice is to keep at it and have grit. While Invaleon has many milestones to celebrate, there’s still so much work to be done. The renewable energy industry is always evolving, and so is Invaleon. Every day poses new and exciting challenges for me and my team. The solar industry still hasn’t finished growing, so the excitement and anticipation continues as we discover how this industry is going to morph into its ultimate form. You just have to be forwardthinking and flexible to change with whatever happens. Invaleon is ready. Bring it on!
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Spotlight on Aegis Renewable Energy What was it like entering the market in 2011? It was exciting and exhausting. Building the business from the ground up allowed us to draw on the best parts of what we had learned from our years in the industry and remove the chaff. Solar was finally becoming more widely accepted, viable and bankable, and we knew that if we grew the business carefully, we could make it a success.
How'd you get started in solar? Fresh out of college, my now-wife and I moved to Hells Canyon in Idaho and homesteaded off the grid for eight years. I built our strawbale house there and mounted four solar panels in a big Douglasfir tree to provide power to the house. Thirty years later, I now have a much better understanding of the value of building codes.
What advice would you give yourself in 2011? Grow your team slowly and surround yourself with talented team members, but remember that a toxic talent is never worth keeping. Be flexible and nimble in an ever-changing market. Stay positive and have fun.
What has surprised you the most about the solar industry in the last 10 years? I would have expected there to be more consolidation of the industry. The sharks gobbling up the minnows. But in fact small and medium-sized solar companies are competing and winning.
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Solar Power World would like to congratulate the following companies for being part of the Top Solar Contractors list every year since the very start.
What memories do you have from the Top Solar Contractors Gala?
Advanced Green Technologies, Florida
I was at the Gala in 2014 to accept a Top Solar Contractor award on behalf of LightWave Solar. I was very proud to represent my company, as I knew how hard we had worked to gain this recognition. Also, I had such a great time chatting with other industry professionals. Solar employs some of the best folks.
American Electric, Hawaii Cenergy Power, California E Light Electric Services, Colorado EIS Solar, Pennsylvania Got Electric, Maryland Helix Electric, California
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Impact Power Solutions, Minnesota
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Inovateus Solar, Indiana LightWave Solar, Tennessee Namasté Solar, Colorado Paradise Energy Solutions, Pennsylvania PPC Solar, New Mexico Solar Energy World, Maryland Solar Source, Florida Standard Solar, Maryland SUNation Solar Systems, New York Swinerton Renewable Energy, California
First Gala in Chicago
2019 was the first time we brought most of our team with us to accept the Greenest Solar Contractor award. It was really fun to share that moment as a group. Also, each year we love to stand up as one of the only companies to appear on the list since its inception.
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Why do you keep coming back to the Top Solar Contractors list? It provides us with insight into who is doing what in the industry and helps us generate leads. It also helps us gain a broader view of the market in general with products. I feel that is helps us most with our platform to showcase our experience and capabilities in the industry.
DAVID WRIGHT
In the beginning it leant a lot of credibility to our small business, and still does today. It’s also a way to push our team to new heights, trying to beat last year’s statistics and keep growing, which we’ve been able to do.
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Spotlight on Advanced Green Technologies What’s your favorite part about the solar industry?
I would say the people. We are blessed to have one of the most talented teams of construction professionals in the world in our AGT family. When we started, a well-established workforce or training resource just didn’t exist. So we focused our efforts on recruiting great young talent from all spectrums and professional backgrounds to build a diverse team that works with purpose and passion to make an impact on the solar industry.
What has surprised you the most about the solar industryin the last ten years?
We have quickly evolved from being on the fringes of the built-world to entering mainstream. When we first started in 2006, we had to travel to Europe to see new technologies, and solar in the United States was predominantly small, off-grid systems. Today, our portfolio includes everything from Fortune 100 companies to small businesses, and our pipeline for new business is as large as ever.
What are your solar predictions for the next 10 years? Why do you keep coming back to the Top Solar Contractors list?
Being featured in the Top Solar Contractors list brings a sense of pride to our team and visibility to our potential customers. We love hearing that a potential client found us on the Top Solar Contractors list, which is a testament to it being a reliable resource for those inside and outside the industry.
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In the next 10 years, we predict solar storage, carports, microgrids and public investment in solar companies will grow extensively. It’s been amazing to see the success of companies going public and the support from investors. This investment will continue to drive innovation and bring capital to companies in the renewable energy sector.
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How’d you get started in solar? Although I was born and raised in California, I spent a lot of time overseas. I attended law school in China. Every morning before walking to class, I would check the air quality index to make sure the air I would be breathing that day wouldn’t be in the “red: unhealthy.” This made me experience firsthand that the environment we live in can become extremely toxic if we don’t do something about it — not tomorrow, but today. I decided to travel all across Asia and through the years I was able to visibly see how the air quality was getting worse over time. Here in the United States, we need to be a leader in renewable energy and hopefully help spur the movement globally.
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I grew up in war-torn Bosnia where I was raised in extremely challenging environments. As a young boy, I witnessed certain things that no one should ever see. After escaping the country, myself and my parents immigrated to America, where I went on as a young man to become a law enforcement officer, executive for a nutrition and supplements company and eventually I got started in solar in 2017. I was approached by an old high school friend who owned his own solar company. He needed a business-minded and operations-driven person to help drive the business. The rest is history. I love being on the front lines, as sustainability is the way of the future, and I get to help people become more energy-independent.
ARNEL CATIC
My start in solar was as a supporter. My then-boyfriend, Ethan, always wanted to own his own business and had a passion for construction. We live in a rural area and noticed a need for renewable energy and solar strongly intrigued us, so in 2017 Ethan quit his full-time job in construction and we started the first solar installation company in our county. We converted our spare bedroom into our “headquarters.” I worked with him on Stateline Solar, along with working another full-time and part-time job to keep us financially stable. That first year, I really supported Ethan’s dreams and made them my own, studying how solar works, best install practices, researching best equipment and materials. Fast-forward to 2019, Stateline Solar really exploded. We opened our first official office, Ethan and I got married, I was able to quit my job and officially work full-time alongside Ethan, we doubled our team — employing more than 10 local individuals, and Ethan and I welcomed our first child.
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I had worked in retail for over a decade and was no longer happy. I was more than ready for a career change. I quit my job, moved out of my apartment, traveled across the country alone for a few weeks and then came back to Maine. It really was quite simple how I got into the solar industry. My wanderlust had been satisfied and it was time to look for a job for the first time in 12 years. I started applying to places that looked appealing on Indeed. My criteria were quite short: It had to be a company I saw value in, and the work had to be something that I believed would better the world in the long-term. Working outside was a plus, and I wasn’t afraid to try something new.
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I was earning a degree in architecture when some of my classmates and I became inspired to strike out on our own designing highly efficient buildings and homes using thermal solar and passive solar systems. We designed and built everything from additions, houses and commercial buildings with various atriums, Trombe walls, thermal air collectors, eutectic salt thermal storage and thermal solar, hot water systems throughout Southeast Nebraska. Things were going well until Reagan got elected and eliminated all the incentives for renewable technology.
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How did your company stand out in the last year? We cannot wait for government to solve climate change — the business sector can and must help lead the world to a clean energy future. Therefore, I challenged everyone in our company to help walk the talk and lead by example. The vision and plan is that our employees’ homes and cars must be net-zero-carbon by 2025, in the same way that our corporate headquarters already are. If our employees cannot install solar for their homes for whatever reason, they can at least subscribe to green power from their local utility. The monthly cost is often the same as brown power and usually, at most, the cost of a Starbucks coffee. Imagine if millions of Americans made this simple switch today — savvy consumer demand could usher in a clean energy revolution overnight.
While 2020 was a challenging year for many reasons, we learned that our people-first approach works — when you take care of people, they take care of you. Our people came together in exceptional ways to navigate turbulent times. We rebooted our community giving program last year. Our co-ownership voted to allocate 10% of net profits to our community stakeholder. In 2020, Namasté Solar donated over $75,000 in community giving. With our Keep the Lights on Colorado campaign, we donated $10,000 to Energy Outreach Colorado, a Denver-based nonprofit that will use the contribution to provide community solar garden subscriptions to families throughout Colorado who are struggling to pay their utility bills. The subscriptions provide longterm stability in the form of monthly bill credits that reduce the burden of home energy costs and free up dollars for other basic needs for these families — all while utilizing the cost-saving and environmental benefits of clean solar energy.
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Thanks to our incredible nationwide team, I’m proud to say that Blattner hit an industry milestone that few, if any, other renewable energy contractors ever have. We officially crossed the 50,000-MW milestone. In just over two decades, we’ve installed more than 25,000 wind turbines and nearly 32 million solar modules, all while knowing how that work has impacted our world and made it better for generations to come, which is priceless. We really started diving into more solar + storage, too. Last year alone, in the middle of a worldwide upheaval, we worked hard to keep our teams safe and installed more than 6,400 MW of renewable energy. We finished over 40 renewable energy phases for 37 projects. That doesn’t happen without a dedicated team of leaders, innovators and partners.
MATT DANKERS B U S I N E S S D E V E LO PM E N T D I R E CTO R | B L AT T N E R ( N O. 2 )
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How did your company stand out in the last year? The Moss team has gone from approximately 200 MW of constructed projects per year to around 2 GW of constructed projects per year within a two-year window with much larger per-year goals ahead of us. That is a tremendous accomplishment for our organization, and I am extremely proud of the men and women who work hard every day to safely build the country’s clean energy future. We truly believe that one of our key differentiators is our company culture. Moss is a familyowned company and we are very proud that our working environment has always felt like a family. Being able to grow to date while continuing to maintain — and even enhance — that culture is something that I am extremely proud of.
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One item we have particularly focused on to set our company apart is quality. We only install the best materials and maximize the lifespan of a PV system. That being said, we noticed some of the industry-standard materials did not have the durability and longevity that we were hoping to achieve with our installations. For instance, when we need to install conduit on a tiled roof, it is common practice to use pieces of 2 x 4 wood and glue. We were not confident these materials would hold up for 25+ years if they were exposed on the roof for that amount of time. So we decided to invent and design an aluminum product that could be mounted on a tile roof without having to use tools. This would save us from buying wood, cutting it and using glue, so it saved time and cost for us in the long run. The finished product was a much better-looking and better-functioning solution that we felt very confident would work as long as the house was standing.
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BY THE NUMBERS
PRIMARY MARKET BREAKDOWN
PRIMARY SERVICE BREAKDOWN 203 (48%)
1 (<1%)
53 (12%)
123 (29%)
144 (34%)
39 (9%) 37 (9%)
228 (54%)
19 (4%) 5 (1%) EPC
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
UTILITY CONTRACTOR
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
DEVELOPER
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR SALES PARTNER
FINANCING
Nearly half of the Top Solar Contractors class of 2021 works primarily as rooftop solar contractors, followed by engineering, procurement and construction services.
Most companies on the 2021 Top Solar Contractors list work in the residential solar market, with 228 out of 426 considering it their primary market.
SERVICES OFFERED
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
MARKET INVOLVEMENT
Most of the contractors (92%) on this year’s list offer solar installation services. COMMERCIAL: INSTALLATION DEVELOPMENT/DESIGN
390 (92%)
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373 (88%)
357 (84%)
322 (76%)
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SALES
141 (33%)
ELECTRICAL WORK FINANCING
JULY 2021
374 (88%)
RESIDENTIAL:
302 (71%)
UTILITY:
163 (38%)
OFF-GRID
147 (35%)
While it might not be their primary market, almost all of this year’s Top Solar Contractors contribute to the commercial solar market.
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BY THE NUMBERS
ENERGY STORAGE INSTALLATION
UNION EMPLOYMENT PREFER NOT TO SAY
NO
80% SOME INSTALLS
MAJORITY OF INSTALLS
YES
6%
14%
Only 6% of survey respondents claimed to employ union labor in solar operations, with 80% saying they outright do not employ union laborers.
NONE
72% 18% 10%
From a survey sent to Top Solar Contractors, about 90% of respondents incorporate energy storage technologies into solar projects.
FEDERAL POLICY PRIORITIES
59%
10-year extension and direct pay option for solar ITC
16%
100% federal renewable energy standard
14%
Creation of 30% standalone storage ITC
10% Other*
*Included removal of tariffs and renewal of SREC capacity at similar percentages
More than half of survey respondents are hoping for a 10-year extension and direct pay option for the solar investment tax credit.
POST-INSTALLATION SERVICES OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE/ SERVICE
71%
MONITORING
17%
WORKMANSHIP WARRANTY
14%
CLEANING INSPECTIONS
14%
10%
Most survey respondents (71%) offer operations & maintenance and routine service after completing installation.
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BY THE NUMBERS
ORIGINATING O&M IN-HOUSE O&M
80%
O&M IS NOT INCLUDED IN INSTALLATION CONTRACTS
OUTSOURCED O&M
3%
17%
FORCED LABOR CONCERNS IN MODULE MANUFACTURING
Most survey respondents have in-house operations & maintenance services.
IMPORTANCE OF GREEN & CARBON-NEUTRAL SOLAR PRODUCT MANUFACTURING SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT
56%
VERY IMPORTANT
33%
NOT IMPORTANT
11%
Nearly 90% of survey respondents consider it at least somewhat important to work with green and carbon-neutral solar product suppliers.
ARE YOU SEEING SOLAR SUPPLY SHORTAGES? YES
52% NO
48% It’s split about halfway for survey respondents experiencing solar hardware supply shortages.
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WHICH PRODUCTS ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY? • • • • •
Storage/batteries Racking Inverters Modules BOS
YES
38% NO
27% I HAVE NOT HEARD ABOUT THIS
35%
More than one-third of survey respondents are concerned that forced-labor accusations at Chinese solar panel manufacturing sites could affect their companies domestically.
The most reported component in short supply was batteries, specifically Tesla Powerwalls. Several respondents said steel hardware was hard to come by as well.
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OPERATIONAL EFFECTS OF COVID-19 POSITIVE, our employees are happier today
NEUTRAL, we have seen no change from 2019 to 2021 in terms of employee morale
32%
53%
NEGATIVE, we were a more cohesive company before
15%
Survey respondents reported that after more than one year of COVID-19 restrictions, more than half have seen no change in employee morale, and 32% claim to be happier than prior to the pandemic.
BIGGEST CHALLENGE OF 2021 (BESIDES COVID)
Disreputable solar companies
Supply chain
38%
Recruiting Personnel
14%
32% Force majeure/ market uncertainty
11%
Anti-solar legislation
8%
The most reported challenges of 2021 (besides COVID-19) are supply chain shortages and hiring qualified personnel.
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Dealing with utilities/permitting
11%
TOP 5 HOME STATES FOR SOLAR CONTRACTORS CALIFORNIA
77 (18%)
FLORIDA
23 (5%) NEW YORK
22 (5%)
ARIZONA
Other*
11% *Other includes public perception of solar, marketing, federal/state incentives and solar design software
20 (5%)
COLORADO
20 (5%)
Surprising no one, California is home to the most Top Solar Contractors, with 18% located in the country’s solar capital.
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REGIONS NORTHEAST 89 (21%)
ALL FOUR MARKET SEGMENTS
WEST
127 (30%)
MIDWEST 77 (18%)
SOUTHWEST 45 (11%)
RESI, OFF-GRID, UTILITY, C&I
SOUTHEAST 85 (20%)
45 (11%) AMERICAN TERRITORIES 3 (<1%)
The western U.S. is home to about 30% of the membership of this year’s Top Solar Contractors list.
About 11% of the 2021 Top Solar Contractors work across all four market segments: utility, commercial, residential and off-grid.
TOP 5 COMPANIES WITH THE MOST EMPLOYEES
40,000
8,582
27,500
7,400
6,500
THE MOST KILOWATTS PER EMPLOYEE Cantsink employs 49 people, coming out to about 24,167 kW per employee.
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NABCEP CERTIFIED YES
284 (67%)
NO
142 (33%)
Two-thirds of this year’s Top Solar Contractors have at least one member certified through the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners.
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YOUNG SUN AND OLD SOL’
2021
NORTHERNMOST AND SOUTHERNMOST SOLAR CONTRACTORS
1848
The youngest member of this year’s Top Solar Contractors list is Blue Ridge Power, which was formed in May 2021 as a new EPC company picking up Pine Gate Renewables’ EPC operations. Then, 173 years ago, solar EPC firm Wood was founded, and today ranks 27th on the Top Solar Contractors list.
NORTHERNMOST
SOUTHERNMOST
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TOP SOLAR CONTRACTORS I N T H E U N I T E D STAT ES 2 0 2 1
UTILITY CONTRACTOR EPC
OVERALL RANK
38
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
HQ STATE
COMPANY NAME
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
DEVELOPER
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
SALES PARTNER
kW INSTALLED IN 2020
OVERALL RANK 18
Alternative Energy Development
NJ
482,000.00
19
Primoris Renewable Energy
CO
445,950.00
20
J&B Solar
FL
442,550.00
21
DEPCOM Power
AZ
436,100.00
22
Signal Energy
TN
342,500.00
COMPANY NAME
HQ STATE
PRIMARY MARKET
kW INSTALLED IN 2020
1
Swinerton Renewable Energy
CA
1,708,900.00
2
Blattner
MN
1,358,060.00
3
Moss
FL
1,286,990.00
4
Mortenson
MN
1,212,100.00
5
Sun Solar LLC
AZ
1,197,827.00
6
Cantsink
GA
1,184,329.00
7
McCarthy Building Cos.
MO
1,038,000.00
23
Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions
NC
331,730.00
8
Blue Ridge Power
NC
961,485.00
24
Silicon Ranch
TN
305,321.65
9
Black & Veatch
KS
948,670.00
25
DKD Electric
NM
276,654.50
10
RP Construction Services (RPCS)
CA
894,268.00
26
Borrego
CA
255,896.31
11
Directional Services
NC
653,166.61
27
Wood
TX
237,300.00
12
Rosendin Electric
CA
640,700.00
28
AUI Partners
TX
232,210.00
13
Baker Electric
CA
536,917.81
29
Watson Electrical Construction
NC
217,620.00
14
AES Clean Energy
UT
526,180.00
30
Pure Power Contractors
NC
190,041.00
15
Cupertino Electric
CA
497,606.00
31
CS Energy
NJ
188,400.00
16
RES (Renewable Energy Systems)
CO
492,000.00
32
E Light Electric Services
CO
184,400.00
17
Granite Construction
CA
490,629.00
33
BH Inc.
UT
172,320.05
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I N T H E U N I T E D STAT ES 2 0 2 1
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
UTILITY CONTRACTOR EPC
OVERALL RANK
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
HQ STATE
COMPANY NAME
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
DEVELOPER
kW INSTALLED IN 2020
OVERALL RANK
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
SALES PARTNER
HQ STATE
PRIMARY MARKET
kW INSTALLED IN 2020
34
NARENCO
NC
138,097.00
63
MBL-Energy
CA
46,728.53
35
Titan Solar Power
AZ
132,816.69
64
ION Solar
UT
46,653.18
36
Nexamp
MA
127,509.32
65
Sole Contracting
DE
45,715.27
37
AEMP
TX
126,600.00
66
Brandt Construction
IN
44,575.00
38
iSun Energy
VT
112,769.74
67
Got Electric
MD
43,374.87
39
SEI Professional Services (SEIPS)
CO
110,615.00
68
Bright Planet Solar
MA
42,079.98
40
M Bar C Construction
CA
101,637.84
69
DMH Services
PA
41,852.91
41
Oakwood Construction Services
TX
101,600.00
70
ForeFront Power
CA
41,760.81
42
Inovateus Solar
IN
101,428.00
71
Schuler-Haas Electric
NY
41,693.32
43
Sunpro Solar
LA
94,959.60
72
Fosler Construction Co.
IL
39,955.47
44
Momentum Solar
NJ
94,682.25
73
Collins Electrical
CA
39,728.13
45
Freedom Forever
CA
92,041.76
74
Casey Electric
IN
38,558.20
46
Trinity Solar
NJ
87,186.94
75
Cenergy Power
CA
37,550.77
47
Standard Solar
MD
85,183.65
76
Teichert Solar
CA
36,762.90
48
ACE Solar
MA
84,463.85
77
US Solar
MN
36,590.00
49
Alta Energy Services
MI
82,060.00
78
Pivot Energy
CO
36,487.94
50
LaBella Associates
NY
73,600.00
79
CapStone Solar
WA
35,565.33
51
J. Ranck Electric
MI
71,338.00
80
Impact Power Solutions
MN
34,617.97
52
Recon Corp.
