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Congratulations to the 2019 Top Solar Contractors! It’s safe to say that none of the editors on the Solar Power World team expected to end up in the solar industry, but once we found a home here, we were hooked. That seems to be part of a larger trend — many of the 242,000 people working today in the U.S. solar market stumbled into it, but collectively we’re focused on a larger mission: to bring more clean, affordable, renewable energy to America. And we couldn’t do that without solar installers and contractors. Everything the 36% of us non-installers do supports the 64% of the industry doing the hard work developing and constructing solar projects. That’s why we’re excited to present the 2019 Top Solar Contractors list. Each year, Solar Power World assembles a list of the top installation companies in the country, from big utility developers to smalltown contractors. This special issue celebrates the accomplishments made in the last year — 10.6 GW didn’t just appear out of nowhere in 2018! We’re thrilled to feature many feel-good stories from our 2019 Top Solar Contractors class. We have companies less than a year old making major statements, installers lending helping hands in disaster-stricken communities and industry veterans finding ways to bring solar to underserved locations.
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This year we also highlight an emerging growth opportunity for solar installers with our new Solar+Storage Installers list. The scope of solar+storage adoption happening right now is surprising; of course, projects in California, Hawaii and Puerto Rico are plentiful, but contractors in Ohio, Maine and Missouri are getting out ahead of this “new” technology and educating customers on the benefits of batteries paired with solar too. This is the future of the solar industry, and we’re eager to hear about more projects coming to fruition. Congratulations to everyone listed this year in Solar Power World’s special edition. And thank you to all the installers and contractors out there working hard every day. We hope you’ll join us at Solar Power International in September at our annual Top Solar Contractors Gala to continue the celebration! SPW
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The 2019 Top Solar Contractors list is here! In addition to our lists by service, market and state, make sure to check out our new Solar+Storage list featuring the solar contractors that installed the most storage last year.
2 FIRST WORD The editorial team congratulates the 2019 class of Top Solar Contractors!
12 RACIAL DISPARITY Bringing solar to the mainstream means no one gets left behind
8 VOLUNTEERING Getting involved in the community boosts team morale and brand awareness
17 EMPLOYEE EDUCATION 120 AD INDEX A properly trained solar workforce is a continuous work in progress
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74 TOP ROOFTOP CONTRACTORS
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volunteering: good for your brand and employee morale The Solar Power World editorial team spends every spring season reporting on what’s trending in the U.S. solar market. We see technology shifts and product advancements and write about the way consumers are interacting with solar — good and bad. One positive trend I’m happy to report with this Top Solar Contractors class is that it might be the most charitable one yet. Nearly 10% of applicants said they were involved with volunteering or other philanthropic acts, and I know many more are standing up in their communities, not thinking it’s exceptional. “A lot of times, people that choose to work in solar and in the renewable energy industry have a desire to do good,” said Leila Kitts, VP and COO of EcoMark Solar (No. 173). “[Volunteering programs] help scratch that itch a little bit.” EcoMark formed the EcoMark Foundation as a way for employees to be more involved in choosing how to engage with the community. The company donates one food item for every kilowatt of solar sold during its annual EcoMark Solar Kilowatt Can Drive, and employees also donate items and volunteer at the local food bank during the holiday season. This first chartable effort opened the door to
employees to choose other organizations to receive yearend financial giving, and the EcoMark Foundation now works with a Colorado children’s hospital, a no-kill animal shelter and a grant program for local military veterans. “A lot of our giving efforts have been spearheaded by our employees who want to see us give back to the communities,” Kitts said. “Every employee votes and can say how much of our total charitable giving amount will go to each organization. It gives them a sense that those in upper management want us to have a deeper engagement in the communities that we all live and work in.” National statistics back that up — corporations that have charitable opportunities have a better connection with employees and the community. According to research by Nonprofits Source, 88% of management surveyed at corporations believe effective employee engagement programs help attract and retain employees, and 86% believe employees expect them to provide opportunities to engage in the community. So companies are ramping up their philanthropic outreach — the Giving USA Foundation found corporate giving increased by 8% in 2017, totaling $20.77 billion. Community outreach can also be a good brand-boost for solar companies.