MI
70,510.00
81
Trinity Power
CA
33,828.64
53
Carolina Solar Energy
NC
70,000.00
82
Baja Construction
CA
33,080.56
54
Sunshine Solar
GA
66,200.00
83
Greenskies
CT
28,771.76
55
New Energy Equity
MD
65,246.86
84
ReVision Energy
ME
27,507.83
56
Sunstall
CA
63,960.68
85
Navisun
MA
27,319.00
57
EnterSolar
NY
59,290.47
86
Arch Electric
WI
26,684.77
58
United Renewable Energy
GA
51,849.00
87
Solar Landscape
NJ
24,883.67
59
MKD Electric
IL
51,270.00
88
Newkirk Electric Associates
MI
24,559.00
60
LASE Solar
PA
50,140.21
89
Continental Energy Solutions
IL
24,464.50
61
POWERHOME Solar
NC
49,344.37
90
John Mills Electric
NY
23,257.85
62
SunVest Solar
WI
49,124.19
91
Bronxwood Construction Services
NC
23,000.00
40
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TOP SOLAR CONTRACTORS
I N T H E U N I T E D STAT ES 2 0 2 1
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
UTILITY CONTRACTOR EPC
OVERALL RANK
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
HQ STATE
COMPANY NAME
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
kW INSTALLED IN 2020
OVERALL RANK
DEVELOPER
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
SALES PARTNER
HQ STATE
PRIMARY MARKET
kW INSTALLED IN 2020
92
Vision Solar
NJ
22,497.12
122
Solar by CIR
NY
12,169.83
93
Elevation Solar
AZ
22,244.42
123
Baker Electric Home Energy
CA
12,032.43
94
Energy Service Partners
CA
22,170.99
124
Solar Renewable Energy
PA
12,019.03
95
OnSite Solar
NY
22,159.00
125
Radiance Solar
GA
11,708.00
96
Axis Energy
NC
21,647.02
126
Moxie Solar
IA
10,863.25
97
GRNE Solar
IL
21,022.09
127
Core Development Group
NJ
10,845.00
98
Helix Electric
CA
20,966.00
128
New Columbia Solar
DC
10,758.41
99
Dynamic Energy
PA
20,573.34
129
Next Generation Solar
NY
10,563.00
100
M. L. Schmitt
MA
20,288.67
130
Paradise Energy Solutions
PA
10,454.16
101
Freedom Solar Power
TX
19,814.52
131
SunCommon
VT
10,412.56
102
CTEC Solar
CT
19,355.49
132
Berkowatts Electric
NJ
10,382.82
103
Green Development
RI
19,300.00
133
Alder Energy Systems
SC
10,238.14
104
Sigora Solar
VA
18,417.14
134
Newport Power
CA
10,190.92
105
Solect Energy
MA
18,109.79
135
Sun Valley Solar Solutions
AZ
9,753.99
106
Elite Electric
CA
17,976.88
136
Sunline Energy
CA
9,720.27
107
Semper Solaris
CA
17,820.21
137
V3 Electric
CA
9,581.71
108
Faith Technologies
WI
17,081.00
138
LightWave Solar
TN
9,523.28
109
Sunrise Power Solutions
NY
15,987.52
139
Icon Power
AZ
9,448.64
110
Solar Energy World
MD
15,712.23
140
SolarMax Technology
CA
9,390.35
111
Melink Solar
OH
15,123.81
141
Scenic Hill Solar
AR
9,309.20
112
Pickett Solar
CA
15,000.35
142
GEM Energy
OH
9,113.00
113
Synaptic Solar
TX
14,444.39
143
Solar Topps
AZ
9,065.95
114
Advanced Green Technologies
FL
14,281.16
144
RevoluSun Smart Home
HI
8,771.48
115
New Era Electric
CA
14,181.21
145
Eitri Foundry
FL
8,737.00
116
Solar Optimum
CA
14,146.28
146
SUNation Solar Systems
NY
8,657.92
117
Veregy
AZ
13,993.82
147
Skyline Solar
NJ
8,417.65
118
GreenBrilliance
VA
13,856.21
148
Shine Solar
AR
8,259.89
119
SunPeak
WI
13,616.00
149
Renova Energy
CA
8,213.73
120
Namasté Solar
CO
12,364.13
150
Dynamic SLR
TX
8,206.87
121
O3 Energy
TX
12,260.01
151
Current Electric
WI
8,183.21
42
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EPC
OVERALL RANK
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
UTILITY CONTRACTOR
HQ STATE
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
DEVELOPER
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
SALES PARTNER
kW INSTALLED IN 2020
OVERALL RANK
FL
8,039.87
163
Harmon Electric
AZ
7,101.08
NM
8,021.66
164
Invaleon Solar
MA
7,039.40
COMPANY NAME
HQ STATE
PRIMARY MARKET
kW INSTALLED IN 2020
152
Atlantic Key Energy
153
NM Solar Group
154
Windfree Solar
IL
8,015.16
165
Advanced Solar Products
NJ
6,959.00
155
Solar Mounts
MI
7,904.50
166
Norwich Solar Technologies
VT
6,925.63
156
Stronghold Engineering
CA
7,631.98
167
Vanguard Energy Partners
NJ
6,921.36
157
Kopp Electric Company
NJ
7,367.69
168
EmPower Solar
NY
6,906.12
158
SOLON
AZ
7,363.53
169
M.B. Herzog Electric
CA
6,780.00
159
Solgen Power
WA
7,347.05
170
Universal Solar Direct
NV
6,703.59
160
CAM Solar
TX
7,281.88
171
StraightUp Solar
MO
6,641.97
161
Maximo Solar
PR
7,239.72
172
Green Power Energy
NJ
6,638.27
162
US Light Energy
NY
7,236.00
173
Eagle Point Solar
IA
6,620.42
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RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
UTILITY CONTRACTOR EPC
OVERALL RANK
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
HQ STATE
COMPANY NAME
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
kW INSTALLED IN 2020
OVERALL RANK
DEVELOPER
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
SALES PARTNER
HQ STATE
PRIMARY MARKET
kW INSTALLED IN 2020
174
Cape Fear Solar Systems
NC
6,610.42
204
Vibe Solar
CA
4,359.79
175
Lumina Solar
MD
6,571.69
205
Sun Badger Solar
WI
4,266.73
176
Solar Technologies
CA
6,526.84
206
Aegis Renewable Energy
VT
4,201.95
177
Harvest Solar
MI
6,446.58
207
Sun Solar
MO
4,170.84
178
NextGrid
CA
6,389.67
208
Convert Solar
VA
4,077.48
179
A&R Solar
WA
6,335.41
209
Solar Source
FL
3,912.94
180
GRID Alternatives
CA
6,209.67
210
EFS Energy
MO
3,904.51
181
Solar Is Freedom
OH
6,146.90
211
Sun Nerds
CA
3,894.86
182
Simpleray
IL
6,092.73
212
AFC Solar
TX
3,875.76
183
Shorebreak Energy Developers
CA
6,019.74
213
Endries Solar & Electric
WI
3,756.41
184
Kayo Energy
AZ
5,948.18
214
Treepublic
CA
3,735.80
185
Geoscape Solar
NJ
5,942.76
215
Altenergy
VA
3,682.12
186
Stellar Solar
CA
5,886.85
216
SunPower by esaSolar
FL
3,676.15
187
Long Island Power Solutions
NY
5,862.23
217
Sol Luna Solar
NM
3,665.72
188
Solaris Energy
CO
5,429.22
218
CMTA
KY
3,661.54
189
iDEAL Energies
MN
5,296.53
219
Creative Solar USA
GA
3,548.82
190
Harvest Power
NY
5,251.82
220
Solar Solution
DC
3,499.38
191
Renu Energy Solutions
NC
5,239.81
221
Sol-Up
NV
3,425.28
192
Sunny Energy
AZ
5,130.80
222
Scudder Solar Energy Systems
CA
3,424.84
193
Seal Solar
AR
5,027.91
223
Sun Light & Power
CA
3,410.28
194
NC Solar Now
NC
5,021.89
224
BriteStreet
CO
3,388.92
195
GenPro Energy Solutions
SD
5,009.84
225
ISO Solar
PR
3,384.64
196
PPC Solar
NM
4,917.07
226
Creative Energies
UT
3,195.94
197
Victory Solar
TX
4,866.25
227
GenRenew
NJ
3,138.16
198
TMI Energy Solutions
OH
4,817.22
228
Hytech Solar
NY
3,087.47
199
RockBridge Energy
GA
4,675.36
229
Goldin Solar
FL
3,054.09
200
American Sentry Solar
MD
4,668.86
230
HES Solar
CA
2,974.99
201
SunPower by Precis
CA
4,611.59
231
8MSolar
NC
2,956.06
202
Positive Energy Solar
NM
4,561.52
232
SunRenu Solar
AZ
2,913.50
203
Boston Solar
MA
4,543.66
233
Solarponics
CA
2,901.19
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RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
UTILITY CONTRACTOR EPC
OVERALL RANK
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
HQ STATE
COMPANY NAME
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
kW INSTALLED IN 2020
OVERALL RANK
DEVELOPER
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
SALES PARTNER
HQ STATE
PRIMARY MARKET
kW INSTALLED IN 2020
234
Denk and Roche Builders
IL
2,900.00
263
Sprig Electric
CA
2,074.94
235
PurePoint Energy
CT
2,856.93
264
Streamline Solar
AZ
2,053.37
236
SolareAmerica
PA
2,854.42
265
RevoluSun Massachusetts
MA
2,039.07
237
Ideal Energy
IA
2,852.77
266
Tron Solar
IL
2,031.25
238
Simply Solar
CA
2,833.71
267
Clean Energy USA
DE
2,024.96
239
Simple Solar
MO
2,817.68
268
My Generation Energy
MA
1,980.93
240
Robco Electric
NV
2,734.70
269
PowerLutions Solar
NJ
1,959.51
241
EcoMark Solar
CO
2,729.39
270
Clean Solar
CA
1,939.29
242
Cosmic Solar
CA
2,677.33
271
RisingSun Solar
MO
1,930.96
243
SouthWest Sun Solar
CA
2,671.24
272
Solar States
PA
1,901.91
244
Bob Heinmiller Solar Solutions
FL
2,656.77
273
Solar Impact
FL
1,873.51
245
Yellowlite
OH
2,627.64
274
Solar Smart Living
NM
1,853.48
246
1 Source Solar
IA
2,622.44
275
Allterra Solar
CA
1,841.87
247
Forme Solar Electric
CA
2,588.09
276
CMI Solar & Electric
DE
1,822.57
248
Zenernet
AZ
2,515.61
277
Atlasta Solar Center
CO
1,812.03
249
Elemental Energy
OR
2,482.80
278
New Day Solar
CA
1,747.64
250
AllSeason Solar
NJ
2,478.94
279
Solar Power of Oklahoma
OK
1,726.49
251
Fresh Coast Solar
IL
2,421.52
280
Green Mountain Solar
VT
1,715.29
252
Renewvia Energy
GA
2,362.77
281
PV Squared
MA
1,704.74
253
All American Solar
FL
2,299.37
282
North State Solar Energy
CA
1,696.03
254
OE Solar
NM
2,279.87
283
Mountain View Solar
WV
1,687.88
255
Independent Power Systems
CO
2,251.07
284
Canopy Energy
CA
1,676.86
256
Stockman’s Energy
CA
2,192.24
285
Sunlight Solar
FL
1,657.52
257
Ipsun Solar
VA
2,168.39
286
Northwest Electric & Solar
WA
1,651.30
258
Puget Sound Solar
WA
2,165.24
287
Fuzion Energy
CA
1,644.14
259
JMB Renewables
CA
2,129.06
288
Magic Sun Solar
CA
1,629.71
260
American Solar Power
CA
2,096.54
289
Solterra Solar
WA
1,615.76
261
Palomar Solar and Roofing
CA
2,084.08
290
15 lightyears
FL
1,573.52
262
Tick Tock Energy
IL
2,075.35
291
Morton Solar
IN
1,565.84
46
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UTILITY CONTRACTOR EPC
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
DEVELOPER
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
SALES PARTNER
kW INSTALLED IN 2020
OVERALL RANK
ME
1,552.60
303
IQ Power
FL
1,418.43
EIS Solar
PA
1,541.87
304
Power Production Management
FL
1,411.97
294
Granite State Solar
NH
1,539.11
305
Kosmos Solar
TX
1,398.36
295
Arizona Energy Pros
AZ
1,536.82
306
National Solar Service
IL
1,388.09
296
Cromwell Solar
KS
1,534.73
307
Westcoast Solar Energy
CA
1,356.16
297
Empire Renewable Energy
AZ
1,522.04
308
Eagle Solar and Light
AL
1,341.63
298
EGT Solar
ID
1,515.79
309
Clayco Electric
CA
1,328.99
299
Solar Generation
NY
1,506.82
310
Resonant Energy
MA
1,311.55
300
Bombard Electric
NV
1,488.49
311
Peak View Solar
CO
1,297.04
301
Sunergy Systems
WA
1,466.76
312
Highlight Solar
CA
1,275.76
302
Michigan Solar Solutions
MI
1,431.87
313
Artisan Electric
WA
1,225.82
OVERALL RANK
COMPANY NAME
HQ STATE
292
Maine Solar Solutions
293
PRIMARY MARKET
COMPANY NAME
HQ STATE
PRIMARY MARKET
kW INSTALLED IN 2020
TOP SOLAR CONTRACTORS
I N T H E U N I T E D STAT ES 2 0 2 1
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
UTILITY CONTRACTOR EPC
OVERALL RANK
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
HQ STATE
COMPANY NAME
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
kW INSTALLED IN 2020
OVERALL RANK
DEVELOPER
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
SALES PARTNER
HQ STATE
PRIMARY MARKET
kW INSTALLED IN 2020
314
Sunsense Solar
CO
1,211.93
343
Coastal Solar Power
GA
909.05
315
Sugar Hollow Solar
NC
1,192.92
344
Exact Solar
PA
909.04
316
CitiGreen
CA
1,178.76
345
Moore Energy
PA
906.79
317
Third Sun Solar
OH
1,178.28
346
Ailey Solar Electric
IL
895.98
318
Solar-Fit
FL
1,173.32
347
Same Sun of Vermont
VT
887.45
319
Cutler Bay Solar Solutions
FL
1,167.81
348
Cool Blew Solar & Electric
AZ
871.10
320
Resolute Performance Contracting
AZ
1,150.72
349
Alternative Energy Southeast
GA
857.70
321
Nova Solar
VA
1,145.94
350
Stateline Solar
IL
852.14
322
Zapotec Energy
MA
1,102.90
351
Mass Renewables
MA
791.27
323
Enerlogics Solar
OH
1,100.00
352
Main Street Solar
VA
760.25
324
Shaw Solar
CO
1,067.92
353
A1A Solar Contracting
FL
759.11
325
VerdeSol
SC
1,054.78
354
SunWork Renewable Energy Projects
CA
758.74
326
Sunshine Renewable Solutions
TX
1,053.10
355
Solar Source Inc.
CA
752.99
327
Solar Watt Solutions
NV
1,052.70
356
California Solar Electric Co.
CA
751.98
328
OnSite Energy
MT
1,051.61
357
Emerald Energy
NC
739.39
329
Solar Dad and Sons
NY
1,037.02
358
Buffalo Solar
NY
737.53
330
Energy Consultants Group
IA
1,027.87
359
Advanced Energy Systems
OR
715.94
331
Island Pacific Energy
HI
1,022.33
360
Silverline Home Remodeling
CA
709.76
332
CB Solar
IA
1,008.45
361
Arctic Solar Ventures
AK
691.10
333
Southern Light Solar
MA
1,000.75
362
SolarTyme
VA
679.62
334
MC Power Cos.
MO
990.94
363
E2 Solar
OR
665.97
335
Solar Electric Freedom
AZ
973.51
364
Whole Sun Designs
IN
660.77
336
Solar SME
TX
960.33
365
Sunbridge Solar
WA
653.80
337
California Home Solar
CA
958.34
366
Carlson Electric
WI
649.39
338
South Sound Solar
WA
955.81
367
Southern Solar Systems
AL
637.08
339
King Solar
KS
930.72
368
Wright-Way Solar Technologies
TX
635.18
340
Solar Direct
FL
924.40
369
Good Energy Solutions
KS
623.41
341
Pingo Solar
CA
913.54
370
Brilliant Harvest
FL
618.73
342
Green Water and Power
CA
913.00
371
Brightstar Solar
MA
612.85
48
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UTILITY CONTRACTOR EPC
OVERALL RANK
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
HQ STATE
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
kW INSTALLED IN 2020
OVERALL RANK
DEVELOPER
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
SALES PARTNER
HQ STATE
PRIMARY MARKET
kW INSTALLED IN 2020
372
Newport Renewables
RI
552.83
401
Solar Connexion
VA
368.66
373
Ace LLC Solar
TN
549.82
402
TerraSol Energies
PA
366.83
374
Sandbox Solar
CO
547.87
403
Solar Planet
KS
345.73
404
Alternative Power Solutions of NY
NY
336.72
405
Empowered Energy Systems
CO
323.29
406
Nickels Energy Solutions
NY
304.88
407
SunRoof Solar
NY
293.79
408
Harrimans
FL
288.64
409
Juapi Project Services
PR
274.02
375
Sumpter Solar Services
MI
546.87
376
Core Energy
FL
541.79
377
Save a Lot Solar
CA
541.69
378
Advanced Solar
IN
536.50
379
Belmont Solar
PA
513.19
380
Pennsylvania Solar Energy Co.
PA
508.49
381
Texas Green Energy
TX
503.09
Southard Solar and Construction
410
Living Solar
CO
258.70
382
CO
494.22
411
Solar Store of Greenfield
MA
241.96
383
AviSun Renewable Energy
OH
482.01
412
Alternative Power Solutions
CA
238.03
384
Solar Tech Elec
FL
477.18
413
Green Sun Energy Services
NJ
214.86
385
RC Construction Solar
SC
470.00
414
Solar Heat and Electric
NE
160.00
386
Aurora Energy
MD
465.80
415
JSunPV
KS
155.67
387
Solar Sam
MO
458.81
416
ReVamp Energy
CA
155.60
388
Missouri Solar Applications
MO
450.68
417
Energy Concepts
WI
152.04
389
Solar Pro Roofing
NY
448.65
418
YouVee Solar
CA
137.35
390
Greenlife Technologies
TX
445.47
419
AllCities Solar and Electric
WA
127.58
391
API Solar
IL
443.38
420
SWT Energy
NE
125.55
392
CE Team
NJ
432.91
421
SunPower Builders
PA
125.35
393
Winona Renewable Energy
MN
425.34
422
Arsenal Solar
PA
117.00
394
Imagine Energy
OR
422.98
423
Sunergy Renewable Systems
IA
90.54
395
RETTEW Field Services
PA
420.00
424
Built Well Solar
NY
69.55
396
American Electric
HI
411.62
425
DayStar Solar Systems
PA
66.40
397
Carolina Energy Conservation
SC
402.86
426
Renewable Energy Outfitters
CO
49.30
398
Earth Electric
CA
394.91
399
Peak Solar Designs
CO
394.37
400
REAL Solar
MN
377.05
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Installer: Swinerton Renewable Energy (No. 1 Utility Contractor) I M PACT S O L A R L A M A R C O U N T Y, T E XA S 2 59, 49 9 k W
TOP UTILITY CONTRACTORS EPC
UTILITY RANK
52
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
DEVELOPER
OVERALL RANK
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2020
UTILITY RANK
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
SALES PARTNER
OVERALL RANK
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2020
1
Swinerton Renewable Energy
1
1,708,900.00
21
DEPCOM Power
21
436,100.00
2
Blattner
2
1,358,060.00
22
Signal Energy
22
342,500.00
3
Moss
3
1,286,990.00
23
Silicon Ranch
24
305,321.65
4
Mortenson
4
1,212,100.00
24
DKD Electric
25
276,654.50
5
Sun Solar LLC
5
1,197,827.00
25
Borrego
26
255,896.31
6
Cantsink
6
1,184,329.00
26
Wood
27
237,300.00
7
McCarthy Building Cos.
7
1,038,000.00
27
Watson Electrical Construction
29
217,620.00
8
Blue Ridge Power
8
961,485.00
28
Pure Power Contractors
30
190,041.00
9
Black & Veatch
9
948,670.00
29
CS Energy
31
188,400.00
10
RP Construction Services (RPCS)
10
894,268.00
30
E Light Electric Services
32
184,400.00
11
Directional Services
11
653,166.61
31
BH Inc.
33
172,320.05
12
Rosendin Electric
12
640,700.00
32
NARENCO
34
138,097.00
13
Baker Electric
13
536,917.81
33
AEMP
37
126,600.00
14
AES Clean Energy
14
526,180.00
34
SEI Professional Services (SEIPS)
39
110,615.00
15
Cupertino Electric
15
497,606.00
35
Oakwood Construction Services
41
101,600.00
16
RES (Renewable Energy Systems)
16
492,000.00
36
Inovateus Solar
42
101,428.00
17
Granite Construction
17
490,629.00
37
Alta Energy Services
49
82,060.00
18
Alternative Energy Development
18
482,000.00
38
LaBella Associates
50
73,600.00
19
Primoris Renewable Energy
19
445,950.00
39
J. Ranck Electric
51
71,338.00
20
J&B Solar
20
442,550.00
40
Recon Corp.
52
70,510.00
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EPC
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR DEVELOPER
UTILITY RANK
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
SALES PARTNER
OVERALL RANK
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2020
41
Carolina Solar Energy
53
70,000.00
42
Sunstall
56
63,960.68
43
United Renewable Energy
58
51,849.00
44
Brandt Construction
66
44,575.00
45
Casey Electric
74
38,558.20
46
Newkirk Electric Associates
88
24,559.00
47
Bronxwood Construction Services
91
23,000.00
48
Axis Energy
96
21,647.02
49
Green Development
103
19,300.00
50
Faith Technologies
108
17,081.00
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Installer: Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions (No. 1 Commercial Contractor) W. M . K E C K O B S E R VATO RY M AU N A K E A , H AWA I I 137 kW
TOP COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS EPC
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
DEVELOPER
COMMERCIAL RANK
COMPANY NAME
OVERALL RANK
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2020
COMMERCIAL RANK
1
Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions
23
331,730.00
21
2
AUI Partners
28
232,210.00
3
Nexamp
36
4
iSun Energy
5
54
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
SALES PARTNER
OVERALL RANK
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2020
Cenergy Power
75
37,550.77
22
Teichert Solar
76
36,762.90
127,509.32
23
US Solar
77
36,590.00
38
112,769.74
24
Pivot Energy
78
36,487.94
M Bar C Construction
40
101,637.84
25
Impact Power Solutions
80
34,617.97
6
Standard Solar
47
85,183.65
26
Trinity Power
81
33,828.64
7
Sunshine Solar
54
66,200.00
27
Baja Construction
82
33,080.56
8
New Energy Equity
55
65,246.86
28
Greenskies
83
28,771.76
9
EnterSolar
57
59,290.47
29
Navisun
85
27,319.00
10
MKD Electric
59
51,270.00
30
Solar Landscape
87
24,883.67
11
LASE Solar
60
50,140.21
31
Continental Energy Solutions
89
24,464.50
12
SunVest Solar
62
49,124.19
32
John Mills Electric
90
23,257.85
13
MBL-Energy
63
46,728.53
33
OnSite Solar
95
22,159.00
14
Sole Contracting
65
45,715.27
34
GRNE Solar
97
21,022.09
15
Got Electric
67
43,374.87
35
Helix Electric
98
20,966.00
16
DMH Services
69
41,852.91
36
Dynamic Energy
99
20,573.34
17
ForeFront Power
70
41,760.81
37
M. L. Schmitt
100
20,288.67
18
Schuler-Haas Electric
71
41,693.32
38
CTEC Solar
102
19,355.49
19
Fosler Construction Co.