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“Our brand is being a local company and focusing on Colorado,” Kitts said about EcoMark. “Working with other organizations helps to reinforce that image that we really care about our communities and the people that live in them.” The leadership team at Semper Solaris (No. 65) likes to keep everything on-brand, too. Co-owner Kelly Shawhan, a former Marine captain, started the solar company in 2012 with co-owner John Almond in the spirit of the Marine’s motto “semper fidelis” or “always faithful/loyal.” Whenever possible, Semper Solaris will hire a veteran. The company took that one step further with its Semper Cares Initiative and now installs free rooftop solar systems for deserving vets in California. “Back in my Marine days, we all said that when we became a civilian, we could give back by buying a beer or giving a Marine a job. If we could help out in any way, if we had the wherewithal to do so, we would do it,” Shawhan said. “We obviously have the ability to do it, so we do it. There’s been nothing but positivity to come from it.” Semper Solaris works with local radio and television stations to receive nominations for veterans for the initiative, and the company secures donations from companies like Panasonic and SolarEdge for the systems. “We get the panels and inverter donated, and we’re doing the racking and labor, so it’s not too oppressive for anybody involved, and we’re able to do something really good for the community and these vets,” Almond said. “It’s something we had in mind for a long time, and once we got large enough to afford it, we just started doing it. Our plan is to keep doing one every quarter hopefully as long as we’re in business.” Due to California labor laws, Semper Solaris employees can’t actually volunteer their time to install the projects, but most of the company comes out during the Semper Cares Initiative projects to hang out with community members.
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“We’ll get a couple dozen employees that will come to the big reveal. They just want to be part of it. They’re excited to do it,” Almond said. For larger solar companies, office workers can lend a direct helpinghand when working with donated solar projects. “To have employees who just work in our office and never see installs happen, it’s cool for them to see the project,” said Emma Austin, marketing assistant with ION Solar (No. 79), which installs donated solar systems through community organizations. “They put together everything behind the scenes, like permitting. Now they’re seeing the real-life execution of what they’re doing here.” ION Solar formed its charitable arm ION Earth as a way to give back to the communities in which it works. The Utah company has expanded into six additional states and pledges to donate a system for every 2 MW it installs. Last year, ION Solar completed close to 16 MW. “A lot of larger solar companies do charitable acts in third-world countries, and we had talked through some of the ideas, but the problem with those is it’s generally a once-a-year thing. We wanted to create a program to continuously give back to our communities each month,” said Dave Rasmussen, president of ION Solar. The ION Earth initiative frequently works with Habitat for Humanity
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to install solar for deserving families. ION Solar donates all supplies and labor, and the new homeowners receive all the same perks as paying customers. They can still access monitoring systems and are covered by all warranties. Rasmussen said there are “more than enough” ION Solar volunteers that come out for each project, and they often have to find other odd jobs for them to complete at the site, like planting flowers. Volunteering is good for the mind and body, according to an article by psychologists and hosted on HelpGuide.org. Participating in charitable acts can counteract the effects of stress, anger and anxiety; increase selfconfidence; and keep people physically healthy — which are all great things for a large organization like ION Solar. Keeping people engaged with their community and their work is a good reason for more solar companies to make volunteering part of their culture. “The goal for us is to not just be a sales organization but to be a part of the communities we’re in,” Rasmussen said. “It’s important to give back.” SPW
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installers must act now to resolve racial disparity in rooftop solar Racial disparity in rooftop solar PV deployment has historically been attributed to income or home ownership inequality in communities of color. But a study by Tufts University and the University of California, Berkeley, found the disparity remains even when adjusting for those two factors. "For me, it was like a bucket of ice water in my face that really, really hit home," said Melanie Santiago-Mosier, senior director of Vote Solar's Access & Equity Program. "That despite income and despite homeownership, there's a very pronounced disparity in terms of rooftop solar deployment based on race, and that was horrifying for me to read." Vote Solar's mission is to bring solar to the mainstream — meaning no one gets left behind — so the organization has been working on solutions for bringing solar to low-income communities for some time. But after reading this study, SantiagoMosier said there's a need to more deeply examine the underlying inequity in solar beyond the previously known roadblocks. "We already knew that there were challenges in deploying solar for lower-income communities, but now I think we're starting to sharpen our focus and think a little bit more about what equity means and what we can do about it," she said. The Tufts study identifies the disparity but does not outright name the causes. It does provide some hints, though.
The Tufts study found black-majority communities suffer from a disproportional lack of this initial solar deployment. However, when communities of color are seeded with solar, the resulting deployment significantly increases compared with other racial/ethnic groups for median household income below the national average. This means solar installers are missing out on business by not selling to these communities. "What that tells me is that solar salespeople are simply not going into those communities," SantiagoMosier said. "I think that is just something that we need to recognize and think about and be humble about." Seattle-based installer SolTerra Solar (No. 254) has a diverse company makeup and is led by a woman CEO, but even this progressive company acknowledges a disparity in its clientele. CEO Aimee Carpenter thinks the problem starts with marketing.
Lack of initial solar seeding The social diffusion effect, also known as "seeding,” is the phenomenon that homeowners are more likely to install solar if their neighbor does.
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"My first guess would be that the normal means of solar marketing and how and where people are searching for these home-improvement projects is specifically targeting more affluential neighborhoods or more white neighborhoods," Carpenter said. She thinks a first step is going beyond the typical outreach methods when it comes to marketing solar, and even talking with community leaders to determine how to reach communities of color. “I think this will inspire me to be a little bit conscientious about my outreach efforts and look into whether or not I can contribute to changing the status quo,” Carpenter said. The Rural Renewable Energy Alliance (No. 295) is a nonprofit installer focused exclusively on low-income installations, but executive director Jason Edens hypothesized that there's some implicit bias at play in traditional residential solar marketing. "Most sales strategies are probably myopically targeting those communities that they perceive to have the means to invest in solar, and unfortunately a lot of biases and discriminatory
thinking or practices come to play in those sales and marketing strategies," Edens said. "I think oftentimes, lower-income communities and/ or communities of color might be perceived by some developers as not prioritizing environmental attributes or environmental aspirations." Edens sees this perception proved wrong in his company's installations for First Nations and other low-income communities. He's found the social diffusion effect is strong in First Nations communities — when one installation goes up, the neighbors start asking how they can get a solar rooftop too.
Maryland-based solar installer Solar Energy World (No. 85) said its parameters for targeted solar marketing have to do only with roof space and home ownership status. The company only targets residential roofs that can fit 15 or more solar panels. Chief marketing officer Laureen Peck said Solar Energy World's advertisements feature people of different races, which may help assure people of color that solar is not just for white, affluent people. The company holds workshops about going solar and sees a diverse turnout that’s also reflected in its client base.
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All three companies recognize the increased potential of other residents going solar once a neighbor does, and some even have dedicated marketing campaigns to capitalize on the social diffusion effect. Carpenter acknowledges that making a concentrated effort to seed solar in communities of color could help close this rooftop solar racial gap. "If a person of color sees only white homeowners installing solar and they don't see anyone in their community doing it, it may seem or be perceived as more out of reach than it really is," Carpenter said. "Whereas if there are community leaders or influential families in a specific community or neighborhood that have solar now, all of a sudden that's going to open the dialogue that otherwise wasn't there before." Lack of representation Marketing doesn't exist in a vacuum — the people at the top of a company influence sales strategies. So, when all the top influencers are white men, it's no wonder communities that look like them are getting most of their marketing attention. The "U.S. Solar Industry Diversity Study 2019" by The Solar Foundation found that among all senior executives reported by solar firms, 88% are white and 80% are men. "It just makes me wonder, if white people are making all these business decisions, is it any wonder that white people are being served by solar?" Vote Solar’s Santiago-Mosier said. “I think that there's an opportunity here for the solar industry to rethink its sales strategies, to rethink its marketing strategies and to rethink frankly who is in those positions to do the sales, to do the marketing, to make business decisions and so on.”