72
39,955.47
39
Solect Energy
105
18,109.79
20
Collins Electrical
73
39,728.13
40
Elite Electric
106
17,976.88
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COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS
EPC
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
COMMERCIAL RANK
COMPANY NAME
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
DEVELOPER
OVERALL RANK
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2020
COMMERCIAL RANK
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
SALES PARTNER
COMPANY NAME
OVERALL RANK
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2020
41
Sunrise Power Solutions
109
15,987.52
59
Alder Energy Systems
133
10,238.14
42
Melink Solar
111
15,123.81
60
Newport Power
134
10,190.92
43
Pickett Solar
112
15,000.35
61
LightWave Solar
138
9,523.28
44
Advanced Green Technologies
114
14,281.16
62
Scenic Hill Solar
141
9,309.20
45
New Era Electric
115
14,181.21
63
GEM Energy
142
9,113.00
46
Solar Optimum
116
14,146.28
64
Solar Mounts
155
7,904.50
47
Veregy
117
13,993.82
65
Stronghold Engineering
156
7,631.98
48
SunPeak
119
13,616.00
66
Kopp Electric Company
157
7,367.69
49
Namasté Solar
120
12,364.13
67
SOLON
158
7,363.53
50
O3 Energy
121
12,260.01
68
US Light Energy
162
7,236.00
51
Solar by CIR
122
12,169.83
69
Invaleon Solar
164
7,039.40
52
Solar Renewable Energy
124
12,019.03
70
Advanced Solar Products
165
6,959.00
53
Radiance Solar
125
11,708.00
71
Norwich Solar Technologies
166
6,925.63
54
Core Development Group
127
10,845.00
72
EmPower Solar
168
6,906.12
55
New Columbia Solar
128
10,758.41
73
M.B. Herzog Electric
169
6,780.00
56
Next Generation Solar
129
10,563.00
74
Solar Technologies
176
6,526.84
57
Paradise Energy Solutions
130
10,454.16
75
Harvest Solar
177
6,446.58
58
Berkowatts Electric
132
10,382.82
76
NextGrid
178
6,389.67
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COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS
EPC
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR DEVELOPER
COMMERCIAL RANK
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR SALES PARTNER
OVERALL RANK
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2020
77
Simpleray
182
6,092.73
78
Shorebreak Energy Developers
183
6,019.74
79
Geoscape Solar
185
5,942.76
80
Solaris Energy
188
5,429.22
81
iDEAL Energies
189
5,296.53
82
Seal Solar
193
5,027.91
83
GenPro Energy Solutions
195
5,009.84
84
PPC Solar
196
4,917.07
85
RockBridge Energy
199
4,675.36
86
Aegis Renewable Energy
206
4,201.95
87
AFC Solar
212
3,875.76
88
Treepublic
214
3,735.80
89
Altenergy
215
3,682.12
90
SunPower by esaSolar
216
3,676.15
91
Sol Luna Solar
217
3,665.72
92
CMTA
218
3,661.54
93
Scudder Solar Energy Systems
222
3,424.84
94
Sun Light & Power
223
3,410.28
95
Creative Energies
226
3,195.94
96
HES Solar
230
2,974.99
97
SunRenu Solar
232
2,913.50
98
Denk and Roche Builders
234
2,900.00
99
PurePoint Energy
235
2,856.93
100
SolareAmerica
236
2,854.42
101
Ideal Energy
237
2,852.77
102
1 Source Solar
246
2,622.44
103
Renewvia Energy
252
2,362.77
104
OE Solar
254
2,279.87
105
Stockman’s Energy
256
2,192.24
106
American Solar Power
260
2,096.54
107
Sprig Electric
263
2,074.94
108
Solar Impact
273
1,873.51
109
CMI Solar & Electric
276
1,822.57
110
North State Solar Energy
282
1,696.03
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Installer: Titan Solar Power (No. 1 Residential Contractor) R E S I D E N T I A L P R OJ E CT O R L A N D O, F LO R I DA 23.129 kW
TOP RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTORS EPC
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
RESIDENTIAL RANK
58
COMPANY NAME
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
DEVELOPER
OVERALL RANK
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2020
RESIDENTIAL RANK
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
SALES PARTNER
OVERALL RANK
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2020
1
Titan Solar Power
35
132,816.69
21
GreenBrilliance
118
13,856.21
2
Sunpro Solar
43
94,959.60
22
Baker Electric Home Energy
123
12,032.43
3
Momentum Solar
44
94,682.25
23
Moxie Solar
126
10,863.25
4
Freedom Forever
45
92,041.76
24
SunCommon
131
10,412.56
5
Trinity Solar
46
87,186.94
25
Sun Valley Solar Solutions
135
9,753.99
6
ACE Solar
48
84,463.85
26
Sunline Energy
136
9,720.27
7
POWERHOME Solar
61
49,344.37
27
V3 Electric
137
9,581.71
8
ION Solar
64
46,653.18
28
Icon Power
139
9,448.64
9
Bright Planet Solar
68
42,079.98
29
SolarMax Technology
140
9,390.35
10
CapStone Solar
79
35,565.33
30
Solar Topps
143
9,065.95
11
ReVision Energy
84
27,507.83
31
RevoluSun Smart Home
144
8,771.48
12
Arch Electric
86
26,684.77
32
SUNation Solar Systems
146
8,657.92
13
Vision Solar
92
22,497.12
33
Skyline Solar
147
8,417.65
14
Elevation Solar
93
22,244.42
34
Shine Solar
148
8,259.89
15
Energy Service Partners
94
22,170.99
35
Renova Energy
149
8,213.73
16
Freedom Solar Power
101
19,814.52
36
Dynamic SLR
150
8,206.87
17
Sigora Solar
104
18,417.14
37
Current Electric
151
8,183.21
18
Semper Solaris
107
17,820.21
38
Atlantic Key Energy
152
8,039.87
19
Solar Energy World
110
15,712.23
39
NM Solar Group
153
8,021.66
20
Synaptic Solar
113
14,444.39
40
Windfree Solar
154
8,015.16
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EPC
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
RESIDENTIAL RANK
60
COMPANY NAME
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
DEVELOPER
OVERALL RANK
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2020
RESIDENTIAL RANK
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
SALES PARTNER
COMPANY NAME
OVERALL RANK
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2020
41
Solgen Power
159
7,347.05
75
Solar Solution
220
3,499.38
42
CAM Solar
160
7,281.88
76
Sol-Up
221
3,425.28
43
Maximo Solar
161
7,239.72
77
BriteStreet
224
3,388.92
44
Harmon Electric
163
7,101.08
78
ISO Solar
225
3,384.64
45
Universal Solar Direct
170
6,703.59
79
GenRenew
227
3,138.16
46
StraightUp Solar
171
6,641.97
80
Hytech Solar
228
3,087.47
47
Green Power Energy
172
6,638.27
81
Goldin Solar
229
3,054.09
48
Eagle Point Solar
173
6,620.42
82
8MSolar
231
2,956.06
49
Cape Fear Solar Systems
174
6,610.42
83
Solarponics
233
2,901.19
50
Lumina Solar
175
6,571.69
84
Simply Solar
238
2,833.71
51
A&R Solar
179
6,335.41
85
Simple Solar
239
2,817.68
52
GRID Alternatives
180
6,209.67
86
Robco Electric
240
2,734.70
53
Solar Is Freedom
181
6,146.90
87
EcoMark Solar
241
2,729.39
54
Kayo Energy
184
5,948.18
88
Cosmic Solar
242
2,677.33
55
Stellar Solar
186
5,886.85
89
SouthWest Sun Solar
243
2,671.24
56
Long Island Power Solutions
187
5,862.23
90
Bob Heinmiller Solar Solutions
244
2,656.77
57
Harvest Power
190
5,251.82
91
Yellowlite
245
2,627.64
58
Renu Energy Solutions
191
5,239.81
92
Forme Solar Electric
247
2,588.09
59
Sunny Energy
192
5,130.80
93
Zenernet
248
2,515.61
60
NC Solar Now
194
5,021.89
94
Elemental Energy
249
2,482.80
61
Victory Solar
197
4,866.25
95
AllSeason Solar
250
2,478.94
62
American Sentry Solar
200
4,668.86
96
Fresh Coast Solar
251
2,421.52
63
SunPower by Precis
201
4,611.59
97
All American Solar
253
2,299.37
64
Positive Energy Solar
202
4,561.52
98
Independent Power Systems
255
2,251.07
65
Boston Solar
203
4,543.66
99
Ipsun Solar
257
2,168.39
66
Vibe Solar
204
4,359.79
100
Puget Sound Solar
258
2,165.24
67
Sun Badger Solar
205
4,266.73
101
JMB Renewables
259
2,129.06
68
Sun Solar
207
4,170.84
102
Palomar Solar and Roofing
261
2,084.08
69
Convert Solar
208
4,077.48
103
Tick Tock Energy
262
2,075.35
70
Solar Source
209
3,912.94
104
Streamline Solar
264
2,053.37
71
EFS Energy
210
3,904.51
105
RevoluSun Massachusetts
265
2,039.07
72
Sun Nerds
211
3,894.86
106
Tron Solar
266
2,031.25
73
Endries Solar & Electric
213
3,756.41
107
Clean Energy USA
267
2,024.96
74
Creative Solar USA
219
3,548.82
108
My Generation Energy
268
1,980.93
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RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTORS
EPC
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
RESIDENTIAL RANK
COMPANY NAME
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
DEVELOPER
OVERALL RANK
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2020
RESIDENTIAL RANK
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
SALES PARTNER
OVERALL RANK
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2020
109
PowerLutions Solar
269
1,959.51
122
Sunlight Solar
285
1,657.52
110
Clean Solar
270
1,939.29
123
Northwest Electric & Solar
286
1,651.30
111
RisingSun Solar
271
1,930.96
124
Fuzion Energy
287
1,644.14
112
Solar States
272
1,901.91
125
Magic Sun Solar
288
1,629.71
113
Solar Smart Living
274
1,853.48
126
Solterra Solar
289
1,615.76
114
Allterra Solar
275
1,841.87
127
15 lightyears
290
1,573.52
115
Atlasta Solar Center
277
1,812.03
128
Morton Solar
291
1,565.84
116
New Day Solar
278
1,747.64
129
Maine Solar Solutions
292
1,552.60
117
Solar Power of Oklahoma
279
1,726.49
130
EIS Solar
293
1,541.87
118
Green Mountain Solar
280
1,715.29
131
Granite State Solar
294
1,539.11
119
PV Squared
281
1,704.74
132
Arizona Energy Pros
295
1,536.82
120
Mountain View Solar
283
1,687.88
133
EGT Solar
298
1,515.79
121
Canopy Energy
284
1,676.86
134
Solar Generation
299
1,506.82
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTORS
EPC
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
RESIDENTIAL RANK
62
COMPANY NAME
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
DEVELOPER
OVERALL RANK
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2020
RESIDENTIAL RANK
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
SALES PARTNER
OVERALL RANK
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2020
135
Sunergy Systems
301
1,466.76
168
Mass Renewables
351
791.27
136
Michigan Solar Solutions
302
1,431.87
169
Main Street Solar
352
760.25
137
IQ Power
303
1,418.43
170
A1A Solar Contracting
353
759.11
138
Power Production Management
304
1,411.97
Kosmos Solar
1,398.36
SunWork Renewable Energy Projects
354
758.74
139
305
171
140
National Solar Service
306
1,388.09
172
Solar Source Inc.
355
752.99
141
Clayco Electric
309
1,328.99
173
California Solar Electric Co.
356
751.98
142
Peak View Solar
311
1,297.04
174
Emerald Energy
357
739.39
143
Highlight Solar
312
1,275.76
175
Buffalo Solar
358
737.53
144
Artisan Electric
313
1,225.82
176
Silverline Home Remodeling
360
709.76
145
Sugar Hollow Solar
315
1,192.92
177
Arctic Solar Ventures
361
691.10
146
Third Sun Solar
317
1,178.28
178
SolarTyme
362
679.62
147
Solar-Fit
318
1,173.32
179
E2 Solar
363
665.97
148
Cutler Bay Solar Solutions
319
1,167.81
180
Whole Sun Designs
364
660.77
149
Nova Solar
321
1,145.94
181
Sunbridge Solar
365
653.80
150
Shaw Solar
324
1,067.92
182
Carlson Electric
366
649.39
151
Sunshine Renewable Solutions
326
1,053.10
183
Wright-Way Solar Technologies
368
635.18
152
Solar Watt Solutions
327
1,052.70
184
Good Energy Solutions
369
623.41
153
OnSite Energy
328
1,051.61
185
Brightstar Solar
371
612.85
154
Solar Dad and Sons
329
1,037.02
186
Sandbox Solar
374
547.87
155
Energy Consultants Group
330
1,027.87
187
Sumpter Solar Services
375
546.87
156
Solar SME
336
960.33
188
Core Energy
376
541.79
157
California Home Solar
337
958.34
189
Save a Lot Solar
377
541.69
158
South Sound Solar
338
955.81
190
Advanced Solar
378
536.50
159
King Solar
339
930.72
191
Belmont Solar
379
513.19
160
Solar Direct
340
924.40
192
Pennsylvania Solar Energy Co.
380
508.49
161
Pingo Solar
341
913.54
193
Texas Green Energy
381
503.09
162
Coastal Solar Power
343
909.05
194
Southard Solar and Construction
382
494.22
163
Exact Solar
344
909.04
195
Solar Tech Elec
384
477.18
164
Ailey Solar Electric
346
895.98
196
RC Construction Solar
385
470.00
165
Same Sun of Vermont
347
887.45
197
Solar Sam
387
458.81
166
Cool Blew Solar & Electric
348
871.10
198
Solar Pro Roofing
389
448.65
Greenlife Technologies
852.14
390
445.47
Stateline Solar
350
199
167
200
API Solar
391
443.38
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SOLAR SPOTLIGHT:
New techniques for solar mounting and flashing can save time on rooftops IN THIS SPECIAL EDITION of Contractor’s Corner, solar mounting and racking manufacturer SnapNrack talks about its new, Miami-Dade-approved mounting solution that does away with cumbersome metal flashing. Below is a portion of the company’s Solar Spotlight podcast with Solar Power World, but be sure to listen to the full episode here or on your favorite podcast app to learn more about SnapNrack’s work to speed up and eliminate steps in the installation process. Tell us about your SpeedSeal Technology and how it's different from other products on the market. SpeedSeal is not one specific product, we like to say it's a technology. Within that technology, we've applied it to different roof attachments for composition shingles. Legacy systems out there generally use a metal flashing seal, and I like to say a metal flashing on a comp shingle roof is more of a passive seal. You can have issues in there with high winds or low slopes and combinations thereof, where water can work its way back. To install that flashing, you see guys up there with pry bars; you have to put the flashings in between the layers of the composition shingle. To do that right, you have to pop up little nails and that exposes the nail holes. If you work through the actual installation instructions, you know you're supposed to seal the nail holes, but installers don't always do that. The SpeedSeal Technology is not a passive system, I like to say it's an active system. Instead of relying on that passive sheet metal
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flashing, we're relying on what we call lag-driven sealant geometry within our mounts. So we call it an integrated flashing, taking that flashing functionality and integrating it into our mounts themselves. We've basically created this active seal all around the mounting hardware that you apply, and there's no disruption to the roof whatsoever. We're not shoving pry bars in there; we're not messing with those shingles. How do these attachments help installers do their jobs better? It's really speed and efficiency. If you watch install crews, there's usually one guy or gal that's running around and shoving all these flashings in and then somebody else is coming back behind them and putting down the L Foot mounts. So what we've done is eliminated this damage that they'd have to go back and fix. We've also eliminated this whole process in the installation of going and stuffing in flashing. SpeedSeal is basically a surgical approach to doing your install. Basically no wasted operations or actions. It's just a much cleaner install, it's a much nicer install, at the end of the day, it saves a lot of time on the roof and in the field. How did you test and validate this solution? We started off with doing all of our wind-driven rain tests, and then we went into submersion testing. The other piece of it this that's really I would hope to be unique to us is all of the structural testing. We do structural testing for our product, which is necessary to come up with our spans and things like that in our structural engineering.
We've done all of our homework and done a lot of our own internal validations to make sure this thing performs and works well under a wide variety of loads. Can you tell me more about your MiamiDade approval? When you get into actually installing in MiamiDade and that jurisdiction specifically, they usually will require you to have a Miami-Dadeapproved product. There's a really small list of products that are Florida-approved, and there's an even smaller list of products that have actually been evaluated by the Miami-Dade AHJ, and we are on that list. Having this approval means that installers who use the SpeedSeal can streamline their permitting process so they no longer have to go in and have a site-specific set of engineering plans. They can rely on our standard offthe-shelf engineering and that Miami-Dade approval. It speeds up and enables installations in that specific market, but it also lends huge credibility to the technology that we've been installing for years. SPW
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What’s your favorite part about being in the solar industry? My favorite part is the hands-on experience I gain working with electricity. The people I get to interact with on a daily basis in my hometown and getting to meet people from all different walks of life. The complex problems I get to solve working in the inner-city installing solar. Not to mention the reward of working in an industry that helps reduce our carbon footprint. THOMAS GLENN
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Installer: Blattner (No. 2 Solar EPC) M AV E R I C K 6 & 7 R I V E R S I D E C O U N T Y, CA L I F O R N I A 3 1 0, 5 0 0 k W
TOP SOLAR EPCs UTILITY CONTRACTOR
EPC RANK
66
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
OVERALL RANK
PRIMARY MARKET
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2020
1
Swinerton Renewable Energy
1
1,708,900.00
2
Blattner
2
1,358,060.00
3
Moss
3
1,286,990.00
4
Mortenson
4
1,212,100.00
5
McCarthy Building Cos.
7
1,038,000.00
6
Blue Ridge Power
8
961,485.00
7
Black & Veatch
9
948,670.00
8
Rosendin Electric
12
640,700.00
9
Baker Electric
13
536,917.81
10
Cupertino Electric
15
497,606.00
11
RES (Renewable Energy Systems)
16
492,000.00
12
Primoris Renewable Energy
19
445,950.00
13
DEPCOM Power
21
436,100.00
14
Signal Energy
22
342,500.00
15
Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions
23
331,730.00
16
Borrego
26
255,896.31
17
Wood
27
237,300.00
18
AUI Partners
28
232,210.00
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TOP SOLAR EPCs
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
UTILITY CONTRACTOR
EPC RANK
68
COMPANY NAME
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
OVERALL RANK
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2020
19
Pure Power Contractors
30
190,041.00
20
CS Energy
31
188,400.00
21
NARENCO
34
138,097.00
22
iSun Energy
38
112,769.74
23
SEI Professional Services (SEIPS)
39
110,615.00
24
Oakwood Construction Services
41
101,600.00
25
J. Ranck Electric
51
71,338.00
26
Recon Corp.
52
70,510.00
27
United Renewable Energy
58
51,849.00
28
Brandt Construction
66
44,575.00
29
Bright Planet Solar
68
42,079.98
30
Fosler Construction Co.
72
39,955.47
31
Collins Electrical
73
39,728.13
32
Cenergy Power
75
37,550.77
33
Trinity Power
81
33,828.64
34
Newkirk Electric Associates
88
24,559.00
35
Continental Energy Solutions
89
24,464.50
36
Axis Energy
96
21,647.02
37
GRNE Solar
97
21,022.09
38
Helix Electric
98
20,966.00
39
Dynamic Energy
99
20,573.34
40
CTEC Solar
102
19,355.49
41
Faith Technologies
108
17,081.00
42
Sunrise Power Solutions
109
15,987.52
43
Melink Solar
111
15,123.81
44
Pickett Solar
112
15,000.35
45
Advanced Green Technologies
114
14,281.16
46
Veregy
117
13,993.82
47
SunPeak
119
13,616.00
48
Namasté Solar
120
12,364.13
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TOP SOLAR EPCs
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
UTILITY CONTRACTOR
EPC RANK
COMPANY NAME
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
OVERALL RANK
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2020
49
Radiance Solar
125
11,708.00
50
New Columbia Solar
128
10,758.41
51
Paradise Energy Solutions
130
10,454.16
52
Berkowatts Electric
132
10,382.82
53
Alder Energy Systems
133
10,238.14
54
Newport Power
134
10,190.92
55
LightWave Solar
138
9,523.28
56
Eitri Foundry
145
8,737.00
57
Stronghold Engineering
156
7,631.98
58
Kopp Electric Company
157
7,367.69
59
SOLON
158
7,363.53
60
Invaleon Solar
164
7,039.40
61
Advanced Solar Products
165
6,959.00
62
Norwich Solar Technologies
166
6,925.63
63
Vanguard Energy Partners
167
6,921.36
64
EmPower Solar
168
6,906.12
65
Eagle Point Solar
173
6,620.42
66
Solar Technologies
176
6,526.84
67
Harvest Solar
177
6,446.58
68
Simpleray
182
6,092.73
69
Geoscape Solar
185
5,942.76
70
Seal Solar
193
5,027.91
71
GenPro Energy Solutions
195
5,009.84
72
PPC Solar
196
4,917.07
73
American Sentry Solar
200
4,668.86
74
Aegis Renewable Energy
206
4,201.95
75
Sun Solar
207
4,170.84
76
Treepublic
214
3,735.80
77
Altenergy
215
3,682.12
78
SunPower by esaSolar
216
3,676.15
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TOP SOLAR EPCs
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
UTILITY CONTRACTOR
EPC RANK
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
OVERALL RANK
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2020
79
Sol Luna Solar
217
3,665.72
80
CMTA
218
3,661.54
81
Scudder Solar Energy Systems
222
3,424.84
82
Sun Light & Power
223
3,410.28
83
HES Solar
230
2,974.99
84
SunRenu Solar
232
2,913.50
85
PurePoint Energy
235
2,856.93
86
SolareAmerica
236
2,854.42
87
Ideal Energy
237
2,852.77
88
1 Source Solar
246
2,622.44
89
Renewvia Energy
252
2,362.77
90
OE Solar
254
2,279.87
91
Sprig Electric
263
2,074.94
92
Solar Impact
273
1,873.51
93
CMI Solar & Electric
276
1,822.57
94
North State Solar Energy
282
1,696.03
95
Morton Solar
291
1,565.84
96
Cromwell Solar
296
1,534.73
97
Empire Renewable Energy
297
1,522.04
98
Eagle Solar and Light
308
1,341.63
99
Sunsense Solar
314
1,211.93
100
CitiGreen
316
1,178.76
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Installer: Inovateus Solar (No. 4 Solar Developer) UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS C H A M PA I G N , I L L I N O I S 12,319 kW
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RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
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COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
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PRIMARY MARKET
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2020
1
AES Clean Energy
14
526,180.00
2
Silicon Ranch
24
305,321.65
3
Nexamp
36
127,509.32
4
Inovateus Solar
42
101,428.00
5
Standard Solar
47
85,183.65
6
Carolina Solar Energy
53
70,000.00
7
New Energy Equity
55
65,246.86
8
EnterSolar
57
59,290.47
9
SunVest Solar
62
49,124.19
10
ForeFront Power
70
41,760.81
11
US Solar
77
36,590.00
12
Pivot Energy
78
36,487.94
13
Impact Power Solutions
80
34,617.97
14
Greenskies
83
28,771.76
15
Navisun
85
27,319.00
16
Solar Landscape
87
24,883.67
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RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
UTILITY CONTRACTOR
DEVELOPER RANK
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COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
OVERALL RANK
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2020
17
Green Development
103
19,300.00
18
Solect Energy
105
18,109.79
19
Solar Optimum
116
14,146.28
20
O3 Energy
121
12,260.01
21
Solar Renewable Energy
124
12,019.03
22
Core Development Group
127
10,845.00
23
Scenic Hill Solar
141
9,309.20
24
GEM Energy
142
9,113.00
25
US Light Energy
162
7,236.00
26
NextGrid
178
6,389.67
27
Shorebreak Energy Developers
183
6,019.74
28
Solaris Energy
188
5,429.22
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OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
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29
iDEAL Energies
189
5,296.53
30
RockBridge Energy
199
4,675.36
31
Sun Badger Solar
205
4,266.73
32
SouthWest Sun Solar
243
2,671.24
33
Canopy Energy
284
1,676.86
34
Resonant Energy
310
1,311.55
35
Enerlogics Solar
323
1,100.00
36
Solar SME
336
960.33
37
Stateline Solar
350
852.14
38
Ace LLC Solar
373
549.82
39
ReVamp Energy
416
155.60
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Installer: Sunpro Solar (No. 2 Solar Rooftop Contractor) R E S I D E N T I A L P R OJ E CT H A R L I N GTO N , T E XA S 3 7. 9 5 5 k W
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RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
OVERALL RANK
PRIMARY MARKET
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2020
1
Titan Solar Power
35
132,816.69
2
Sunpro Solar
43
94,959.60
3
Momentum Solar
44
94,682.25
4
Freedom Forever
45
92,041.76
5
Trinity Solar
46
87,186.94
6
ACE Solar
48
84,463.85
7
POWERHOME Solar
61
49,344.37
8
ION Solar
64
46,653.18
9
CapStone Solar
79
35,565.33
10
ReVision Energy
84
27,507.83
11
Arch Electric
86
26,684.77
12
Elevation Solar
93
22,244.42
13
Energy Service Partners
94
22,170.99
14
Freedom Solar Power
101
19,814.52
15
Sigora Solar
104
18,417.14
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RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
UTILITY CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP RANK
COMPANY NAME
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
OVERALL RANK
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2020
16
Semper Solaris
107
17,820.21
17
Solar Energy World
110
15,712.23
18
Synaptic Solar
113
14,444.39
19
GreenBrilliance
118
13,856.21
20
Baker Electric Home Energy
123
12,032.43
21
Moxie Solar
126
10,863.25
22
SunCommon
131
10,412.56
23
Sun Valley Solar Solutions
135
9,753.99
24
Sunline Energy
136
9,720.27
25
V3 Electric
137
9,581.71
26
Icon Power
139
9,448.64
27
SolarMax Technology
140
9,390.35
28
Solar Topps
143
9,065.95
29
RevoluSun Smart Home
144
8,771.48
30
SUNation Solar Systems
146
8,657.92
31
Skyline Solar
147
8,417.65
32
Shine Solar
148
8,259.89
33
Renova Energy
149
8,213.73
34
Dynamic SLR
150
8,206.87
35
Atlantic Key Energy
152
8,039.87
36
NM Solar Group
153
8,021.66
37
Windfree Solar
154
8,015.16
38
CAM Solar
160
7,281.88
39
Maximo Solar
161
7,239.72
40
Harmon Electric
163
7,101.08
41
Universal Solar Direct
170
6,703.59
42
StraightUp Solar
171
6,641.97
43
Green Power Energy
172
6,638.27
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TOP SOLAR ROOFTOP CONTRACTORS
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
UTILITY CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP RANK
78
COMPANY NAME
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
OVERALL RANK
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2020
44
Cape Fear Solar Systems
174
6,610.42
45
Lumina Solar
175
6,571.69
46
A&R Solar
179
6,335.41
47
GRID Alternatives
180
6,209.67
48
Solar Is Freedom
181
6,146.90
49
Kayo Energy
184
5,948.18
50
Stellar Solar
186
5,886.85
51
Long Island Power Solutions
187
5,862.23
52
Harvest Power
190
5,251.82
53
Renu Energy Solutions
191
5,239.81
54
Sunny Energy
192
5,130.80
55
NC Solar Now
194
5,021.89
56
Victory Solar
197
4,866.25
57
SunPower by Precis
201
4,611.59
58
Positive Energy Solar
202
4,561.52
59
Boston Solar
203
4,543.66
60
Vibe Solar
204
4,359.79
61
Convert Solar
208
4,077.48
62
Solar Source
209
3,912.94
63
EFS Energy
210
3,904.51
64
Endries Solar & Electric
213
3,756.41
65
Creative Solar USA
219
3,548.82
66
Solar Solution
220
3,499.38
67
Sol-Up
221
3,425.28
68
BriteStreet
224
3,388.92
69
ISO Solar
225
3,384.64
70
Creative Energies
226
3,195.94
71
GenRenew
227
3,138.16
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COMPANY NAME
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
OVERALL RANK
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2020
72
Hytech Solar
228
3,087.47
73
Goldin Solar
229
3,054.09
74
8MSolar
231
2,956.06
75
Solarponics
233
2,901.19
76
Simply Solar
238
2,833.71
77
Simple Solar
239
2,817.68
78
Robco Electric
240
2,734.70
79
EcoMark Solar
241
2,729.39
80
Cosmic Solar
242
2,677.33
81
Bob Heinmiller Solar Solutions
244
2,656.77
82
Yellowlite
245
2,627.64
83
Forme Solar Electric
247
2,588.09
84
Elemental Energy
249
2,482.80
85
AllSeason Solar
250
2,478.94
86
All American Solar
253
2,299.37
87
Independent Power Systems
255
2,251.07
88
Ipsun Solar
257
2,168.39
89
Puget Sound Solar
258
2,165.24
90
Palomar Solar and Roofing
261
2,084.08
91
Tick Tock Energy
262
2,075.35
92
Streamline Solar
264
2,053.37
93
RevoluSun Massachusetts
265
2,039.07
94
Tron Solar
266
2,031.25
95
Clean Energy USA
267
2,024.96
96
PowerLutions Solar
269
1,959.51
97
Clean Solar
270
1,939.29
98
RisingSun Solar
271
1,930.96
99
Solar States
272
1,901.91
100
Solar Smart Living
274
1,853.48
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SOLAR SPOTLIGHT:
M Bar C on construction evolution over 45 years in business IN THIS SPECIAL EDITION of Contractor’s Corner, solar structure manufacturer and installer M Bar C talks about how the company has adapted to new construction markets and solar technologies over the years. Below is a portion of the company’s Solar Spotlight podcast with Solar Power World, but be sure to listen to the full episode here or on your favorite podcast app to learn more about M Bar C’s journey to solar.
SPW: How has construction changed in M Bar C's 45 years in business?
Erik Krivokopich, VP, business development: We've been in construction since 1975, and a lot of the ways we've done construction have been altered. We've had to be able to pivot in order to continue to deliver, specifically with the solar industry. Obviously, it's changing. Every single year, panels are getting bigger, construction methods are different, the expectations are different. In order to keep up with that, we've had to be adaptable. Solar's been here for a long time and it's going to be around a lot longer. We've had to keep practicing and making things right. Our clients continue to change — what used to be a niche market has now become an actual trade www.solarpowerworldonline.com
where the specifications are created. There's now clear expectations that are set for the construction industry, specifically with our trade, that make us better, and we were part of writing those expectations.
Tell me more about the pivoting you had to do, and when did you decide to get into solar?
I think it was 1998 or 1999, I guess solar carports were just starting in Europe. A gentlemen came to us and said, 'Have you ever thought about putting a solar panel in a carport?' We're like, 'No, what the heck, let's give it a shot and see what happens.' We had been doing regular apartment complex carports for 20 or 30 years and we were like, ‘All we're doing is adding glass to the top of a carport anyway, let's try it.’ So we did, and the rest is history. We've become a lot more efficient over time, higher quality. When you're putting glass over people's heads, it's a big deal. We've had to customize pretty much every single job and it's made us stay on our toes. When I started, I think we were doing 180-W panels. Now panels are 500 W. In order to do that same revenue, we've had to do three-times as much work. We've had to be efficient and grow with the industry.
How do you see M Bar C construction continuing to adapt and develop in the future?
The good part about what we do is solar is not going anywhere. Funding and incentives are still strong and I don't expect them to go anywhere in my lifetime. We're going to be around a long time. We've adapted so far and we've come out really strong. We're continuing to expand into the East Coast and we're supplying people with solutions they've never seen before. The demand is always going to be there, and we're always thinking outside the box of different products and services we can offer. A lot of times, folks are looking for a solution that may not exist, but we've made a lot of solutions exist that didn't before. That's what keeps us strong. SPW
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Installer: Sun Solar LLC (No. 1 Installation Subcontractor) E A S T B L AC K L A N D S O L A R P R OJ E CT M A N O R , T E XA S 144,000 kW
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RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
OVERALL RANK
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2020
1
Sun Solar LLC
5
1,197,827.00
2
Cantsink
6
1,184,329.00
3
RP Construction Services (RPCS)
10
894,268.00
4
Granite Construction
17
490,629.00
5
Alternative Energy Development
18
482,000.00
6
J&B Solar
20
442,550.00
7
AEMP
37
126,600.00
8
M Bar C Construction
40
101,637.84
9
Alta Energy Services
49
82,060.00
10
LaBella Associates
50
73,600.00
11
Sunshine Solar
54
66,200.00
12
Sunstall
56
63,960.68
13
LASE Solar
60
50,140.21
14
MBL-Energy
63
46,728.53
15
Sole Contracting
65
45,715.27
16
DMH Services
69
41,852.91
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TOP INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTORS
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
UTILITY CONTRACTOR
INSTALL SUB RANK
COMPANY NAME
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
OVERALL RANK
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2020
17
Teichert Solar
76
36,762.90
18
Baja Construction
82
33,080.56
19
Bronxwood Construction Services
91
23,000.00
20
Vision Solar
92
22,497.12
21
OnSite Solar
95
22,159.00
22
Elite Electric
106
17,976.88
23
Solar by CIR
122
12,169.83
24
Next Generation Solar
129
10,563.00
25
Solar Mounts
155
7,904.50
26
AFC Solar
212
3,875.76
27
Denk and Roche Builders
234
2,900.00
28
Fresh Coast Solar
251
2,421.52
29
JMB Renewables
259
2,129.06
30
My Generation Energy
268
1,980.93
31
Sunlight Solar
285
1,657.52
32
Resolute Performance Contracting
320
1,150.72
33
Solar Dad and Sons
329
1,037.02
34
California Home Solar
337
958.34
35
Coastal Solar Power
343
909.05
36
Moore Energy
345
906.79
37
Energy Concepts
417
152.04
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Installer: DKD Electric (No. 2 Electrical Subcontractor) J U N O S O L A R P R OJ E CT L A M E S A , T E XA S 166,000 kW
TOP ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTORS RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
UTILITY CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUB RANK
84
COMPANY NAME
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
OVERALL RANK
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2020
1
Directional Services
11
653,166.61
2
DKD Electric
25
276,654.50
3
Watson Electrical Construction
29
217,620.00
4
E Light Electric Services
32
184,400.00
5
BH Inc.
33
172,320.05
6
MKD Electric
59
51,270.00
7
Got Electric
67
43,374.87
8
Schuler-Haas Electric
71
41,693.32
9
Casey Electric
74
38,558.20
10
John Mills Electric
90
23,257.85
11
M. L. Schmitt
100
20,288.67
12
New Era Electric
115
14,181.21
13
Current Electric
151
8,183.21
14
M.B. Herzog Electric
169
6,780.00
15
TMI Energy Solutions
198
4,817.22
16
Stockman’s Energy
256
2,192.24
17
American Solar Power
260
2,096.54
18
Bombard Electric
300
1,488.49
19
American Electric
396
411.62
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Installer: Borrego (No. 1 Solar + Storage Installer) B U L LO C K R OA D S O L A R + S TO R AG E P R OJ E CT FREETOWN, MASSACHUSETTS 12,000 kW SOLAR, 2 6 , 3 0 0 k W h S TO R AG E
TOP SOLAR + STORAGE INSTALLERS RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
UTILITY CONTRACTOR EPC
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
SOLAR + STORAGE RANK
86
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
OVERALL RANK
DEVELOPER
PRIMARY MARKET
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
SALES PARTNER
TOTAL SOLAR kW INSTALLED IN 2020
ENERGY STORAGE kWh INSTALLED IN 2020
1
Borrego
26
255,896.31
89,123.0
2
CS Energy
31
188,400.00
46,748.0
3
Semper Solaris
107
17,820.21
45,679.0
4
POWERHOME Solar
61
49,344.37
38,680.0
5
AES Clean Energy
14
526,180.00
35,956.1
6
Axis Energy
96
21,647.02
22,686.0
7
RevoluSun Smart Home
144
8,771.48
17,920.5
8
Sunpro Solar
43
94,959.60
13,051.1
9
SEI Professional Services (SEIPS)
39
110,615.00
10,117.0
10
Elite Electric
106
17,976.88
10,095.6
11
ISO Solar
225
3,384.64
10,026.0
12
Maximo Solar
161
7,239.72
9,868.0
13
Next Generation Solar
129
10,563.00
8,104.0
14
Baker Electric Home Energy
123
12,032.43
8,017.1
15
V3 Electric
137
9,581.71
7,370.8
16
SunCommon
131
10,412.56
6,210.0
17
Solar Optimum
116
14,146.28
5,783.5
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TOP SOLAR + STORAGE INSTALLERS
UTILITY CONTRACTOR EPC
SOLAR + STORAGE RANK
88
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
OVERALL RANK
DEVELOPER
PRIMARY MARKET
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
SALES PARTNER
TOTAL SOLAR kW INSTALLED IN 2020
ENERGY STORAGE kWh INSTALLED IN 2020
18
Island Pacific Energy
331
1,022.33
5,277.6
19
Creative Solar USA
219
3,548.82
4,937.1
20
Nexamp
36
127,509.32
4,800.0
21
M.B. Herzog Electric
169
6,780.00
4,383.0
22
Freedom Solar Power
101
19,814.52
3,726.0
23
Titan Solar Power
35
132,816.69
3,630.5
24
Northwest Electric & Solar
286
1,651.30
3,132.0
25
ReVision Energy
84
27,507.83
2,997.0
26
GenPro Energy Solutions
195
5,009.84
2,573.9
27
Sigora Solar
104
18,417.14
2,470.5
28
Directional Services
11
653,166.61
2,250.0
29
Scudder Solar Energy Systems
222
3,424.84
2,187.0
30
Renu Energy Solutions
191
5,239.81
2,134.5
31
NC Solar Now
194
5,021.89
2,049.0
32
GreenBrilliance
118
13,856.21
2,048.0
33
A1A Solar Contracting
353
759.11
1,876.5
34
Freedom Forever
45
92,041.76
1,831.2
35
A&R Solar
179
6,335.41
1,790.0
36
Solect Energy
105
18,109.79
1,763.0
37
Bright Planet Solar
68
42,079.98
1,723.3
38
Allterra Solar
275
1,841.87
1,606.5
39
Solarponics
233
2,901.19
1,552.5
40
Goldin Solar
229
3,054.09
1,498.5
41
Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions
23
331,730.00
1,377.0
42
Sprig Electric
263
2,074.94
1,360.0
43
Namasté Solar
120
12,364.13
1,330.6
44
Simply Solar
238
2,833.71
1,195.0
45
Alternative Energy Southeast
349
857.70
1,141.5
46
New Era Electric
115
14,181.21
1,096.0
47
Elevation Solar
93
22,244.42
1,063.8
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UTILITY CONTRACTOR EPC
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
SOLAR + STORAGE RANK
COMPANY NAME
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
OVERALL RANK
DEVELOPER
PRIMARY MARKET
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
SALES PARTNER
TOTAL SOLAR kW INSTALLED IN 2020
ENERGY STORAGE kWh INSTALLED IN 2020
48
Mass Renewables
351
791.27
1,046.4
49
Lumina Solar
175
6,571.69
1,039.5
50
Juapi Project Services
409
274.02
1,007.9
51
HES Solar
230
2,974.99
958.5
52
Cape Fear Solar Systems
174
6,610.42
918.0
53
Clean Solar
270
1,939.29
918.0
54
Yellowlite
245
2,627.64
888.1
55
Sun Valley Solar Solutions
135
9,753.99
852.9
56
Treepublic
214
3,735.80
825.7
57
SunPower by Precis
201
4,611.59
822.5
58
Sunergy Systems
301
1,466.76
783.0
59
Stronghold Engineering
156
7,631.98
750.0
60
Sol-Up
221
3,425.28
729.0
61
Mountain View Solar
283
1,687.88
684.7
62
Ace LLC Solar
373
549.82
676.0
63
Moxie Solar
126
10,863.25
650.8
64
SUNation Solar Systems
146
8,657.92
648.0
65
Solar Technologies
176
6,526.84
633.6
66
Renova Energy
149
8,213.73
632.6
67
EmPower Solar
168
6,906.12
621.0
68
New Day Solar
278
1,747.64
621.0
69
Universal Solar Direct
170
6,703.59
617.4
70
Elemental Energy
249
2,482.80
582.2
71
Radiance Solar
125
11,708.00
556.0
72
Third Sun Solar
317
1,178.28
540.0
73
SunPower by esaSolar
216
3,676.15
533.5
74
Solar Source
209
3,912.94
528.4
75
Boston Solar
203
4,543.66
513.0
76
SunVest Solar
62
49,124.19
505.2
77
MBL-Energy
63
46,728.53
486.0
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TOP SOLAR + STORAGE INSTALLERS
UTILITY CONTRACTOR EPC
SOLAR + STORAGE RANK
90
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
OVERALL RANK
DEVELOPER
PRIMARY MARKET
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
SALES PARTNER
TOTAL SOLAR kW INSTALLED IN 2020
ENERGY STORAGE kWh INSTALLED IN 2020
78
Icon Power
139
9,448.64
468.8
79
Solar-Fit
318
1,173.32
459.0
80
Solar Impact
273
1,873.51
445.5
81
Veregy
117
13,993.82
444.0
82
LightWave Solar
138
9,523.28
432.2
83
Green Mountain Solar
280
1,715.29
431.4
84
Ideal Energy
237
2,852.77
430.0
85
Independent Power Systems
255
2,251.07
428.5
86
RevoluSun Massachusetts
265
2,039.07
418.5
87
Carolina Energy Conservation
397
402.86
418.5
88
SolarMax Technology
140
9,390.35
399.4
89
Cutler Bay Solar Solutions
319
1,167.81
395.5
90
Save a Lot Solar
377
541.69
392.1
91
Emerald Energy
357
739.39
382.5
92
Solar Power of Oklahoma
279
1,726.49
343.1
93
Peak Solar Designs
399
394.37
340.4
94
Shine Solar
148
8,259.89
335.0
95
EIS Solar
293
1,541.87
324.0
96
Forme Solar Electric
247
2,588.09
322.0
97
Current Electric
151
8,183.21
312.0
98
Solar Watt Solutions
327
1,052.70
309.0
99
My Generation Energy
268
1,980.93
301.8
100
Eagle Point Solar
173
6,620.42
287.1
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Solgen Power 4.6 MW OnSite Energy 1.0 MW
REAL Solar 58.0 kW
Cupertino Electric 128.4 MW
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EGT Solar 1.5 MW
GenPro Energy Solutions 1.3 MW Creative Energies 382.2 kW
RPCS 12.3 MW
Rosendin Electric 125.0 MW Swinerton 330.4 MW
Blattner 733.0 MW
Moss 135.0 MW
Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions 60.0 MW
Cromwell Solar 1.5 MW
Sunstall 12.3 MW NM Solar Group 6.5 MW
Swinerton 1.1 GW
Arctic Solar Ventures 691.1 kW
Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions 9.6 MW
92
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ReVision Energy 8.1 MW iSun Energy 11.1 MW
RPCS 95.5 MW
Blattner 195.0 MW
ReVision Energy 17.5 MW
Borrego 116.2 MW
ACE Solar 76.8 MW Green Development 19.3 MW
McCarthy 72.0 MW RPCS 72.4 MW
RES 128.0 MW RPCS 162.1 MW
RPCS 54.7 MW
AED 250.0 MW
Clean Energy USA 2.0 MW Mountain View Solar 409.3 kW
DEPCOM Power 9.2 MW
Trinity Solar 25.6 MW CS Energy 33.9 MW
Solar Is Freedom 1.7 MW
Sun Solar LLC 452.0 MW
D.C.: New Columbia Solar 10.7 MW
RPCS 20.4 MW
Blue Ridge Power 368.3 MW
LightWave Solar 6.5 MW
Directional Services 338.8 MW
Black & Veatch 150.0 MW McCarthy 75.0 MW
DEPCOM Power 18.4 MW
Silicon Ranch 296.3 MW
TOP SOLAR CONTRACTORS
AEMP 57.0 MW
Moss 1.1 GW
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Installer: McCarthy Building Cos. (No 2. California Contractor) R O S A MO N D C E N T R A L S O L A R P R OJ E CT K E R N C O U N T Y, CA L I F O R N I A 192,000 kW
TOP CALIFORNIA CONTRACTORS UTILITY CONTRACTOR EPC
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
CALIFORNIA RANK
94
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
DEVELOPER
OVERALL RANK
2020 kW INSTALLED IN CALIFORNIA
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
SALES PARTNER
TOTAL 2020 kW INSTALLED NATIONWIDE
1
Blattner
2
733,060.00
1,358,060.00
2
McCarthy Building Cos.