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SolTerra's Carpenter said she’s noticed her company has had success accessing clients not typically served by other traditional solar companies because there's a strong interest in supporting woman-owned businesses in Washington state. She thinks her unique position as one of the few female solar CEOs may allow her to access even more markets that are racially diverse as well as gender-diverse. Carpenter’s diverse staff didn’t just happen passively. She was devoted to hiring a 50/50 male/female sales staff, but she found that mostly men applied to the role. She had to personally seek out women for her sales team, and she thinks that same intentionality is needed to hire a racially diverse staff. "There's an imposter syndrome challenge that is faced with both women and people of color, where they don't see anyone that looks like themselves in a leadership role or a technical sales role, and the opportunity that they may have there, they dismiss themselves from," she said. Canopy Energy (No. 169), based in Van Nuys, California, said the company knows solar support is strong throughout the state, but especially in communities of color. COO Jordan Cohen said the company hires from these communities at all levels, from engineers to managers. "The word of mouth is very efficient because they get to experience it from within and provide trust in these communities because they live in them," Cohen said. "We believe that they are our best ambassadors." Santiago-Mosier sees intentionality as a key factor to solving the disparity in rooftop PV deployment. She said that business as usual may not have intended to leave communities of color out of solar but has inadvertently done so anyway. The path forward is one where companies go out of their way to engage with communities of color on their terms, hire diverse staffs and begin seeding
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solar in communities that don't have it. "Everyone in the solar industry just really needs to think critically about who's in its workforce and who are the consumers," Santiago-Mosier said. "I think it's just being a little bit vulnerable, aware and willing to share power and making a commitment to act with more intentionality." She acknowledges this change won't happen overnight, but also knows the stakes are high. The United Nations found the world has less than 12 years to limit climate change catastrophe. "We need every single voice out there chiming along with us, demanding action right now to implement more clean energy technologies to get solar out into the world everywhere," SantiagoMosier said. "If communities of color are not seeing the benefits of clean energy, what reason would they have to join in the fight? We really have to be sure that there's a reason for people to fight along with us." SPW
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solar installers have much to gain by investing in employee education The ideal scenario working in any position in any industry would be reaching a point where you require no further training. You become an expert at your job and the difficulty of daily tasks turns from a rising grade to a plateau. But that’s never the case for any profitable business. The technology that solar installers handle every day changes all the time. Combine that with shifting regulatory policies, dwindling subsidies and tariffs, and an installer’s job becomes even more complicated. What makes a company reputable comes down to day-to-day practices and employee knowhow. It comes down to training — at all levels of a company, from installers to CEOs — well past Day 1. Continuing solar education Solar PV has added about 150,000 jobs to the United States market in the last decade. With that boom in solar careers comes a wealth of new people to the industry who need to be properly trained. “Look, if you’re going to be here, don’t ruin it for the rest of us,” said Kevin King, VP of EGT Solar (No. 321). King considers himself an old-school member of the solar industry. The young blood joining the industry — especially in states with smaller markets like Idaho
where EGT is based — need to make sure they’re working up to standard, King said. “At least let me educate you on how to do it right,” he said. “If I don’t take the time to educate them on how to be me, then my quality will never be carried on.” EGT holds training sessions for its employees for about an hour every morning of the work week and holds regular two-hour training sessions on Fridays — all on company time. This idea of continued and constant training was something King brought over to the company from his time at Real Goods, a solar components supplier in Northern California. He said Real Goods put education first, giving employees actual hands-on time with the technology they were trying to sell. “It wasn’t just someone at your door selling solar,” King said. “You went there, and you learned about solar — how it worked, how it’s connected — and I always felt that that’s the best way to learn more, especially for tradesmen.” As a result, King’s employees at EGT have classes nearly every day on anything solar — from racking spacing to battery storage to setting a panel. The company also pays for employees to take courses outside of work to become certified electrical journeymen, if they so choose. EGT even conducts information
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sessions on solar for employees at Idaho’s Department of Building Safety and offers training courses for solar installers who don’t work for EGT. This approach gives EGT installers practical, up-to-date knowledge, makes regional inspections and permitting processes simpler and improves candidacy for the general solar workforce in a time of hiring difficulties. “I get called weekly by customers of other companies who have systems installed but they don’t work right, and then the statement is, ‘I really shouldn’t have paid them everything until it got working,’” King said. “Imagine the solar industry if everyone had a system installed by someone who didn’t know what they’re doing, and it didn’t work. How long would our industry actually be sustainable?” Learning best practices in the field Solar education doesn’t just come from the classroom. Employers dedicated to learning the best processes for daily work can make jobs easier on their teams and quicker for their customers. Since no two projects are exactly alike, there is no strict guidebook for erecting an array, but that hasn’t stopped pile-driving solar subcontractor Sunstall (No. 64) from making each installation as streamlined as possible.