7
703,000.00
1,038,000.00
3
Baker Electric
13
475,759.57
536,917.81
4
Cupertino Electric
15
369,176.00
497,606.00
5
Rosendin Electric
12
342,200.00
640,700.00
6
Swinerton Renewable Energy
1
260,800.00
1,708,900.00
7
M Bar C Construction
40
100,984.02
101,637.84
8
RP Construction Services (RPCS)
10
87,400.00
894,268.00
9
Signal Energy
22
68,500.00
342,500.00
10
MBL-Energy
63
46,728.53
46,728.53
11
Granite Construction
17
43,660.00
490,629.00
12
Collins Electrical
73
39,728.13
39,728.13
13
Teichert Solar
76
36,762.90
36,762.90
14
Freedom Forever
45
35,739.02
92,041.76
15
Trinity Power
81
33,828.64
33,828.64
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UTILITY CONTRACTOR EPC
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
CALIFORNIA RANK
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
DEVELOPER
OVERALL RANK
2020 kW INSTALLED IN CALIFORNIA
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
SALES PARTNER
TOTAL 2020 kW INSTALLED NATIONWIDE
16
Baja Construction
82
27,628.76
33,080.56
17
Bright Planet Solar
68
26,764.24
42,079.98
18
Sunstall
56
25,195.04
63,960.68
19
Cenergy Power
75
24,420.96
37,550.77
20
Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions
23
24,051.32
331,730.00
21
LASE Solar
60
23,170.35
50,140.21
22
ForeFront Power
70
22,678.67
41,760.81
23
Energy Service Partners
94
21,439.90
22,170.99
24
Alternative Energy Development
18
20,000.00
482,000.00
25
Borrego
26
19,962.38
255,896.31
26
Elite Electric
106
17,976.88
17,976.88
27
Semper Solaris
107
17,820.21
17,820.21
28
Helix Electric
98
15,806.00
20,966.00
29
Pickett Solar
112
15,000.35
15,000.35
30
New Era Electric
115
14,181.21
14,181.21
31
Solar Optimum
116
14,146.28
14,146.28
32
Standard Solar
47
13,422.37
85,183.65
33
Baker Electric Home Energy
123
12,032.43
12,032.43
34
AUI Partners
28
10,500.00
232,210.00
35
Newport Power
134
10,190.92
10,190.92
36
Sunline Energy
136
9,720.27
9,720.27
37
V3 Electric
137
9,581.71
9,581.71
38
SolarMax Technology
140
9,390.35
9,390.35
39
Renova Energy
149
8,213.73
8,213.73
40
Stronghold Engineering
156
7,631.98
7,631.98
41
M.B. Herzog Electric
169
6,780.00
6,780.00
42
Solar Technologies
176
6,526.84
6,526.84
43
Shorebreak Energy Developers
183
6,019.74
6,019.74
44
Stellar Solar
186
5,886.85
5,886.85
45
SunPower by Precis
201
4,611.59
4,611.59
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TOP CALIFORNIA CONTRACTORS
UTILITY CONTRACTOR EPC
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
CALIFORNIA RANK
96
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
DEVELOPER
OVERALL RANK
2020 kW INSTALLED IN CALIFORNIA
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
SALES PARTNER
TOTAL 2020 kW INSTALLED NATIONWIDE
46
Greenskies
83
4,607.42
28,771.76
47
GRID Alternatives
180
4,059.75
6,209.67
48
Vibe Solar
204
3,792.59
4,359.79
49
Treepublic
214
3,735.80
3,735.80
50
Titan Solar Power
35
3,711.28
132,816.69
51
Scudder Solar Energy Systems
222
3,424.84
3,424.84
52
Momentum Solar
44
3,415.62
94,682.25
53
Sun Light & Power
223
3,410.28
3,410.28
54
HES Solar
230
2,974.99
2,974.99
55
EnterSolar
57
2,908.25
59,290.47
56
Solarponics
233
2,901.19
2,901.19
57
Simply Solar
238
2,833.71
2,833.71
58
Cosmic Solar
242
2,677.33
2,677.33
59
SouthWest Sun Solar
243
2,671.24
2,671.24
60
Forme Solar Electric
247
2,588.09
2,588.09
61
SunPeak
119
2,516.00
13,616.00
62
Sun Nerds
211
2,437.08
3,894.86
63
Stockman’s Energy
256
2,192.24
2,192.24
64
JMB Renewables
259
2,129.06
2,129.06
65
American Solar Power
260
2,096.54
2,096.54
66
Palomar Solar and Roofing
261
2,084.08
2,084.08
67
Sprig Electric
263
2,074.94
2,074.94
68
Core Development Group
127
2,068.00
10,845.00
69
Clean Solar
270
1,939.29
1,939.29
70
Allterra Solar
275
1,841.87
1,841.87
71
New Day Solar
278
1,747.64
1,747.64
72
North State Solar Energy
282
1,696.03
1,696.03
73
Fuzion Energy
287
1,644.14
1,644.14
74
Magic Sun Solar
288
1,629.71
1,629.71
75
Namasté Solar
120
1,369.63
12,364.13
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UTILITY CONTRACTOR EPC
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
CALIFORNIA RANK
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
DEVELOPER
OVERALL RANK
2020 kW INSTALLED IN CALIFORNIA
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
SALES PARTNER
TOTAL 2020 kW INSTALLED NATIONWIDE
76
Westcoast Solar Energy
307
1,356.16
1,356.16
77
Canopy Energy
284
1,338.96
1,676.86
78
Highlight Solar
312
1,275.76
1,275.76
79
Zenernet
248
1,200.96
2,515.61
80
CitiGreen
316
1,178.76
1,178.76
81
Sigora Solar
104
1,162.46
18,417.14
82
Clayco Electric
309
1,087.48
1,328.99
83
Solar Watt Solutions
327
1,052.70
1,052.70
84
SunRenu Solar
232
996.00
2,913.50
85
California Home Solar
337
958.34
958.34
86
Pingo Solar
341
913.54
913.54
87
Green Water and Power
342
913.00
913.00
88
SunWork Renewable Energy Projects
354
758.74
758.74
89
Solar Source Inc.
355
752.99
752.99
90
California Solar Electric Co.
356
751.98
751.98
91
Renu Energy Solutions
191
604.00
5,239.81
92
Solaris Energy
188
601.83
5,429.22
93
Silverline Home Remodeling
360
546.17
709.76
94
Save a Lot Solar
377
541.69
541.69
95
Elevation Solar
93
428.09
22,244.42
96
Earth Electric
398
394.91
394.91
97
SEI Professional Services (SEIPS)
39
313.00
110,615.00
98
Alternative Power Solutions
412
238.03
238.03
99
Black & Veatch
9
210.00
948,670.00
100
BriteStreet
224
182.90
3,388.92
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97
Installer: E Light Electric Services (No. 2 Colorado Contractor) G I LC R E S T V W E L D C O U N T Y, C O LO R A D O 5,000 kW
TOP COLORADO CONTRACTORS UTILITY CONTRACTOR EPC
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
COLORADO RANK
98
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
DEVELOPER
OVERALL RANK
2020 kW INSTALLED IN COLORADO
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
SALES PARTNER
TOTAL 2020 kW INSTALLED NATIONWIDE
1
Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions
23
60,000.00
331,730.00
2
E Light Electric Services
32
14,400.00
184,400.00
3
RP Construction Services (RPCS)
10
12,959.00
894,268.00
4
Namasté Solar
120
10,759.30
12,364.13
5
DEPCOM Power
21
10,600.00
436,100.00
6
ION Solar
64
10,143.88
46,653.18
7
Silicon Ranch
24
8,939.25
305,321.65
8
AUI Partners
28
8,930.00
232,210.00
9
Black & Veatch
9
3,000.00
948,670.00
10
CAM Solar
160
2,922.96
7,281.88
11
BriteStreet
224
2,782.32
3,388.92
12
EcoMark Solar
241
2,729.39
2,729.39
13
Pivot Energy
78
2,426.54
36,487.94
14
Freedom Forever
45
2,216.76
92,041.76
15
SOLON
158
2,118.59
7,363.53
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TOP COLORADO CONTRACTORS
UTILITY CONTRACTOR EPC
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
COLORADO RANK
COMPANY NAME
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
DEVELOPER
OVERALL RANK
2020 kW INSTALLED IN COLORADO
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
SALES PARTNER
TOTAL 2020 kW INSTALLED NATIONWIDE
16
GRID Alternatives
180
2,003.89
6,209.67
17
Independent Power Systems
255
1,947.11
2,251.07
18
Atlasta Solar Center
277
1,812.03
1,812.03
19
Baja Construction
82
1,496.82
33,080.56
20
Peak View Solar
311
1,297.04
1,297.04
21
Sunsense Solar
314
1,211.93
1,211.93
22
Simple Solar
239
1,185.75
2,817.68
23
Titan Solar Power
35
1,168.57
132,816.69
24
Shaw Solar
324
1,067.92
1,067.92
25
Sunshine Solar
54
1,000.00
66,200.00
26
Sun Nerds
211
787.77
3,894.86
27
Renewvia Energy
252
637.26
2,362.77
28
Sandbox Solar
374
547.87
547.87
29
Southard Solar and Construction
382
494.22
494.22
30
AFC Solar
212
431.34
3,875.76
31
Peak Solar Designs
399
394.37
394.37
32
Empowered Energy Systems
405
323.29
323.29
33
Solar Mounts
155
300.00
7,904.50
34
ForeFront Power
70
298.08
41,760.81
35
Living Solar
410
258.70
258.70
36
Moxie Solar
126
183.31
10,863.25
37
Freedom Solar Power
101
177.45
19,814.52
38
Renewable Energy Outfitters
426
49.30
49.30
39
O3 Energy
121
40.82
12,260.01
40
Solar SME
336
27.27
960.33
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99
Installer: Moss (No. 1 Florida Contractor) U T I L I T Y P R OJ E CT F LO R I DA 74 , 5 0 0 k W
TOP FLORIDA CONTRACTORS RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
UTILITY CONTRACTOR EPC
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
FLORIDA RANK
100
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
DEVELOPER
OVERALL RANK
2020 kW INSTALLED IN FLORIDA
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
SALES PARTNER
TOTAL 2020 kW INSTALLED NATIONWIDE
1
Moss
3
1,151,990.00
1,286,990.00
2
Black & Veatch
9
791,940.00
948,670.00
3
Mortenson
4
105,600.00
1,212,100.00
4
J&B Solar
20
88,000.00
442,550.00
5
Sun Solar LLC
5
70,000.00
1,197,827.00
6
Directional Services
11
69,944.00
653,166.61
7
Momentum Solar
44
28,758.49
94,682.25
8
DEPCOM Power
21
25,200.00
436,100.00
9
Sunpro Solar
43
21,628.12
94,959.60
10
Titan Solar Power
35
18,706.71
132,816.69
11
Advanced Green Technologies
114
14,281.16
14,281.16
12
Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions
23
8,768.52
331,730.00
13
Atlantic Key Energy
152
8,039.87
8,039.87
14
Vision Solar
92
7,081.85
22,497.12
15
Freedom Forever
45
5,484.91
92,041.76
SOLAR POWER WORLD
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RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
UTILITY CONTRACTOR EPC
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
FLORIDA RANK
COMPANY NAME
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
DEVELOPER
OVERALL RANK
2020 kW INSTALLED IN FLORIDA
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
SALES PARTNER
TOTAL 2020 kW INSTALLED NATIONWIDE
16
Cantsink
6
5,000.00
1,184,329.00
17
CS Energy
31
4,500.00
188,400.00
18
BH Inc.
33
4,467.90
172,320.05
19
Solar Source
209
3,904.14
3,912.94
20
SunPower by esaSolar
216
3,149.45
3,676.15
21
Goldin Solar
229
3,054.09
3,054.09
22
Bob Heinmiller Solar Solutions
244
2,656.77
2,656.77
23
All American Solar
253
2,289.45
2,299.37
24
Maximo Solar
161
2,256.66
7,239.72
25
Solar Impact
273
1,873.51
1,873.51
26
15 lightyears
290
1,573.52
1,573.52
27
Sunlight Solar
285
1,487.49
1,657.52
28
IQ Power
303
1,418.43
1,418.43
29
Power Production Management
304
1,411.97
1,411.97
30
Solar Energy World
110
1,278.93
15,712.23
31
Solar-Fit
318
1,173.32
1,173.32
32
Cutler Bay Solar Solutions
319
1,167.81
1,167.81
33
Solar Direct
340
924.40
924.40
34
AFC Solar
212
848.82
3,875.76
35
VerdeSol
325
820.80
1,054.78
36
Victory Solar
197
789.95
4,866.25
37
A1A Solar Contracting
353
746.11
759.11
38
Sigora Solar
104
644.97
18,417.14
39
Brilliant Harvest
370
618.73
618.73
40
Renewvia Energy
252
582.15
2,362.77
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101
Installer: ACE Solar (No. 1 Massachusetts Contractor) R E S I D E N T I A L P R OJ E CT M E D F O R D, M A S S AC H U S E T T S 4.81 kW
TOP MASSACHUSETTS CONTRACTORS UTILITY CONTRACTOR EPC
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
MASSACHUSETTS RANK
102
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
DEVELOPER
OVERALL RANK
2020 kW INSTALLED IN MASSACHUSETTS
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
SALES PARTNER
TOTAL 2020 kW INSTALLED NATIONWIDE
1
ACE Solar
48
76,832.91
84,463.85
2
Borrego
26
75,899.00
255,896.31
3
CS Energy
31
72,400.00
188,400.00
4
AES Clean Energy
14
43,300.00
526,180.00
5
Nexamp
36
36,505.92
127,509.32
6
M. L. Schmitt
100
18,700.11
20,288.67
7
Solect Energy
105
15,741.65
18,109.79
8
Dynamic Energy
99
15,554.44
20,573.34
9
Trinity Solar
46
15,215.47
87,186.94
10
Navisun
85
13,692.00
27,319.00
11
EnterSolar
57
12,004.54
59,290.47
12
AUI Partners
28
9,700.00
232,210.00
13
Standard Solar
47
9,461.53
85,183.65
14
Invaleon Solar
164
7,005.55
7,039.40
15
DMH Services
69
5,080.00
41,852.91
SOLAR POWER WORLD
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UTILITY CONTRACTOR EPC
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
MASSACHUSETTS RANK
COMPANY NAME
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
DEVELOPER
OVERALL RANK
2020 kW INSTALLED IN MASSACHUSETTS
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
SALES PARTNER
TOTAL 2020 kW INSTALLED NATIONWIDE
16
Boston Solar
203
4,543.66
4,543.66
17
RP Construction Services (RPCS)
10
4,257.00
894,268.00
18
CTEC Solar
102
3,420.00
19,355.49
19
Skyline Solar
147
3,071.92
8,417.65
20
NextGrid
178
2,672.12
6,389.67
21
Bright Planet Solar
68
2,136.53
42,079.98
22
RevoluSun Massachusetts
265
2,008.37
2,039.07
23
My Generation Energy
268
1,980.93
1,980.93
24
ReVision Energy
84
1,855.24
27,507.83
25
Vision Solar
92
1,762.59
22,497.12
26
PV Squared
281
1,704.74
1,704.74
27
AFC Solar
212
1,336.14
3,875.76
28
Resonant Energy
310
1,225.69
1,311.55
29
Southern Light Solar
333
992.37
1,000.75
30
Aegis Renewable Energy
206
945.00
4,201.95
31
Mass Renewables
351
748.69
791.27
32
Freedom Forever
45
688.68
92,041.76
33
Brightstar Solar
371
598.57
612.85
34
Solar Renewable Energy
124
414.40
12,019.03
35
M Bar C Construction
40
281.82
101,637.84
36
Solar Store of Greenfield
411
241.96
241.96
37
Baja Construction
82
160.36
33,080.56
38
SolareAmerica
236
103.60
2,854.42
39
Independent Power Systems
255
100.40
2,251.07
40
Zapotec Energy
322
66.10
1,102.90
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103
Installer: Nexamp (No. 2 New York Contractor) HALES MILLS SOLAR + S TO R AG E J O H N S TOW N , N E W YO R K 5 , 70 0 k W
TOP NEW YORK CONTRACTORS UTILITY CONTRACTOR EPC
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
NEW YORK RANK
104
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
DEVELOPER
OVERALL RANK
2020 kW INSTALLED IN NEW YORK
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
SALES PARTNER
TOTAL 2020 kW INSTALLED NATIONWIDE
1
Borrego
26
116,206.73
255,896.31
2
Nexamp
36
84,832.40
127,509.32
3
LaBella Associates
50
61,200.00
73,600.00
4
RP Construction Services (RPCS)
10
55,990.00
894,268.00
5
Schuler-Haas Electric
71
41,693.32
41,693.32
6
AES Clean Energy
14
32,690.00
526,180.00
7
Cantsink
6
27,000.00
1,184,329.00
8
CS Energy
31
25,700.00
188,400.00
9
EnterSolar
57
24,936.05
59,290.47
10
John Mills Electric
90
23,257.85
23,257.85
11
OnSite Solar
95
22,159.00
22,159.00
12
Standard Solar
47
19,627.55
85,183.65
13
DEPCOM Power
21
19,400.00
436,100.00
14
Sole Contracting
65
17,735.97
45,715.27
15
Sunrise Power Solutions
109
15,987.52
15,987.52
SOLAR POWER WORLD
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TOP NEW YORK CONTRACTORS
UTILITY CONTRACTOR EPC
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
NEW YORK RANK
COMPANY NAME
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
DEVELOPER
OVERALL RANK
2020 kW INSTALLED IN NEW YORK
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
SALES PARTNER
TOTAL 2020 kW INSTALLED NATIONWIDE
16
Momentum Solar
44
12,208.97
94,682.25
17
Solar by CIR
122
12,169.83
12,169.83
18
AUI Partners
28
12,000.00
232,210.00
19
Inovateus Solar
42
11,268.00
101,428.00
20
LASE Solar
60
10,998.39
50,140.21
21
Next Generation Solar
129
10,563.00
10,563.00
22
J&B Solar
20
10,500.00
442,550.00
23
SUNation Solar Systems
146
8,657.92
8,657.92
24
US Light Energy
162
7,236.00
7,236.00
25
EmPower Solar
168
6,906.12
6,906.12
26
DMH Services
69
6,762.60
41,852.91
27
ForeFront Power
70
6,222.81
41,760.81
28
Long Island Power Solutions
187
5,862.23
5,862.23
29
SunCommon
131
5,160.33
10,412.56
30
Harvest Power
190
5,141.39
5,251.82
31
Trinity Solar
46
4,197.53
87,186.94
32
Hytech Solar
228
3,087.47
3,087.47
33
Berkowatts Electric
132
2,273.70
10,382.82
34
Sigora Solar
104
2,023.67
18,417.14
35
Solar Generation
299
1,506.82
1,506.82
36
Solar Dad and Sons
329
1,037.02
1,037.02
37
Buffalo Solar
358
737.53
737.53
38
Core Development Group
127
724.00
10,845.00
39
Solar Pro Roofing
389
437.43
448.65
40
Baja Construction
82
406.40
33,080.56
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105
Installer: Blue Ridge Power (No. 1 North Carolina Contractor) H A RT S M I L L S O L A R TA R B O R O, N O RT H CA R O L I N A 112,000 kW
TOP NORTH CAROLINA CONTRACTORS UTILITY CONTRACTOR EPC
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
NORTH CAROLINA RANK
106
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
DEVELOPER
OVERALL RANK
2020 kW INSTALLED IN NORTH CAROLINA
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
SALES PARTNER
TOTAL 2020 kW INSTALLED NATIONWIDE
1
Blue Ridge Power
8
368,324.80
961,485.00
2
Sun Solar LLC
5
326,100.00
1,197,827.00
3
Cantsink
6
238,500.00
1,184,329.00
4
Directional Services
11
179,901.77
653,166.61
5
Watson Electrical Construction
29
134,690.00
217,620.00
6
Wood
27
134,100.00
237,300.00
7
DEPCOM Power
21
58,100.00
436,100.00
8
Pure Power Contractors
30
35,405.00
190,041.00
9
J&B Solar
20
27,400.00
442,550.00
10
CS Energy
31
25,300.00
188,400.00
11
NARENCO
34
20,444.00
138,097.00
12
Recon Corp.
52
20,317.00
70,510.00
13
AEMP
37
19,600.00
126,600.00
14
Axis Energy
96
16,693.70
21,647.02
15
Bronxwood Construction Services
91
15,000.00
23,000.00
SOLAR POWER WORLD
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UTILITY CONTRACTOR EPC
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
NORTH CAROLINA RANK
COMPANY NAME
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
DEVELOPER
OVERALL RANK
2020 kW INSTALLED IN NORTH CAROLINA
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
SALES PARTNER
TOTAL 2020 kW INSTALLED NATIONWIDE
16
POWERHOME Solar
61
6,407.84
49,344.37
17
SEI Professional Services (SEIPS)
39
5,302.00
110,615.00
18
NC Solar Now
194
5,021.89
5,021.89
19
BH Inc.
33
4,705.83
172,320.05
20
8MSolar
231
2,956.06
2,956.06
21
Renu Energy Solutions
191
2,444.74
5,239.81
22
Cape Fear Solar Systems
174
1,701.34
6,610.42
23
ION Solar
64
1,585.92
46,653.18
24
Sugar Hollow Solar
315
1,192.92
1,192.92
25
Titan Solar Power
35
1,188.94
132,816.69
26
Emerald Energy
357
739.39
739.39
27
Eagle Solar and Light
308
639.61
1,341.63
28
Southern Solar Systems
367
327.51
637.08
29
Sigora Solar
104
320.01
18,417.14
30
Sunpro Solar
43
272.78
94,959.60
31
Moxie Solar
126
231.15
10,863.25
32
Elevation Solar
93
230.64
22,244.42
33
SolarTyme
362
189.24
679.62
34
National Solar Service
306
83.79
1,388.09
35
Victory Solar
197
36.71
4,866.25
36
Alder Energy Systems
133
20.16
10,238.14
37
Convert Solar
208
19.27
4,077.48
38
Coastal Solar Power
343
15.00
909.05
39
Sun Nerds
211
14.26
3,894.86
40
Creative Solar USA
219
12.12
3,548.82
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Installer: Primoris Renewable Energy (No. 4 Texas Contractor) R OA D R U N N E R MC CA M E Y, T E XA S 49 7, 2 3 0 k W
TOP TEXAS CONTRACTORS UTILITY CONTRACTOR EPC
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
TEXAS RANK
108
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
DEVELOPER
OVERALL RANK
2020 kW INSTALLED IN TEXAS
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
SALES PARTNER
TOTAL 2020 kW INSTALLED NATIONWIDE
1
Swinerton Renewable Energy
1
1,117,700.00
1,708,900.00
2
Mortenson
4
557,000.00
1,212,100.00
3
Cantsink
6
514,000.00
1,184,329.00
4
Primoris Renewable Energy
19
445,950.00
445,950.00
5
Blattner
2
430,000.00
1,358,060.00
6
Granite Construction
17
413,860.00
490,629.00
7
DKD Electric
25
276,000.00
276,654.50
8
Signal Energy
22
274,000.00
342,500.00
9
Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions
23
200,000.00
331,730.00
10
RES (Renewable Energy Systems)
16
162,000.00
492,000.00
11
Sun Solar LLC
5
144,000.00
1,197,827.00
12
J&B Solar
20
95,000.00
442,550.00
13
Sunpro Solar
43
43,626.22
94,959.60
14
AUI Partners
28
36,200.00
232,210.00
15
BH Inc.