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“As soon as we touch [a component] twice, there’s something wrong,” said Helge Biernath, CEO of Sunstall. “We should touch materials only once, and before that, we need to make sure that we really have a good inventory — that we understand what we have and where it needs to go.” That means dedicating time to mapping out which components go where and when, being clear on what installers will work on and using equipment to move and install components when it’s warranted — to literally take the weight off installers’ shoulders. “Taking those parts out into the field in a way to minimize stress on people — that’s also an important factor,” Biernath said. “If we do that, we can reduce stress on the people, therefore resulting in less injuries. Safety is much better because it’s a much more controlled environment, and that’s an additional advantage. Actually, people are getting more done by doing less.” That’s especially important when your installers are working in harsh
temperatures or weather conditions. “This whole bending down and picking up stuff, I did it to myself on a project here in Bakersfield. Working in 105°F is heat stress. It’s brutal,” Biernath said. "We need to do whatever we can to minimize that. We still need to work on that and dial it in each and every time.” Completing a project more efficiently can come down to a choice as seemingly trivial as disposing of shipping materials on the same trailer they came in on. You won’t reach peak efficiency on your first project, but recognizing where you can improve is essential. It will ultimately make your installers better at their job and save the company money. Installers that prioritize lifelong learning — both in the classroom and in the field — can build reputable companies with loyal employees ready to evolve along with new technologies, regulations and customers. SPW
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BY THE NUMBERS
SOLAR
While not their primary source of business, most ranking companies (89%) on the Top Solar Contractors list do business in the commercial market.
SEGMENTS
SEGMENT
BREAKDOWN
More than half of the installers on the Top Solar Contractors list work primarily in the residential solar market.
PRIMARY
FREQUENCY OF
SERVICE
OFFERED SERVICES While not necessarily their primary services, 75% of the 2019 Top Solar Contractors offer EPC services, and only 5% consider themselves manufacturer installers.
Nearly half of the survey respondents primarily work as EPCs on solar projects. EPC ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR DEVELOPER INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR MANUFACTURER INSTALLER
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20
246
310 159 (38%)
122
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WHEN TO
INSTALL STORAGE Almost all Top Solar Contractors survey respondents installing storage did so along with a brand new solar installation.
42
RESIDENTIAL INVERTER PREFERENCE STRING INVERTER – 33
Along with a brand new solar install
8
as a retrofit situation with an existing array
2
off-grid
2
standalone battery
2
all of the above
MICROINVERTER – 29
( 6 2 R E S P O N D E N T S T O TA L )
NON-RESIDENTIAL INVERTER PREFERENCE
Survey respondents overwhelmingly choose string inverters over central inverters in non-residential solar projects.
STRING INVERTER – 51
CENTRAL INVERTER – 12
( 6 3 R E S P O N D E N T S T O TA L )
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Survey respondents were nearly split down the middle between inverter types, but the majority prefer string inverters.
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BY THE NUMBERS
YES 30
NEW U.S.
NO 38
HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO YOU
TO BUY AMERICAN-MADE
SOLAR COMPONENTS?
(68 RESPONDENTS TOTAL)
PANEL MANUFACTURERS
The presence of new U.S. panel manufacturers hasn’t affected the panel buying habits of 56% of survey respondents.
Most respondents remain neutral on where their solar components originate. VERY IMPORTANT
NEUTRAL
37
17
NOT IMPORTANT
13
(67 RESPONDENTS TOTAL)
OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE Most survey respondents offer customers O&M services after an array is installed.
YES – 44
NO – 21
HOW ARE ANY TARIFFS WITHIN THE
SOLAR INDUSTRY (PANELS, STEEL, ALUMINUM, INVERTERS)
(65 RESPONDENTS TOTAL)
AFFECTING YOUR BUSINESS IN 2019? Most survey respondents report a slight change in business with the presence of panel, inverter and steel and aluminum tariffs.
HOW DO YOU PREDICT THE UPCOMING
ITC DROP-DOWN WILL AFFECT YOUR BUSINESS THROUGH 2022?
45 12
(66 RESPONDENTS TOTAL)
A majority of installers believe the ITC drop-down will cause a decrease in business through 2022.
9
BUSINESS WILL INCREASE – 10 BUSINESS WILL REMAIN THE SAME – 27
GREATLY SOMEWHAT NOT AT ALL
BUSINESS WILL DECREASE – 29 (66 RESPONDENTS TOTAL)
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TEARING
DOWN
HIRING
About twothirds of survey respondents do not decommission solar arrays.
Most survey respondents post job openings on hiring websites.
YES 23
(65 RESPONDENTS TOTAL)
UTILITY-INSTALLER
RELATIONSHIPS
Most survey respondents have a moderate to good relationship with their primary utility. GREAT
18
GOOD
AVERAGE
24
21
POOR
2
TERRIBLE
1
(66 RESPONDENTS TOTAL)
SOLAR
ADVOCACY
SOCIAL SOLAR
Facebook is the preferred social media platform among survey respondents. NONE
40
17
5
1
3
A majority of survey respondents participate in various solar advocacy activities, like lobbying or writing op-eds.
YES 38 24
NO 28
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BY THE NUMBERS
NONE
OTHER
24
LOCAL EVENTS
43
54
Social media and local events are the most popular means for survey respondents to advertise their business.
9
MARKETING SOCIAL MEDIA
14
5
5
BILLBOARDS
24
TRADITIONAL PRINT MEDIA
ISSUES AFFECTING
SOLAR BUSINESS
State policy was the most cited issue among respondents. Here are the other issues making installers' jobs harder.
TELEVISION
RADIO
HIRING TARIFFS PERMITTING FINANCING MODULE AVAILABILITY NET METERING
KEEPING IT LOCAL Over half of the ranking solar installers installed 100% of their PV systems from 2018 in the state they’re based.
NO
YES
NO
214
201
388
27
48%
FALSE ADVERTISING/ MISINFORMATION
About 7% of the Top Solar Contractors list did not install any solar in their home state in 2018.
YES 52%
THE ITC
FLY-BY-NIGHT COMPANIES UTILITY/INTERCONNECTION
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BY THE NUMBERS
EMPLOYEE NUMBER BREAKDOWN
SOLAR DISTRIBUTORS
The majority of ranking solar installers have between 11 and 50 employees. 10 OR 200+ 101-200 51-100 11-50 FEWER
39 33 62 211 70 9% 8% 15% 17% 51%
About 52% of respondents use CED Greentech as a solar equipment distributor.
CED GREENTECH
116
DESIGN
SOFTWARE
SOLIGENT
23
BAYWA R.E.
19
OTHER
115
PANEL COVERAGE
The most popular design software among Top Solar Contractors is HelioScope (32%), Aurora Solar (31%) and AutoCAD (23%).
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HELIOSCOPE AURORA SOLAR AUTOCAD SOLARGRAF PVSYST ENERGY TOOLBASE
2019 Top Solar Contractors installed solar in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and three U.S. territories: Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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ACKNOWLEDGING THE U.S. SOLAR INDUSTRY’S SHINING STARS The 2019 Top Solar Contractors collectively installed thousands of megawatts across the United States in 2018. They help push the country closer to a more sustainable energy distribution system, and we’re honored to give them the accolades they deserve.
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COMPANY
CITY
STATE/ TERRITORY
FOUNDED
EMPLOYEES
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL KILOWATTS INSTALLED
KILOWATTS INSTALLED IN 2018
1
Mortenson
Minneapolis
MN
1954
5,000
3,705,300
732,600.0
2
Cypress Creek Renewables
Santa Monica
CA
2014
500
2,793,995
691,389.4
3
Directional Services
Hope Mills
NC
2005
181
1,254,328
646,425.0
4
Swinerton Renewable Energy
San Francisco
CA
1888
602
3,866,510
645,900.0
5
HCS Renewable
Georgetown
TX
2016
650
1,525,110
637,110.0
6
Black & Veatch
Overland Park
KS
1915
11,000
847,760
453,360.0
7
Wood
Tucker
GA
1946
60,000
1,673,760
393,150.0
8
DEPCOM Power
Scottsdale
AZ
2014
110
914,800
324,800.0
9
CSI Electrical Contractors
Santa Fe Springs
CA
1990
985
2,212,389
285,436.2
10
Arraycon
Sacramento
CA
2009
180
2,704,174
269,860.1
11
Hanwha Q CELLS USA
Irvine
CA
2000
46
440,990
259,000.0
12
Solar Energy Resources
Tampa
FL
2015
150
1,226,000
249,600.0
13
Primoris Renewable Energy
Denver
CO
2008
13,000
594,969
236,000.0
14
Granite Construction
Watsonville
CA
1922
6,500
1,200,000
214,100.0
15
RP Construction Services
Monterey
CA
2009
82
487,940
209,942.0
16
CS Energy (formerly Conti Solar)
Edison
NJ
1906
100
534,260
204,400.0
17
Baker Electric
Escondido
CA
1938
870
1,715,741
199,873.9
18
McCarthy Buiding Cos.
St. Louis
MO
1864
2,088
1,200,000
181,000.0
19
Pure Power Contractors
Waxhaw
NC
2012
50
422,734
162,300.0
20
AUI Partners
Fort Worth
TX
1983
35
951,000
142,180.0
30
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Congratulations! To Aurora Solar’s trailblazing customers featured on the 2019 Top Solar Contractors list, thank you for including us on your journey and trusting our team.