33
27,627.32
172,320.05
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UTILITY CONTRACTOR EPC
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
TEXAS RANK
COMPANY NAME
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
DEVELOPER
OVERALL RANK
2020 kW INSTALLED IN TEXAS
OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
PRIMARY MARKET
SALES PARTNER
TOTAL 2020 kW INSTALLED NATIONWIDE
16
Freedom Solar Power
101
19,430.97
19,814.52
17
Momentum Solar
44
19,348.84
94,682.25
18
Freedom Forever
45
17,984.39
92,041.76
19
Titan Solar Power
35
15,070.64
132,816.69
20
Synaptic Solar
113
14,444.39
14,444.39
21
Sunstall
56
13,922.40
63,960.68
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CS Energy
31
13,000.00
188,400.00
23
O3 Energy
121
11,799.39
12,260.01
24
Dynamic SLR
150
8,206.87
8,206.87
25
ION Solar
64
8,111.62
46,653.18
26
Elevation Solar
93
6,493.99
22,244.42
27
CAM Solar
160
4,358.92
7,281.88
28
Victory Solar
197
3,945.21
4,866.25
29
RP Construction Services (RPCS)
10
2,640.00
894,268.00
30
Solar Smart Living
274
1,623.81
1,853.48
31
NM Solar Group
153
1,454.95
8,021.66
32
Kosmos Solar
305
1,287.07
1,398.36
33
Sunshine Renewable Solutions
326
1,053.10
1,053.10
34
Wright-Way Solar Technologies
368
627.98
635.18
35
Vibe Solar
204
567.20
4,359.79
36
Moxie Solar
126
527.12
10,863.25
37
Texas Green Energy
381
503.09
503.09
38
American Sentry Solar
200
456.37
4,668.86
39
Greenlife Technologies
390
445.47
445.47
40
Solar SME
336
441.21
960.33
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RP Construction Services (RPCS)
10
162,157.00
894,268.00
2
Inovateus Solar
42
55,103.00
101,428.00
3
MKD Electric
59
51,270.00
51,270.00
4
Fosler Construction Co.
72
39,955.47
39,955.47
5
Borrego
26
37,412.71
255,896.31
6
Alta Energy Services
49
36,930.00
82,060.00
7
Pivot Energy
78
29,525.00
36,487.94
8
SunVest Solar
62
27,178.42
49,124.19
9
New Energy Equity
55
25,936.12
65,246.86
10
Continental Energy Solutions
89
24,464.50
24,464.50
11
SEI Professional Services (SEIPS)
39
22,042.00
110,615.00
12
GRNE Solar
97
19,820.18
21,022.09
13
Arch Electric
86
19,219.18
26,684.77
14
Sun Solar LLC
5
18,012.00
1,197,827.00
15
Cenergy Power
75
13,129.81
37,550.77
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ForeFront Power
70
9,769.03
41,760.81
17
Melink Solar
111
8,608.60
15,123.81
18
Windfree Solar
154
8,015.16
8,015.16
19
Faith Technologies
108
8,004.00
17,081.00
20
Simpleray
182
5,580.18
6,092.73
21
EnterSolar
57
5,510.19
59,290.47
22
GEM Energy
142
5,310.00
9,113.00
23
Nexamp
36
5,180.00
127,509.32
24
Impact Power Solutions
80
4,807.00
34,617.97
25
Moxie Solar
126
4,361.02
10,863.25
26
Veregy
117
4,031.00
13,993.82
27
POWERHOME Solar
61
3,858.32
49,344.37
28
StraightUp Solar
171
3,839.06
6,641.97
29
Bright Planet Solar
68
3,712.40
42,079.98
30
Freedom Forever
45
3,526.63
92,041.76
31
EFS Energy
210
3,514.90
3,904.51
32
Newkirk Electric Associates
88
3,277.00
24,559.00
33
Dynamic Energy
99
3,202.45
20,573.34
34
Eagle Point Solar
173
3,044.29
6,620.42
35
Denk and Roche Builders
234
2,900.00
2,900.00
36
Recon Corp.
52
2,880.00
70,510.00
37
Sunshine Solar
54
2,800.00
66,200.00
38
Casey Electric
74
2,790.00
38,558.20
39
AUI Partners
28
2,700.00
232,210.00
40
Sole Contracting
65
2,613.60
45,715.27
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Sun Solar LLC
5
452,015.00
1,197,827.00
2
AES Clean Energy
14
324,570.00
526,180.00
3
Mortenson
4
324,000.00
1,212,100.00
4
J&B Solar
20
200,000.00
442,550.00
5
DEPCOM Power
21
181,900.00
436,100.00
6
BH Inc.
33
135,519.00
172,320.05
7
AUI Partners
28
114,000.00
232,210.00
8
Wood
27
103,200.00
237,300.00
9
Cantsink
6
100,000.00
1,184,329.00
10
RP Construction Services (RPCS)
10
97,700.00
894,268.00
11
Carolina Solar Energy
53
70,000.00
70,000.00
12
AEMP
37
50,000.00
126,600.00
13
Directional Services
11
44,820.00
653,166.61
14
Recon Corp.
52
40,995.00
70,510.00
15
Watson Electrical Construction
29
40,110.00
217,620.00
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Alta Energy Services
49
40,000.00
82,060.00
17
Sunshine Solar
54
17,000.00
66,200.00
18
Navisun
85
13,627.00
27,319.00
19
Pure Power Contractors
30
13,620.00
190,041.00
20
CS Energy
31
13,600.00
188,400.00
21
ION Solar
64
13,175.93
46,653.18
22
Sigora Solar
104
12,716.49
18,417.14
23
Bronxwood Construction Services
91
8,000.00
23,000.00
24
POWERHOME Solar
61
7,223.48
49,344.37
25
GreenBrilliance
118
5,405.64
13,856.21
26
Got Electric
67
5,352.21
43,374.87
27
Convert Solar
208
4,058.21
4,077.48
28
Altenergy
215
2,198.43
3,682.12
29
Solar Energy World
110
1,139.71
15,712.23
30
Nova Solar
321
1,034.71
1,145.94
31
Mountain View Solar
283
1,010.94
1,687.88
32
Ipsun Solar
257
999.08
2,168.39
33
CMTA
218
902.50
3,661.54
34
Main Street Solar
352
760.25
760.25
35
Paradise Energy Solutions
130
702.43
10,454.16
36
Solar Renewable Energy
124
494.46
12,019.03
37
DMH Services
69
494.00
41,852.91
38
SolarTyme
362
484.26
679.62
39
Solar Connexion
401
368.66
368.66
40
Moxie Solar
126
178.10
10,863.25
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Why did you decide to leave a 20-year career in the paper industry to work in the solar industry? I am concerned about the environment and climate change. I wanted to do something that could have a positive impact. Both my 91-year-old parents are lifelong learners. They are still very engaged in intellectual topics they enjoy. With them as my role models, I also wanted to push myself to learn something new. I also wanted to show my 20-something children that change, even in the twilight of your career, is possible, and to not be afraid to make a change. I have always been interested in renewable energy. I knew to change industries I would have to “upskill” and come to the table with some knowledge of solar. After doing some research, I discovered the NABCEP certification was valued in the industry. I took a week-long, hands-on class at the US Solar Institute in Fort Lauderdale to get my NABCEP PV Associate Certificate. I knew I would need the hands-on approach since solar was a complete change from my industry and more technical. It was like drinking out of a fire hose!
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How was your transition from military service to the solar industry? I joined the military out of an intense desire to improve quality of life for others on a global scale. As I completed my military service, that same drive led me to seek a career that expands global access to energy resources while accelerating the transition to a clean-energy future. I can’t overstate how important Core Development Group and the Solar Ready Vets program were in supporting my smooth transition from the military. The programs helped me translate the skills I’ve developed over a 20-year military career and provided excellent networking and education opportunities. Core Development Group provided outstanding support that enabled me to hit the ground running and immediately contribute to the team.
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The transition from activeduty service into the world of solar development has been an outstanding experience. Core Development Group has been fantastic in helping me to convert the leadership skills I’ve gained over the last 20 years of active-duty service into a market development manager position. I believe that my fellowship with Core Development Group was a mutually beneficial experience where I was able to learn a new business and CDG was able to gain a few proven strategic leadership processes. The scale and innovation of the industry to serve communities, businesses and government renewable energy goals is progressing at a rapid pace. It is extremely exciting to be part of this rapidly growing industry.
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American Sentry Solar pays forward nearly $200,000 to small businesses struggling during COVID BY KELSEY MISBRENER
Captain Blue Hen Comics was one small business that received a $1,000 donation from American Sentry Solar. Owner Joe Murray is on the left and homeowner Brian Newby on the right.
When COVID-19 shut down businesses across the nation at the start of 2020, American Sentry Solar (No. 200) CEO Joe Tunney had flashbacks of the Great Recession of 2008. He remembered what it was like running a small business during that difficult financial time and wanted to help companies facing similar hurdles and uncertainty in 2020. In Maryland, solar companies fell under the "essential business" category and were allowed to resume operations after an initial economy-wide shutdown. To help local businesses, American Sentry launched its Small Business Recognition Program that gave every
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homeowner who went solar between May and December 2020 the chance to donate $1,000 to the small business or local charity of their choice. American Sentry didn't just set up a faceless transaction either — it offered homeowners the chance to surprise their business of choice with the donation in person. Homeowners chose to donate to businesses that meant a lot to them, ranging from doggie day cares to local restaurants. "Each one was very emotional and extremely rewarding, because once the business owner actually realized, 'Not only is this real, but hey, here's my
customer!'…some of them recognized them just by coming into their sub shop or karate studio," said Kevin Carmen, CMO of American Sentry Solar. "A lot of times, it would end up in tears." One such donation came from homeowners Joni and Brian Newby, who said they chose American Sentry as their installer because of the Small Business Recognition Program. They opted to give the $1,000 check to their favorite comic book shop, Captain Blue Hen Comics in Delaware. "The owner of Capt. Blue Hen's is a personal friend who has helped me out in the past and it was great to be able
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to repay his kindness in some small way," Brian Newby said in an email. "Plus, it was great to see my friend again during a time period when social interaction was so minimized." Joe Murray, owner of the shop, said when he saw Brian and Joni walk in on that August day during a pandemic, he was floored. He hadn't seen them in over a year. "Knowing they had thought of us and they wanted to reward us for having brought Brian on when he was between jobs brought a tear to my eye and was worth almost as much to me as the $1,000 check," Murray said in an email. "Coming off of being completely closed for 2 1/2 months for the lockdown, and after the PPP had run out, that money was much appreciated and gave us a little cushion, which did wonders for our stress level helping to stock some sparse shelves with product." While many of the homeowners had existing relationships with the businesses they chose, some did not. Carmen said those donations were sometimes even more powerful. "I think the best ones were when the business owner didn't recognize the customer. Obviously, the business had made such an impact on the customer, and now they kind of were bonded for life," he said. One-thousand dollars may not seem like a ton of money, but for businesses like restaurants that experienced a hard and immediate blow from the pandemic, that cash covered some essential elements. "Most of the time, you would literally hear people say, 'This is going to help make our payroll for the next two weeks,’" Carmen said. Although sales was not the goal with the program, Carmen said some small business owners did express interest in
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going solar, either at their place of work or home, after meeting the American Sentry team during the donation presentation. Carmen said he wouldn't be surprised if their installers worked with some of the people they met during 2020. Captain Blue Hen's Murray said he's thinking about adding solar to his home after his experience with American Sentry. Overall, 194 homeowners went solar in the eight months American Sentry ran the program, making for almost $200,000 of donations to local businesses. Three dozen homeowners opted not to nominate a business, so American Sentry will donate the $32,000 of unclaimed SBRP funds to businesses of its choosing. "With all the crazy/bad stuff going on in this world right now, it was fantastic to have American Sentry offer us this opportunity to bring a bit of joy to someone who needed it. I hope other businesses take note and create their own community support incentives," said homeowner Brian Newby. SPW
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IPS Solar empowers Minnesota tribe to take control of their energy and save their lake BY KELSEY MISBRENER
The Red Lake Nation, a tribe whose reservation is more than four hours north of the Twin Cities in Minnesota, is named for its central body of water — one of the largest lakes in the "Land of 10,000 Lakes." The tribe operates the country's oldest and largest commercial walleye fishery dating back to 1917 in the Red Lake. When the tribe noticed their walleyes' mercury levels were on the rise in large part because of surrounding power plant emissions, they decided it was time to take action to protect their livelihood. "The problems that we're seeing with climate change is an exact consequence of the fossil fuels that we are burning, and when that goes back and connects to the energy
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that we're producing, then we know where we have to start," said Red Lake tribal member Bob Blake. The tribe reached out to Twin Cities installer Impact Power Solutions (No. 80) to draw a feasibility study for adding as much solar as possible to 12 tribal buildings — every casino and government building, in addition to the Red Lake Nation College campus in Northern Minnesota. IPS Solar founder and current chief JEDI (justice, equity, diversity and inclusion) officer Ralph Jacobson led the effort. "I got brought in to do a site assessment and just say, 'OK, how much could fit on the roof?’" Jacobson said. "Then, looking at the
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bills and the previous energy usage, how much of the load could that carry?" The tribe had a financier in place, but then lost him. "He had a great-sounding scheme that was going to bring a lot of corporate money in and it never materialized," Jacobson said. "The corporations backed away and it was sort of like we were all dressed up with no place to go." But he wasn't going to give up on the tribe’s portfolio. Although IPS Solar had no official role after the initial design and site assessment process, Jacobson said his job as JEDI officer is to create market opportunities for the company in BIPOC communities. He saw this as a great way to both create a relationship with the tribe and try something new. Jacobson learned about crowdfunding techniques at a Transition USA meeting, a group of people committed to localizing every aspect of life, from the power grid to agriculture. He felt confident his connections in the Twin Cities Quaker church community could help get the first project of the portfolio done. "So I went to the [tribal] chairman and said, 'How about if we try crowdsource funding?'” he said. “And his quip was, 'Well, while the people are waiting to beach the whale, we might as well go catch a few fish.’" Jacobson created a PPA with the tribe, then raised $115,000 in "micro-loans" from his community that he will personally pay off with help from tax benefits, and contributed $15,000 of his own tax
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equity money for a total of $130,000. He then helped the tribe assemble its own installation team to build the first 67-kW array on the tribal government building, led by Blake. Blake recruited tribal members to learn how to install solar and formed his installation company Solar Bear as a result of this project. "It's empowering people that have never been in power before," Blake said. "I'm seeing a lot of pride. They're so excited. I remember the first job we did when one of the guys told me, 'Boy, this feels really good that we did this for our community, but this also feels really good that we did this for the planet too.’" After the first array was finished, Jacobson helped finance and facilitate the installation of the second 240-kW array on the tribe's workforce development center. COVID halted progress in 2020, but installers were able to begin work again in Spring 2021. As the sole financier, Jacobson will own both projects for at least six years, then will sell them to the tribe. He believes these initial successful projects — plus the notoriety Blake has garnered by speaking about tribal solar installations to a national audience via groups like the Sierra Club — will provide the momentum the tribe needs to get the funding to complete the entire portfolio.
"The vision about getting into doing solar and training people up there is that if there is going to be a movement away from fossil fuels and their dependence on fossil fuels, they're going to have to step up and develop the trained people — crews, designers — so that they can apply it to their buildings and not have to hire outsiders to come in and do it for them," Jacobson said. He not only wants to empower the tribe to do the installations themselves, but find the financing too. "I'm taking my experience in the industry and creating that finance organizing role. What I really want to do is spin that off to somebody in the tribe," he said. Jacobson believes the relationship and experience of helping the tribe go solar is invaluable and will pay off in the future. IPS Solar is already working with Blake on some future initiatives. "I've built a trust relationship with the tribe that will bear fruit in the future," he said. Jacobson's financial assistance set the Red Lake Nation on the path to accomplishing its end goal — powering at least half of the tribal energy needs with solar power. The tribe is even working on forming its own tribal utility. "What the tribe wanted to do was create some entrepreneurial opportunities off of this, along with some employment," Blake said. "I always tell Native people that gaming is a billion-dollar industry, [but] energy is a trillion-dollar industry. I'm telling the people right now, ‘We are in the wrong industry. We need the energy game.’" SPW
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Derecho disaster forces Iowa installer to change plans in 2020 BY KELSEY MISBRENER
In August 2020, Iowa solar installation outfit Energy Consultants Group (No. 330) was just finishing a long list of repair orders after two major hail storms moved through the area. Although a few solar panels did see hail damage, ECG was busier removing and reinstalling solar systems so homeowners could replace damaged roofing structures. "We were just barely getting caught up with that when the derecho hit," said Jason Gideon, CEO of ECG.
A derecho is a widespread, long-lived wind storm that can bring hurricane-strength winds to an area sometimes unfamiliar with those conditions, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Gideon and his colleagues were in the ECG office about 15 miles west of Cedar Rapids when their phones buzzed with a local news notification telling them to seek shelter.
"We went up to the second level of the office and from the west it was just this dark green. It was just totally wicked quiet, and then all of a sudden just — bam. It was crazy," he said. "You could feel the whole structure moving." Although ECG's office building didn't suffer any damage, most of eastern Iowa wasn't as lucky. Cedar Rapids saw wind gusts as high as 140 mph, and the storm knocked out power for half a million Iowans, according to
The derecho winds caused this Iowa grain bin to collapse. Phil Roeder
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the Des Moines Register. The Washington Post reported that the derecho was the most costly thunderstorm in U.S. history. After the storm passed, Gideon and his team braced for the second impact — more O&M calls than they could handle. Although he said none of ECG's solar systems were damaged since the company designs them to withstand 120 mph winds, scores of people had portions of their roofs ripped off or damaged in some way. They needed ECG to remove panels and reinstall them once the roofs were repaired. The calls came in droves. Not just from ECG customers, either — other solar homeowners who were sent to voicemail by their original installers were asking if ECG would help. Gideon was determined to do all he could. "This is my state, man, I was born and raised here; I was one of the founding fathers of the Iowa state tax credit," he said. "I've just been so instrumental in everything solar-related here, I was like, 'I'm not going to let my community down.'" ECG charged customers for the tear-offs and reinstalls based on the complexity of the system, the location and other factors, but typically insurance covered the cost. That meant the company had to coordinate with multiple parties, from insurance adjusters to roofers, which added time and hassle to an already massive undertaking. Adding to the struggle, there were no other available contractors to hire to help complete the maintenance jobs and also keep up with new jobs in the pipeline. Almost every skilled laborer was doing some work to rebuild the state after the devastation. "It was impossible to find anyone. I had to pull on my family; I had to pull on myself; I had to get back out in the field. My fiancé, even my mother, was out in the field working on these projects,"
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Gideon said. "We pulled every resource that we could possibly do, because we did not want to let our existing customers down that had committed to new systems prior to the derecho." The hours were long, the weather was hot and humid and COVID-19 was making logistics even more complicated. Gideon said every person on staff was working at least 12 hours a day, seven days a week. "I remember my own feet literally bleeding, rubbed raw, because you're on these roofs day-in, day-out. But you’ve got to keep going the next day. It was absolute physical exhaustion, it was mental exhaustion and, believe me, there were some fights," he said. Almost one year later, the ECG team is finally starting to reach the end of its tear-off and re-install list and get back to a feeling of normalcy. Gideon said the trying time actually helped improve the company for the future. They've reworked racking designs to make systems even stronger in case of other natural disasters, and they're now well-versed in dealing with insurance companies. But Gideon would not want to re-live that year. "I was glad to see 2020 go," he said. SPW ECG installers spent the end of 2020 working on solar project tear-offs and reinstalls.
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Ipsun Solar navigates challenging security precautions to complete project in downtown Washington, D.C. B Y K E L LY P I C K E R E L
Among the many bucket-list bingo items contractors got to check off last year, such as installing panels while wearing masks, Ipsun Solar (No. 257) had the unusual experience of constructing a 561-kW system 140 ft above the ground with armed guards watching. "For pretty much every five people on site, there was an armed guard. It was interesting being watched by somebody with a gun," said Herve Billiet, co-founder and CEO of Ipsun. The extreme security was on hand because Ipsun was working just a few blocks from the National Mall in Washington, D.C., with the Capitol Building in view. Constitution Center, a privately owned office building whose tenants include the Federal Housing Finance Agency, General Services Administration and the Federal Trade Commission, was undergoing a renovation and hired Ipsun to install a solar array on its plus-sign-shaped building. Besides the extra security — every box of solar materials had to be searched on the loading dock before even making it to the roof — the unique building shape
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led to more project difficulties. With an open, one-acre courtyard in the middle of the building's footprint, materials had to be walked carefully around the roof's perimeter for staging. A crane in downtown D.C. hoisting panels up 10 floors wasn't going to be cost-effective, so pallets came up the freight elevator — that could only be used at night…on weekends. "We could only move all the hardware to the roof on weekend nights. So we had to get more people to help in the middle of the night," Billiet said. "There was little excuse to not come on time, because there was no traffic. Plenty of parking space!" The Ipsun team worked through the nights to bring 1,404 solar panels and 140,000 lbs of ballast blocks up one elevator and ushered around the tricky roof. The roof also couldn't hold a bunch of weight at one spot — only about 500 lbs within 15-ft squares —
so many, many staging areas were needed. "When each panel weighs 50 lbs and each panel needs 120 lbs of ballast, you can only put about three panels worth of stuff in a 15-ft area," said David Lasky, Ipsun senior commercial project manager. "Each block had to be unloaded by hand two to three times to get it through the building. It was a lot of weight and human power." Lasky said having good partners made the project go smoothly. Project developer Safari Energy and the building's owner had many ongoing conversations with Ipsun to ensure the project got completed. And it did, on-time and on-budget. "Sometimes solar starts to be more of a construction project, and in construction, things can go wrong," Lasky said. "It's a big, beautiful solar array. We learned that through hard work, anything is possible." SPW
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rock bottom and we’ve seen the top,” he said. “Through it all, we’ve been so lucky. We’ve supported so many people. It’s the greatest feeling knowing that I have employees coming to work in new cars and they bought homes because of SolarFit. That’s what drives you.” Solar-Fit has expanded that community support to more causes, more recently with the Race to Stop Suicide initiative through stock car driver Daniel Dye’s charitable foundation 71 MVP.