“Aurora gives our salespeople confidence that they’re selling the best value solar system to our customers.” — Mike Wiegel, Solarponics
3 Guys Solar A.M. Sun Solar A1 Solar Source Ace LLC Solar ACE Solar Advanced Energy Systems Affordable Solar Installation Ailey Solar Electric AllSeason Solar Alten Energy Alternative Energy Systems Arch Electric Aurora Energy Axium Solar Baker Electric Black & Veatch Boston Solar Bright Planet Solar BriteStreet Built Well Solar California Solar Electric CAM Solar Canopy Energy Cape Fear Solar Systems Carolina Energy Conservation CB Solar Clean Energy USA Clean Solar Coastal Solar Power Cosmic Solar
CTEC Solar Custom Solar and Leisure Ecohouse Solar EFS Energy EGT Solar Empire Solar Group Enterprise Electric and Rental EnterSolar ERUS ENERGY esaSolar Freedom Solar Power GenRenew Geoscape Solar Goldin Solar Good Energy Solutions Green Power Energy Helix Electric Hytech Solar Independent Power Systems Infinity Energy Kosmos Solar LA Solar Group Long Island Power Solutions Longhorn Solar Missouri Solar Applications Momentum Solar Monarch Solar Morton Solar mtvSolar My Generation Energy
New England Clean Energy Newport Renewables Nickels Energy Solutions Northwest Electric & Solar OnSite Energy Osceola Energy Paradise Energy Solutions Positive Energy Solar Power Production Management PurePoint Energy PV Squared Renu Energy Solutions ReVision Energy RevoluSun RSRV Power Same Sun of Vermont Semper Solaris Sigora Solar Smart Energy Today Sol-Up USA Solar Chief Solar Energy Services Solar Energy Systems Solar Impact Solar Is Freedom Solar Power of Oklahoma Solar Renewable Energy Solar Source Solar Technologies
Solar Watt Solutions Solarponics Southern Energy Management StraightUp Solar Sun Badger Solar Sun Solar Sun Valley Solar Solutions SUNation Solar Systems Sunbridge Solar SunBug Solar Sunline Energy Sunny Energy SunPower by BlueSel Home Solar Sunpro Solar Sunwatt Solar Synaptic Solar TerraSol Energies Tick Tock Energy Trinity Solar True South Solar V3 Electric Victory Solar Wells Solar Whole Sun Designs Windfree Solar Yes Solar Solutions
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COMPANY
CITY
STATE/ TERRITORY
FOUNDED
EMPLOYEES
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL KILOWATTS INSTALLED
KILOWATTS INSTALLED IN 2018
21
Moss
Fort Lauderdale
FL
2004
650
1,013,225
140,510.0
22
Cantsink
Lilburn
GA
1988
50
746,099
128,099.0
23
Watson Electrical Construction
Wilson
NC
1935
585
376,100
107,490.0
24
Knobelsdorff Electric
Goodhue
MN
1990
150
356,000
101,880.0
25
Sunpin Solar
Irvine
CA
2012
28
114,510
96,750.0
26
Silicon Ranch Corporation
Nashville
TN
2011
54
539,393
94,449.0
27
RES (Renewable Energy Systems)
Broomfield
CO
1981
2,000
595,595
89,501.0
28
Pine Gate Renewables
Asheville
NC
2014
72
281,500
86,713.7
29
Trinity Solar
Wall
NJ
1994
1,624
358,324
84,881.2
30
C2 Energy Capital
New York
NY
2014
20
94,715
76,797.7
31
J&B Solar
Cocoa
FL
2013
40
598,000
74,050.0
32
Alten Energy
Miami
FL
2010
50
116,246
70,903.5
33
Titan Solar Power
Mesa
AZ
2013
385
144,204
68,358.7
34
M Bar C Construction
San Marcos
CA
1975
140
480,000
65,733.5
35
NARENCO
Charlotte
NC
2009
27
206,945
64,677.0
36
New Energy Equity
Annapolis
MD
2013
20
146,000
59,306.8
37
AES Distributed Energy
Boulder
CO
2009
68
171,542
54,765.8
38
Elan Renewables (Oxbow Sunworks)
Stillwater
MN
2013
85
375,000
53,697.7
39
Greenskies Renewable Energy
Middletown
CT
2008
80
235,586
50,315.6
40
Momentum Solar
South Plainfield
NJ
2009
1500
122,296
50,295.8
41
Southern Current
Charleston
SC
2016
106
61,959
48,869.2
42
ReNew Petra
Huntersville
NC
2016
72
84,200
47,837.0
43
MBL-Energy
San Jose
CA
2002
25
450,000
47,491.0
44
J. Ranck Electric
Mt. Pleasant
MI
1986
275
251,165
46,215.6
45
Affordable Solar Installation
Albuquerque
NM
1998
85
137,000
46,065.8
46
Helix Electric
San Diego
CA
1985
2,300
2,500,000
45,621.6
47
Natural Power and Energy (NPE)
Phoenix
AZ
2008
365
158,175
44,279.9
32
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WE BUILD community through solar energy. We believe that an investment in solar can be so much more than just an investment in clean energy. Guided by a goal to hire locally and to give back to the places in which we live and work, Swinerton Renewable Energy is committed to building brighter communities.