Solar-Fit pledged $50,000 (or $500 per solar customer through the first half of 2021) to the initiative and plans to extend its support going forward. Gallagher, who lost a friend to suicide, saw a need to support the Race to Stop Suicide initiative after seeing increased individual seclusion during COVID-19 lockdowns. “You always have these thoughts, ‘What if I could have been there? Why couldn’t I do more?’” he said. “If we could just open up, and people start JULY 2021
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talking and finding out what they can do. We just want to do something. We want to make a difference.” The relationship between SolarFit and the Race to Stop Suicide blossomed as a result of their support of Dye’s racing endeavors. Dye, a 17-year-old super late model driver known throughout the Southeast and a rookie in the national ARCA Menards series, is a volunteer spokesperson for Florida hospital Halifax Health’s suicide prevention program and has donated over $30,000 to the hospital through his family’s charity efforts. His cars, which feature Solar-Fit sponsorship, also prominently broadcast Dye’s support of the Race to Stop Suicide. “People have contacted Daniel saying things like, ‘I was in Pensacola and I saw your car. I was thinking about doing it, but it really made me stop and think,’” Gallagher said. “How can it get better than that? When you talk
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about being able to give back and saving someone, that’s what we’re all about.” Gallagher thought SolarFit’s success could be shared in a more significant way, which is why the company is donating in the name of each solar customer rather than as one organization. “I don’t want somebody thinking we’re inflating the price [of a solar system] to do it. We’re not,” he said. “We’re taking money out of our profits and putting it into what we feel is a good cause.” With more than four decades of business experience on which to reflect, Gallagher wants Solar-Fit’s legacy to continue as a virtuous community member. “I look around at what’s happening in Florida, and I see this rapid expansion [of solar]. Not everyone
is going to feel the way we feel,” Gallagher said. “But for the people that really want to [prove] they’ve done something that’s going to affect a massive amount of people…when somebody commits suicide, it’s not just that person. It’s all these people that have been left behind with the nagging thoughts. My suggestion is just take the time to ask the questions, to care. “It’s not something that makes you feel good to talk about, but once you talk about it, you think, ‘Maybe there is something I can do here,’” he added. SPW
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New Jersey developer steps up to fill state’s void of trained solar workers B Y K E L LY P I C K E R E L
When the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities announced a three-year community solar pilot program in 2019, many local installers scrambled to grab a piece of the initial 75-MW allotment. When another 300 MW opened up to be awarded over the next two years, an issue became apparent: There weren’t enough trained solar workers to install these projects. Asbury Park-based Solar Landscape (No. 87) — which developed New Jersey’s first community solar project, a 7-MW site in Perth Amboy — recognized immediately the need for workforce development. “We’re pretty good at the training piece. We can get guys and gals up and going pretty quickly,” said Kevin
Dunshee, Solar Landscape’s chief commercial officer. “When New Jersey rolled out this three-year community solar pilot program, we looked into workforce development in New Jersey and saw very little of it. Recognizing that the state wanted to be 100% renewable by 2050, we realized we’re going to need well-trained employees.” Solar Landscape first engaged with local community organizations to determine the best ways forward. Although COVID-19 temporarily halted the efforts of many of these organizations, Solar Landscape was able to partner with Edison Job Corps, the New Jersey chapter of the national Job Corps training program developed by the Department of Labor. Young adults can live on-site at the 25-acre
campus in Edison while receiving tuition-free career technical training. The pandemic forced Edison Job Corps to search for virtual curriculum and Solar Landscape quickly adapted to provide 100 interested students with remote, no-cost solar installation training. “There is a growing need for workforce development to help ensure we meet our climate goals,” said Shaun Keegan, Solar Landscape’s co-founder and CEO. “We have found that there is no greater accomplishment than to help change people’s lives and have a meaningful impact in our community.” Along with its continuing work with Edison Job Corps, Solar Landscape has developed a Green Ambassador Program that will provide training for
The Perth Amboy project — the first community solar array in New Jersey — completed by Solar Landscape with help from Edison Job Corps students.
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high school students interested in green energy. After attending webinars, students can participate in a “community sustainability challenge” where winners receive portions of a $20,000 scholarship program. To reach even more interested workers, Solar Landscape is partnering with the GAF Roofing Academy to provide trainees with dual roofing and solar installation certification. “We call it: educate, train, develop,” Dunshee said. “Education is what we’re doing with the high school classrooms. Training is what we’re doing with the solar installation professionals. Development is what we’re doing to take greenminded students and develop them further and reward them with the scholarship program.” While job training is key, placement is just as important. Solar Landscape did hire a handful of students trained through its program, but it’s not hoarding all the best graduates. Through job placement programs, some “friendly competitors” of Solar Landscape were also able to take advantage of the talent pool. “This opportunity changed my life, for the betterment of my family, my community and to be a bright light in the solar industry,” said Ricky Gass, a certified solar installer through the Edison program and now a Solar Landscape employee, while unveiling the Perth Amboy project earlier this year. Dunshee, a former high school educator, said seeing the positive results of Solar Landscape’s workforce development is the most rewarding thing he’s done. “What we’re doing here is having immediate impact on people’s lives by providing them the training,” he said. “All they want is an opportunity. We’ve been able to do that. The more that we’ve done it, the more we want to do. We’re completely focused on this now.” Solar Landscape, which was just a 30-person construction company four years ago, has grown to almost 100 employees today with eight workers dedicated to community engagement (read more about this successful team in our Top Solar Champions Awards section). Dunshee expects to double that team in the next year while training 500 workers for the New Jersey solar market. “We were more concerned early on getting solar [projects] and growing. When you get to a certain level of growth or success, you’re able to work on the business,” he said. “We realized after meeting all these different [job placement] organizations that we could be doing more. Although [workforce development] was not necessarily something that was in our planning along the way, it suddenly became a really important part.” SPW
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Florida solar installer continues to work through the storms, pandemic and a tornado B Y B I L LY L U D T
December 16, 2020 was already an atypical day of year-end operations for Florida-based contractor Solar Source (No. 209). The company was rounding out the year of adapting to installing solar in a global pandemic, which resulted in steady sales in pool and water heating and a slight decrease in residential PV projects. That December day at the company’s Tampa location, installers were out in the field and office personnel were working on-site as usual. No stranger to extreme weather, the area was put under a severe weather warning at 3:48 p.m. Solar Source warehouse manager Bo Short stepped outside at 3:49 p.m. to see a tornado heading straight for him, so he ran back inside. Everyone took cover as the F2 tornado ripped off about a quarter of the building’s roof, along with the solar modules attached to it. A side of the building came down, causing windinduced suction to run through the 13,000-sq.ft space, sending bay doors flying, dropping ceilings and shattering glass. “It’s like a freight train. It lasts about 15 seconds and went right through,” said Rick Gilbert, executive VP of Solar Source. “Because our building is concrete block, we were lucky. The building right next to ours is condemned, and a few people are shut down permanently from it.”
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Uprooted trees and totaled vehicles blocked the road, so emergency services evacuated everyone in the plaza on foot after the tornado passed. Debris from other buildings was found on Solar Source’s property and vice versa. The tornado had thrown solar modules blocks away and knocked out cable, electric and water infrastructure in the affected area. “I’d been coming here for over a decade of my life,” Gilbert said. “Just to walk through the building and see the ceilings down, and that was that person’s office. It’s hard to explain the emotional side of that.” The out-of-season tornado carried on for about 13 miles, but luckily no one was killed or injured by the natural disaster. In a state familiar hurricanes, Solar Source is used to installing arrays to withstand them, but this was the strongest tornado to touch down in Florida in 28 years. Solar Source’s Tampa headquarters was very much a museum of solar, chronicling the decades since the company’s inception. Before the tornado, an awning made of stillfunctioning 75-W modules wrapped around the building. “We hear a lot of people say that we’re dinosaurs,” Gilbert said. “We were established in 1984. It’s been 37 years and it’s always been solar.” For the last 37 years, Solar Source has tracked the American solar landscape, adapting to market demands, starting with solar hot water, and later adding PV sales. The company adapted again in 2020 and kept trucks rolling through the pandemic — and after a tornado. The company lost a few days of work to the tornado, “but we got back on track as quickly as possible,” Gilbert said. Some people from the Tampa location are working out of construction trailers while the office is being rebuilt. With its other office in Orlando, Solar Source has consolidated and moved some roles around until the Tampa building is back in shape. The roof has been replaced, so warehousing has already resumed at the tornado-ravaged location. Gilbert expects to be working out of trailers through at least December 2021. “But the blessing is when we get out of these trailers, we’re going to be in a newly remodeled location,” he said. Despite the setback, solar installations continue at Solar Source. The company is finishing its largest solar + storage project to date — a 1-MW array with 1.25 MW of storage, and just constructed a 500-kW carport system atop a parking garage. “We’re still making sales, back to doing in-home appointments again, and all things considered, we’re doing pretty well,” Gilbert said. SPW
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EPC leans on community generosity to make nonprofit dream come true B Y B I L LY L U D T
Carlson Electric operates in one of the more frigid markets in the country, installing solar in Northwest Wisconsin and just over the border into Northeast Minnesota. The heavily rural community isn’t a burgeoning market and requires some creativity when working with certain clients. “I believe it’s more relationshipfocused here,” said Tim Dilley, director of business development for Carlson Electric (No. 366). “Who you know, what you know, how well you’re taking care of people. It’s a salt of the earth kind of market — you give a handshake; you do what you say.” Come winter, solar installations
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slow down. That allows contractors to take more time on each project, which is especially helpful for ones that can’t be financed using traditional methods. That extra time was vital in bringing a 120-kW solar system to the affordable housing buildings managed by Nancy Mercer at the Sawyer County Nonprofit Housing Development. Mercer previously worked at the county’s housing authority for 15 years, and in that time, solar was often discussed as a way to reduce electrical costs for the tenants in affordable housing. These elderly tenants are often living on fixed incomes, so reducing costs for them is part of the
job, Mercer explained. She carried that ambition to install solar with her to Sawyer County Nonprofit. Coincidentally, the complex Mercer previously managed was just across the street from one of her current properties, and the housing authority eventually added solar to the rooftop of that building. Carlson Electric handled that project, and during installation, Dilley and Mercer connected and began planning for PV on Sawyer County Nonprofit properties. The first step was figuring out funding for a project like this. The physical installations didn’t pose a
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challenge, barring inclement weather, but complications often arise when trying to install solar for nonprofit organizations like Mercer’s. Not to mention there were different interconnection requirements across the three properties where she hoped to have solar installed. To handle the complex financing, Carlson Electric teamed with Legacy Solar Co-op, a Wisconsin-based organization that formed in 2014 when there wasn’t an institutional loan program to finance solar in the state. One of the services Legacy Solar Co-op offers is peer-topeer loans for solar projects with nonprofits. “We’re in the business of matchmaking,” said Kurt Reinhold, president and CEO of Legacy Solar Co-op. “We match community institutions that want to do solar and connect them with members of the community that aren’t Wall Street investors but just want to support solar, or in this case, seniors, and help them reduce their electric bills.” With the assistance of Legacy Solar Co-op’s consultants, Carlson Electric earned a solar module endowment from Renew Wisconsin’s Solar for Good program and received financial incentives from Focus on Energy, a group that works with state utilities to incentivize energy-efficient developments. Together, that covered about $55,000 of the project. Then, Legacy Solar Co-op members purchased bonds to raise a $65,000 loan, and another individual member covered the remaining cost. Solar was built across six multifamily buildings on three different properties in Hayward, Winter and Radisson. The total project cost $255,000, with Sawyer County Nonprofit only owing $250 upfront. The system came online in
May 2020, and the nonprofit will have the option to purchase the array after six years. The residents expressed their enthusiasm right away. “They may be older people and they might not understand everything, but they were super excited to be progressing forward,” Mercer said. “When the panels went up and they were turned on, some of the tenants came into my office showing me their electric bills and some tenants only had to pay their meter fee.” While Wisconsin isn’t leading the United States in solar development, it is a state where groups and contractors are collaborating to make solar a reality despite a lack of state and institutional loan support. “Without all these different resources and putting them together, there would have been no way to make this project happen,” Dilley said. SPW
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California contractor nails hospital solar design despite tight squeeze B Y B I L LY L U D T
Sun Light & Power has installed solar on many different roof types in the San Francisco Bay Area. Tile roofs, shingled roofs, flat roofs, metal roofs — the Berkeley-based installer has seen them all in the last 45 years. But none were such a tight squeeze as the company’s 2020 installation at the University of California San Francisco’s Medical Center at Mission Bay. The plan was to install a 244-kW solar array using a custom-designed steel structure as the system’s foundation that would span across an elevated roof section at the UCSF Medical Center. Everything was laid out in the design documents, but what Sun Light & Power (No. 223) installers immediately found was they only had 1/4 in. of wiggle room with the attachments.
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“There’s a lot of play with rail, and then with L-feet there’s a lot of vertical adjustment,” said Scott Hosterman, senior project engineer at SLP. “I mean, we rarely get into this tight of a situation because we’re working with rafters or concrete and we have plus-or-minus 5 in. When something comes up, we can shove things, we can push the cantilever and give ourselves more room.” At first touch, they were off by onesixteenth of an inch. That measurement spread out over 30 module rows meant the system would walk out of place and not fit. SLP worked alongside steelworkers TCB Builders to drill accurate attachment points into the steel foundation. The steel beams were set about 20 ft off the roof, so to get installers
up to that height, SLP placed plywood atop wood planks stacked in the slots of its I-beams to create a surface for contractors to walk along and set modules. SLP installers worked this way from one end to the other, placing 678 SunPower modules. Given the limited working footprint of the building and wanting to maximize power output, modules were placed in an east-west orientation. “East-west lends itself to zero loss of space,” Hosterman said. “You can stack east-west right on top of each other, making an almost continuous envelope of solar.” The SLP crew was working through the early months of the pandemic at Mission Bay when shutdowns due to
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COVID-19 restrictions were common. The hospital had established windows of time for when the solar contractors could work. Everyone had to carry IDs and were temperature-checked each time they entered the building. While running electrical into the building, contractors worked inside an “airtight cart” as a precaution. On top of that, air quality in California was poor, and the installers and steelworkers were working atop a six-story building in unrelenting heat. And the project was finished in July, just before wildfire ash started falling on San Francisco. “Even almost a year after, we haven’t worked on another project like this,” said Xavier Garcia, project manager at SLP. “We have challenging clients, challenging locations, challenging weather, challenging installation, challenging AHJs, but not the project itself.” He added that with the many parties involved in the construction of this array, and the circumstances it was built under, SLP walked away with some lessons learned from this project. “One is that we know we can make it happen because we already did it once in the worst-case scenario — and we did it well,” Garcia said. SPW
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Top Solar Contractors 2021 Awards Program Each year, we honor solar companies that excel in sustainability and innovation. For our 10th anniversary, we're also honoring individuals helping to move the industry forward with our inaugural Solar Champion Awards.
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Solar Power World’s 2021 Greenest Contractor invests in greening employee lifestyles The Greenest Contractor award celebrates the greenest contractors making their companies and communities as environmentally friendly as possible.
The efforts of an individual are valuable, but this year’s Greenest Contractors understands the threat of climate change needs to be addressed at an institutional level. Cincinnati, Ohio-based solar EPC Melink Solar (No. 111) has taken its position in the renewables market seriously, enacting company-wide policies for facilities and employees to be as green as possible. The company created a pledge to have every Melink employee select the clean power option from their utility and drive an electric vehicle powered by clean energy by 2025. As of 2019, 57% of Melink employees drove electric vehicles and many of them also serve on boards or are members of local organizations promoting renewable energy, green living and general wellness, including the Greater Cincinnati Green Building Council, Green Energy Ohio, Sonlight Power and EV Cincy. The rest of the company has four more years to meet the Melink 2025 Pledge, and Melink will support employees in this process if they encounter financial barriers by offering benefit incentives, leasing programs and lower market prices for EVs. Melink is also ensuring its facilities produce little to no carbon. Both of the company’s headquarters are classified as zero-energy buildings. The first was retrofitted with geothermal heating, LED lighting and other clean technologies to reach that status, and the second was built with zero-energy consumption in mind. The second HQ uses a patent-pending “Super Hybrid Geothermal” HVAC system and 85 kW of large-scale solar carports with bifacial modules. The carports power the entire building and 39 additional EV charging stations. Additionally, Melink has wind turbines on site. From 2018 to 2019, onsite renewables produced 94,236 kWh of solar energy and 1,379 kWh of wind energy. Despite being in a state with regions dedicated to fossil fuel extraction and policies unfriendly toward renewables, Melink is making southern Ohio and the entire country greener. SPW
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“We are honored and proud to be recognized as one of the Greenest Solar Contractors in the world. And we intend to continue to help lead our industry and community toward a cleaner energy future by our example.” STEVE MELINK | FOUNDER AND CEO | MELINK SOLAR
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Solar Power World’s 2021 Most ForwardThinking Contractor invests in long-term customer satisfaction The Most Forward-Thinking Contractor award celebrates solar installers devoted to making progress in energy and beyond in hopes of a more sustainable future.
When Mid-Atlantic residential and commercial installer GreenBrilliance (No. 118) thinks to the future, it's always with the customer as a core focus. The company's mission is to save customers more money in the long run rather than focusing on easy, short-term schemes. That's why all products GreenBrilliance offers are extensively tested, with the company landing on only five manufacturers of durable, trustworthy Made-in-America components. To enforce accountability, GreenBrilliance developed a 32-point quality rating system. After every installation, a quality assurance engineer walks with the solar customer through an inspection checklist, ensuring they know how their solar system works. GreenBrilliance receives feedback on team expertise, safety and cleanliness, while the customer gains access to performance, technical and operational expectations. Offering the best products and technologies isn’t worth it if the customer is not educated on how their system is expected to perform. The company is also involved with electrical efficiency research to further improve customer satisfaction and increase energy savings. GreenBrilliance turned to artificial intelligence and machine learning to reduce energy losses and have customer solar arrays act more powerful than they are. The company's patentpending intelligent transformer technology — called Neurobotz — connects through the electrical circuit, using predictive analytics to create an optimal load curve and reduce kilowatt-hours consumed at one time. Nearly 20% of GreenBrilliance solar customers also receive the Neurobotz transformer, and GreenBrilliance has offered the technology to other installers for their own customers. The bottom line for GreenBrilliance is increasing solar customer savings, even if that customer is not directly on the company's client list. The future of the industry depends on the customer satisfaction practices of today. SPW
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“The long-term happiness of our customers is a very strong focus for us for a very simple reason — solar investment is never a shortterm investment. And when we request homeowners to invest in solar with their lifetime savings, it is our ethical duty to serve them and stand behind them for the longterm. Our whole corporation puts in toward customer satisfaction and growing the industry. It is highly rewarding if recognition of such comes through. It is not only an internal team morale booster, but it also sends a message to others, be it customers or other solar companies, to raise their bars toward the betterment of the industry.” OMKAR BHANDAKKAR SOLAR PV DESIGN ENGINEER | GREENBRILLIANCE
SOLAR CHAMPION AWARDS
Top Solar Installer Shawn Reynolds, commercial construction manager, Solar Impact
Shawn Reynolds’ passion for exceeding customer expectations no matter the obstacles in his path makes him this year’s Top Solar Installer. During the pandemic, Reynolds led his team to complete a significant project with Hillsborough County, Florida, despite budget and construction constraints. The 720-kW portfolio on the county’s public libraries was completed on time, while Reynolds was also in charge of multiple other jobs nearly two hours away. After installation, the array experienced some module failures that could have harmed the company’s working relationship with the county. Instead, Reynolds stepped in to quickly replace the broken equipment to ensure the client was satisfied. The successful project helped Solar Impact reach even more clients in the Tampa/Hillsborough area and has more than tripled the company’s installations in the region. In addition to his dedication to projects from start to finish and beyond, Reynolds is also committed to training the next generation of installers. He teaches Sante Fe College’s Electrical Construction Apprenticeship program, which many of Solar Impact’s workers have taken. He’s always willing to drop what he’s doing to answer questions about solar installation and electrical work.
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“Shawn is an example of not only a master of his craft, but someone who truly cares about the success of his team, his company and doing the right thing for our customers. He not only embraces but embodies our core values.” ALEX FINCHUM DIRECTOR OF SALES AND MARKETING SOLAR IMPACT
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Top Solar Advocate Sarah Wochos, senior director of policy and business development, Borrego
Sarah Wochos’ instrumental role in launching new solar markets in Illinois and Pennsylvania has landed her the No. 1 spot as Top Solar Advocate this year. Wochos was one of the lead negotiators for environmental organizations in Illinois’s Future Energy Jobs Act, which opened the state’s solar industry. She also spearheaded the regulatory process that created the Adjustable Block Program that established the distributed solar market in Illinois. For the past few years, Wochos has been one of the few industry professionals who has represented all renewable energy interest groups in Illinois’s Path to 100 Act, which would set a goal of 100% renewable energy by 2050. At the same time, she has been a key player in Pennsylvania developing and advancing bipartisan policy that would establish a community solar market in the state. Wochos holds many titles in addition to her full-time job. She’s the co-chair of the Coalition for Community Solar Access’s (CCSA) Illinois committee, the chair of CCSA’s Pennsylvania committee, a board member of the Illinois Solar Energy Association (ISEA) and a member of the Midwest committee of SEIA.
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“Throughout her policy work, Sarah has gone more than the proverbial ‘extra mile’ to pave the way for thousands of megawatts of solar to come online. She has demonstrated great skill at both advocacy and strategy, starting with a deep understanding of policymakers’ overall renewable energy goals.” ILAN GUTHERZ VP OF POLICY AND STRATEGY | BORREGO
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SOLAR CHAMPION AWARDS
Top Solar Changemaker Kate Gold, director of community engagement, Solar Landscape
Talking about diversity and inclusion in the solar industry is a good start, but the 2021 Top Solar Changemaker is actively bringing underserved communities into the green economy. Kate Gold’s mission as director of community engagement at Solar Landscape is to train and develop the future renewable energy workforce in New Jersey. She has helped the company partner with nonprofits including the Jewish Renaissance Foundation, the Hispanic Family Center of Southern Jersey and Interfaith Neighbors to offer in-person solar job training for local residents. When the pandemic started, Gold had to change plans to keep pushing forward. She formed a partnership with Edison Job Corps to provide its students with remote solar installation training, and also collaborated with local colleges to offer free remote NABCEP training. Solar Landscape successfully trained more than 100 students during the pandemic and was even able to employ some of them on its construction and development teams. One graduate introduced Gov. Phil Murphy at the Solar Landscape’s ribbon-cutting for the state’s first community solar project in January 2021. Gold’s workforce development leadership then led to yet another partnership, this time with roofing manufacturer GAF. Solar Landscape is now working with the manufacturer to provide free commercial roofing and solar installation training in historically marginalized communities across New Jersey. She also created additional internal programs to train high school students and mentor newly trained employees to give them the tools they need to succeed.
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“Kate’s impact on New Jersey’s landscape for solar energy employment and workforce development is a testament to her hard work and dedication to providing opportunities for others. Kate is a force in New Jersey and is most deserving of this recognition.” KEVIN DUNSHEE | CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER | SOLAR LANDSCAPE
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Top Solar Designer Omkar Bhandakkar, solar PV design engineer, GreenBrilliance
Omkar Bhandakkar’s dedication to working around even the toughest design challenges cemented his place as this year’s Top Solar Designer. Bhandakkar’s biggest challenge so far was working on a project for a Virginia home within a homeowner’s association. The resident had reached out to a number of installers whose plans were rejected before finding GreenBrilliance. Bhandakkar rose to the challenge, read up on Virginia’s HOA laws and drafted a design package that would adhere to the guidelines. After designing the system, he personally attended monthly HOA meetings to explain how the system would look, as well as the benefits and myths about solar power. After some back-and-forth with the association, where he proved that any other layout would result in substantial production loss, the president of the HOA approved the project. It was the first solar installation to be allowed within that HOA’s jurisdiction. Because of Bhandakkar’s persistence and skill, GreenBrilliance went on to install numerous systems in that large HOA community.
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How do you support U.S. solar installers? We support U.S. Solar Contractors by providing nonmetallic electrical enclosures to house critical components and switches that are designed and built for outdoor applications. These enclosures are lightweight and easy to modify in the field making them popular with US solar contractors.
1958
YEAR FOUNDED
Allied Moulded Products, Inc. exists to serve our customers by supplying quality products and services. We will continue to grow our Company while treating customers, vendors, and associates as we like to be treated – with dignity and respect.
MARKETS SERVED
300
EMPLOYEES
Bryan, Ohio US HEADQUARTERS
3,000-4,000 TOTAL US CUSTOMERS
Product Feature
Allied Moulded Control Enclosures
Designed for wall mount applications where system integrators require the enclosure to HOUSE and PROTECT many critical control components. Open space inside the Allied Moulded Control Enclosures has met the demand for innovative panel designs in various industrial applications such as waste water treatment, oil & gas, solar & wind power, chemical formulation and general communications. Sizes for the Standard Control Series range from 24”x20”x8” through 30”x24”x10” and Control XL at 40”x32”x12”.
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How do you support U.S. solar installers? Aurora Solar makes the digital platform that powers the solar industry. With Aurora, solar professionals are able to accurately design and quote systems from anywhere. As the solar industry goes digital, Aurora is here to help–enabling solar companies to successfully transition away from manual processes to remote site designs, online sales and seamlessly integrated operations. In support of industry education and growth, Aurora frequently shares helpful resources with the solar community through its blog, webinars, and content, including its annual Empower Virtual Summit, which brings together thousands of solar professionals to learn, share and grow the industry together.
2013
YEAR FOUNDED
To learn more, please visit: • Website: aurorasolar.com • Blog: aurorasolar.com/blog • Empower Virtual Summit 2021: empower.aurorasolar.com
MARKETS SERVED
170
Aurora Solar’s mission is to create a future of solar energy for all, and we believe software is key to achieving this future. Aurora Solar develops software solutions for the solar industry that automate processes throughout the solar project lifecycle, allowing for soft cost reductions, faster deployments, and affordability.
EMPLOYEES
San Francisco, CA US HEADQUARTERS
4,000
Product Feature
Aurora
TOTAL US CUSTOMERS
Aurora is a cloud-based platform for the modern solar organization, featuring powerful digital capabilities that support every stage of the solar lifecycle: Sales • Use visual tools to power an interactive remote solar consultation to drive more sales. • Coming soon – Aurora Sales Mode gives solar sales teams the ability to make design adjustments on the fly with an an iPad-friendly solution Design • Accurately design a solar installation for any site, from anywhere with onsite accuracy • Generate bankable Shade Reports that are accepted by major rebate authorities and utilities including NYSERDA, MassCEC, ONCOR, and more • Operations • Use Aurora’s robust APIs to integrate with your entire tech stack, reduce manual data entry and increase team bandwidth
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ADVERTORIAL
How do you support U.S. solar installers? Baja Carports designs, engineer and install prefabricated solar steel carports nationwide. We engineer to specific design criteria (from 20 lbs. live load to 90-pound snow load) to meet customers unique project requirements and specifications, providing the most cost-effective layout utilizing different steel products, cold form steel, 3 plate, hot rolled wide flange, etc. Our in-house project team of engineers, project management, certified installation crews selfperform all aspect of solar steel carport construction to deliver from initial design to project execution nationwide.
1981
YEAR FOUNDED
A Self performing prefabricated steel carport contractor with over 40 years experience in design, supply, engineering and project execution with our certified crews and project management teams installing nationwide.
MARKETS SERVED
100
EMPLOYEES
St. Martinez, CA US HEADQUARTERS
10,100
TOTAL US CUSTOMERS
Product Feature
Steel Carports Custom design engineered prefabricated steel solar carports.
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How do you support U.S. solar installers? Since the company’s founding in 2013, DEPCOM has built its procurement policy around a strong Buy American program. Today 75% of DEPCOM’s spend is on American products- and growing. The genesis of the Buy American philosophy stems from the company’s founding team’s decision to build a business around a strong set of patriotic core values. By promoting business within the USA, DEPCOM seeks not only to strengthen the nation’s domestic economy and uplift fellow Americans, but also provide added benefit and value to its customers. Today, DEPCOM employs over 1,600 craft professionals nationwide across its project sites. In addition to prioritizing sourcing major equipment from American companies, DEPCOM also makes it a priority to offer job opportunities to our nation’s heroes by hiring Veterans. Developing relationships with USA manufacturers is also critical to DEPCOM’s “Go Fast” execution philosophy because major equipment is delivered to job sites much quicker than it would be if purchased from overseas suppliers. On average, DEPCOM recieves materials to the project sites 3-5 weeks earlier from U.S. sources than from international suppliers. Accelerated material deliveries allows DEPCOM to build projects quicker, reduces the supply chain risk and ultimately drives increased execution efficiencies that DEPCOM can pass along to its customers.
2013
YEAR FOUNDED
MARKETS SERVED
150
EMPLOYEES
Scottsdale, AZ
Mission Statement: BEST SOLAR POWER EPC/O&M PROVIDER MEASURED BY CUSTOMER, EMPLOYEE & SHAREHOLDER SATISFACTION, OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY, COST EFFECTIVENESS, INNOVATION & PHILANTHROPY
US HEADQUARTERS
Product Feature
At DEPCOM, our core business is to deliver best-in-class EPC services to our utility solar customers, including complete in-house capabilities. In addition to traditional EPC services, DEPCOM offers a broad spectrum of solutions to meet the unique needs of our customers throughout the value chain of utility solar projects, including Development Support Services, Project Optimization, Project Finance Solutions, Energy Storage Integration, Operations & Maintenance, and Plant Restoration and Recertification Services. DEPCOM operates in geographically diverse markets from coast to coast, with a primary focus on projects ranging from 20MW – 200MW individually. DEPCOM’s portfolio of projects; either completed, in construction, or in pre-construction phases is approximately 4GW.
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How do you support U.S. solar installers? Gibraltar Renewable Energy Group brings together leading solar brands across project software, mounting, tracker and eBOS to deliver supply, cost and ROI advantages. Seasoned experts from Sunfig, RBI Solar, TerraSmart and SolarBOS deliver a novel approach to utility and C&I solar integration. Contractors get to streamline projects with a single partner offering an integrated solution for stronger returns and better LCOE. With 19 GWs of solar capacity deployed across 4600 systems, Gibraltar’s team of 500 talented employees are driven by a singular mission to streamline projects.
MARKETS SERVED
506
EMPLOYEES
Buffalo, NY US HEADQUARTERS
630
Increase project value from start to finish Our efficient product and service integration spans the project lifecycle to help contractors increase profits, reduce costs, minimize risks and accelerate schedules. Our portfolio features: 1. Intelligent project modeling software from Sunfig supports early-stage development to maximize project returns and unlock hidden value -- faster, easier, and more accurately. 2. RBI Solar is known for custom-built, efficient pile systems, landfill expertise and industry-leading carport designs to deliver strong value to utility and C&I customers. 3. Designed for tough sites TerraSmart’s ground screw solution, flexible racking and tracker - TerraTrak, combined with civil and installation services, deliver reliable results in unreliable conditions. 4. SolarBOS is one of the top eBOS suppliers in the country with over 8.5 GWs of solar projects. In collaboration with TerraSmart and RBI Solar, SolarBOS wraps a complete DC offering.
TOTAL US CUSTOMERS Gibraltar’s Renewable Energy Group takes a full-cycle path to innovation across utility solar and C&I projects. Powered for progress, the Gibraltar ecosystem works seamlessly across the project development cycle to capture added value for developers, asset owners, and EPCs. Our ingenuity spans well beyond our portfolio of companies to our passionate people and optimized processes, all of them focused on delivering a streamlined project experience for stronger returns. Product Feature
TerraTrak
First of its kind, TerraTrak is a ground screw-based, single-axis A-frame tracker designed for performance and returns in challenging conditions. TerraTrak is the only SAT tracker that eliminates 100% refusal risks, which are usually assumed by the developer. Developers are now able to turn unusable land into valuable assets with TerraTrak’s ground screw foundation. The SAT is designed to contend with steep slopes (up to 20% N-S), environmentally sensitive land, refusal, and frost-susceptible soils. Combined with PeakYield™ -- TerraTrak’s advanced performance monitoring and controls software -- operators boost real-time visibility of trackers in the field, maximizing yield and returns while keeping assets safe and stable in all weather conditions.
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How do you support U.S. solar installers? Jinko supports U.S. contractors through the leading distributors in the country. We have local support functions that provide technical support and marketing/ brand collateral. One feature available to U.S. contractors is our EAGLE Academy, which includes many resources like short videos about technical topics or common questions. We also have our manufacturing facility in Jacksonville, Florida, which is one of the world’s most advanced module assembly operations. We are always looking to build closer relationships with our U.S. contractors and regularly host events with our distribution partners. We frequently raffle off prizes to our community of devoted contractors; this past year, we did a round of virtual raffles for cool prizes, including a MacBook Pro. Contractors should keep in touch with Jinko about the latest promotions. Because we know time is valuable, we have designed a durable product that has low defect rates, reducing the number of truck rolls to a customer’s site. We use thick front side glass, thick frames, and thick backsheets to make sure our modules can withstand the elements. We also use very long 2053 mm cables to make it easier on our contractors.
2006
YEAR FOUNDED
MARKETS SERVED
15,000 EMPLOYEES
JinkoSolar (U.S.) Inc. provides comprehensive, industry-leading, locally based sales and support to solar and storage installers and owners across the United States and Canada. We strive to be the best company in the industry to work for and the most dependable and trusted partner we can be to our customers.
Jacksonville, FL US HEADQUARTERS
Product Feature
EAGLE TR G4 JinkoSolar’s EAGLE TR G4 features new tiling ribbon (TR) technology which eliminates cell gaps between the module. This significantly increases module efficiency (reaching up to 21.16%), allowing for more power per square foot. Available in a 66-cell for residential, and a 78-cell (monofacial and bifacial) for commercial and utility, these modules can generate up to 390W and 475W respectively.
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How do you support U.S. solar installers? K2 Systems focuses on providing support to solar contractors across the US. We have a technical sales team that is in contact directly with installers. We provide support in different areas such as: project design, training on our Base design tool, providing guidance and any documentation needed for permits, technical training on our products and upcoming new innovations, and webinars. We also provide onsite training with our product specialists. We like to have a close relationship with our customers and support them in any way we can. K2 Systems is built on mutual trust; this applies to our customer service as well as within the company itself. We believe a trusting partnership leads to successful photovoltaic projects. Our employees place total focus on the needs and wishes of our customer.
2004
YEAR FOUNDED
MARKETS SERVED
K2 Systems stands for worldwide power generation from solar energy. The heart of the company is the development of installation-friendly mounting systems that are tailored to the needs of our customers, though the soul is the common spirit of all employees. Together we define technical innovation and set new service standards for a sustainable future.
210
EMPLOYEES
Vista, CA
US HEADQUARTERS
20% of residential market TOTAL US CUSTOMERS
Product Feature
K2 Systems is in the midst of releasing several new roof attachments to the market, one of them being the Splice Foot X & XL for composition shingle roofs. Available in two profiles, the Splice Foot is an all-in-one splice and mount with FlexFlash technology attached to the base.
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Mount and splice K2 FlexFlash technology 20+ years of proven water sealing technology on asphalt roofs Self-drilling lag screws = less tools needed Can be installed into the rafter or deck Optimized for CrossRail systems and components No L-Foot needed T-Bolt hardware included
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How do you support U.S. solar installers? With over 2.6 million solar installations across the country – ranging from rooftop solar panels for your home to large-scale solar systems powering our utilities – there’s enough clean electricity to power over 16 million homes. As more and more Americans rely on solar power, Megger is committed to manufacturing top-ofthe-line electrical test equipment needed to install, maintain, and troubleshoot your solar photovoltaic systems – keeping the solar power on. Our tough, yet light-weight handheld insulation resistance testers, irradiance meters, clamp meters, and thermal cameras are perfect for solar contractors. When paired with our solarspecific test leads and accessories for a complete solar testing kit, you get the full picture of the condition, state, and performance of your PV system. Whether you are commissioning a new system or re-energizing an array after maintenance, these electrical tests are essential to ensure that the system is safe. To better support solar contractors, our engineers recently partnered with solar-industry experts to create a free library of training resources—with videos and step-by-step tutorials—to support solar contractors in the field. To access these resources, visit us.megger. com/renewables.
1889
YEAR FOUNDED
MARKETS SERVED
300
(US BASED) EMPLOYEES
Valley Forge, PA US HEADQUARTERS
88,100 TOTAL US CUSTOMERS
Our mission is to help you keep your power on. We focus our expertise in developing innovative testing solutions that are world class on safety, performance, reliability, and ease-of-use. We are committed to providing you with the measurement results and insight to make informed decisions about your assets, increasing uptime and safety.
Product Feature
DCM1500S The DCM1500S is Megger’s new solar clamp meter. This multi-function tester gives solar technicians the ability to test higher voltages and current values—more flexibility in a single tool than ever before. With voltages up to 2,000Vdc and true RMS up to 1,500Vac, easily measure both the ac and dc side of the solar PV system. Additional features include built-in temperature measurement, a no-touch voltage sensor, an automatic flashlight, and inrush current measurements. Using the Megger Link app, easily transfer, store, and access results on any smart device with a Bluetooth connection.
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How do you support U.S. solar installers? Preformed Line Products (PLP) is a major US manufacturer of PV Solar mounting solutions. Since 1993, professional installers from coast to coast rely on our high-strength and easy-to-install solar product solutions for roof, ground, and pole mounting applications. PLP delivers added value to our installation partners through technical expertise, installation support, and unparalleled customer service. Our domestic manufacturing capabilities and PV solar industry experience allow us to respond to the clients’ needs quickly and accurately.
1947
YEAR FOUNDED
The Connection You Can Count On
MARKETS SERVED
3,000+ EMPLOYEES
Cleveland, OH US HEADQUARTERS
500+
TOTAL US CUSTOMERS
Product Feature
PLP’s Solar Carport PLP Carports are engineered and optimized to site-specific applications and PV solar installation. The modular structures feature a simplified design and integrated PV module mounting system designed to provide faster assembly rates and labor savings on every project. These solar support structures feature tilt angles that offer 0, 5, and 10 degree positions and an optional gasket sealing solution. PLP’s unique module clamping system offers 50 percent few components than traditional systems and has built-in 3⁄4” spacing. This system offers 4-high or 7-high in portrait module mounting for a single row or double row car parking with built-in wire management channels.
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How do you support U.S. solar installers? 2014
Quest Renewables partners with Engineering, Procurement and Construction companies (EPCs) to design, engineer, and fabricate QuadPod™ solar canopies, offering solar canopy solutions for surface lots and parking garages. Quest Renewables supports EPCs by removing the complexity from solar racking. EPCs choose to partner with Quest because we address the major challenges of solar construction. First, we provide creative solutions, through layouts, foundation recommendations, etc., that help customers achieve better results for each unique carport project. Second, we provide fast, responsive customer service and straightforward answers. Our customers know exactly what they are getting and can quickly communicate with their customers. Third, Quest has a flexible, lean business model that allows EPCs to leverage their local construction partners to drive construction costs down. EPCs and developers have different levels of vertical integration, and we flex our support to allow them to make the best use of their company’s relationships. Lastly, we offer high touch, on-site support via certified installers or Precision Solar’s installation support team to make sure construction goes smoothly. We literally stand behind (and under) our carports.
YEAR FOUNDED
MARKETS SERVED
10
EMPLOYEES
Atlanta, Ga US HEADQUARTERS
450 TOTAL US CUSTOMERS Quest Renewables believes that solar energy, particularly distributed generation, is critical to building a sustainable future. To that end, we have created a purpose-built solar company that enables our customers to eliminate waste, increase value and enter new markets.
Product Feature
QuadPod™ solar canopies QuadPod™ solar canopies are designed, engineered and purpose built and to be used as solar carport systems. Their repeatable, straight-forward construction methodology is the ideal solution for a host of potential sites, including surface lots, parking garages, and other carport applications. Systems are panelized on the ground, improving safety and expediting the construction process. These features allow for fewer days on site and the lowest possible construction cost.
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How do you support U.S. solar installers? We owe our success in the solar market to our 30+ years of experience with importing and shipping. This is one of the key factors that set us apart from our competitors. We believe in stocking a massive inventory to get you the parts you need. We’ve had very few stock outages and little or no difficulty shipping product, even during these unprecedented times. When necessary, our warehouses across the country can ship orders in 24 hours, and often same-day. In addition to our unbeatable expertise with shipping, we offer our products at a very competitive price that never sacrifices quality. Our family-owned and operated business works hard to solve your problems and make solar installation easy. We’re forward thinkers with a highly trained and experienced team that’s ready to discuss your concerns to ensure you get the product you need. We can produce custom products from start to finish in 90 days and are continually working with installers to deliver the exact products needed for any type of roof. Our fast, simple solutions are easy to install, saving you time and money on your solar projects. We set ourselves apart by providing you with streamlined purchasing – In addition to distribution, our mounting solutions are available for purchase directly on our website, so YOU can decide how you get what you need.
1958
YEAR FOUNDED
MARKETS SERVED
27
Our mission is to provide effective, straightforward mounting solutions through our innovative products and high-quality customer service.
EMPLOYEES
Livermore, CA Rock Hill, SC US HEADQUARTERS
Product Feature
QB2 with Microflasing® We’ve made further innovations to QB2 with Microflashing®, part of our Original Top Mount line. Our newest mount comes with a Split-Top L-Foot for compatibility with saddle attachments and increased versatility. The Split-Top speeds up installation time further, making it easy to drop in rails. QB2 is simple and easy to use with only 3 parts, 15 seconds to mount, and no sealant required to achieve a watertight seal. Our patented BoltSeal™ technology creates a mechanical compression-seal as you drive the bolt. Get this mount in black for a sleek appearance that blends right into the roof so you can offer your customers an even better looking array.
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AD INDEX AceClamp .................................................. 56 Allied Moulded Products ......................... 129 Anderson Optimization .............................. 50 APA Solar ......................................................5 Aurora ........................................................ 19 Bailey Specialty Cranes ............................... 79 Baja Carports ............................................. 21 Blattner Co.....................................................1 Chem-Link ................................................. 125 Chiko .......................................................... 61 Chint .......................................................... 17 Continental Control Systems ................... 131 DEPCOM .................................................. 23 Enel X North America ................................ 87 Energetech ...................................................4 Environmental Products & Applications Inc 53 Fortress Power ........................................... 27 Get The Referral ........................................ 33 Gibraltar Energy Group............................... 71 Hardrock Drilling LLC ................................. 29 Jinko Solar ................................................IBC K2 Everest Systems .................................... 74 Kensington Electronic, LTD ........................ 85 M Bar C ................................................47, 81 Megger ...................................................... 55 Nine Fasteners ......................................... 117 OMCO Solar ............................................... 57
Ontility ........................................................ 41 OTT HydroMet ............................................ 73 Panasonic Eco ................................................7 Preformed Line Products........................... 133 PV Labels Inc. ............................................ IFC Quest Renewables ..................................... 13 QuickBOLT ....................................................2 REC Americas ............................................ 63 Roof Tech ................................................... 24 S-5! ............................................................ 43 Shoals Technologies Group ....................... BC Snake Tray .................................................. 36 SnapNRack ................................................. 64 Solar FlexRack ............................................ 67 Solar Power International .......................... 91 SOLARGRAF .............................................. 59 Solaria ........................................................ 15 SolarPod .......................................................4 SolaX Power ............................................. 121 Sollega ....................................................... 25 STANLEY Engineered Fastening ................. 45 Sunmodo .................................................... 28 Swinerton ................................................... 39 Ulteig .......................................................... 75 WECS ....................................................... 114 Western Land Services ............................... 53
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K2 Everest ................................................ 146 Megger .................................................... 147 Preformed Line Products .......................... 148 Quest Renewables ................................... 149 QuickBOLT ............................................... 150
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THICKER FRONT SIDE GLASS FOR ADDED HAIL PROTECTION
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