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COMPANY
CITY
STATE/ TERRITORY
FOUNDED
EMPLOYEES
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL KILOWATTS INSTALLED
KILOWATTS INSTALLED IN 2018
48
DMH Services
Lebanon
PA
2012
20
223,053
37,175.5
49
EnterSolar
New York
NY
2005
84
122,113
36,079.9
50
Cenergy Power
Merced
CA
2008
50
283,989
35,555.5
51
Innovative Power Systems
Roseville
MN
1991
25
78,698
35,331.0
52
ACE Solar
North Andover
MA
2015
25
77,710
34,629.8
53
E Light Electric Services
Englewood
CO
1998
200
1,759,583
33,660.0
54
SEI Professional Services (SEIPS)
Paonia
CO
2015
35
183,209
33,209.0
55
Ameresco
Framingham
MA
2000
1,100
199,230
30,793.2
56
PetersenDean Roofing and Solar
Fremont
CA
1984
3,000
251,042
29,041.7
57
Recon Corporation
Mt. Pleasant
MI
2014
12
92,386
27,655.3
58
Synergy Solar
Plymouth
MA
2013
30
311,753
27,579.2
59
Standard Solar
Rockville
MD
2004
65
106,585
27,071.1
60
United Renewable Energy
Alpharetta
GA
2008
25
106,779
26,117.0
61
Elemental Energy
Portland
OR
2010
31
28,516
25,354.7
62
Axium Solar
Plano
TX
2008
35
86,200
24,260.0
63
Faith Technologies
Menasha
WI
1972
3,047
189,908
22,900.0
64
Sunstall
Novato
CA
2011
20
308,000
21,165.4
65
Semper Solaris
El Cajon
CA
2012
275
93,000
20,232.1
66
TVAEnergy
Franklin
TN
2016
10
27,000
20,000.0
67
POWERHOME Solar
Mooresville
NC
2015
650
64,561
19,441.7
68
LASE Solar
Nazareth
PA
2016
21
50,591
18,670.5
69
Solar Ground-N-Pound
Hamlin
NY
2016
20
40,000
18,000.0
70
Elite Electric
Riverside
CA
1978
98
203,943
17,591.0
71
MC Power Companies
Lee's Summit
MO
2009
50
79,452
17,554.2
72
M.B. Herzog Electric
Paramount
CA
1974
300
56,771
17,526.3
73
Community Energy
Radnor
PA
1999
38
900,790
17,500.0
74
Casey Electric
Tell City
IN
2000
74
36,981
17,181.5
34
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75
Peck Solar
South Burlington
VT
1972
130
126,557
16,961.9
76
OnSite
Liverpool
NY
2017
58
35,230
16,730.0
77
ReVision Energy
South Portland
ME
2003
250
55,000
16,437.9
78
Sunpro Solar
Mandeville
LA
2008
447
47,781
16,265.6
79
ION Solar
Provo
UT
2013
460
86,333
15,707.7
80
Baker Electric Home Energy
Escondido
CA
2007
223
70,216
15,111.6
81
Infinity Energy
Rocklin
CA
2014
436
34,160
15,075.0
82
Baja Construction
Martinez
CA
1981
135
260,049
14,497.9
83
Kuykendall Solar
Coasegold
CA
2010
45
81,163
14,442.0
84
Envirosolar
Austin
TX
2016
125
44,764
13,169.7
85
Solar Energy World
Elkridge
MD
2009
124
92,388
12,634.3
86
Elevation Solar
Gilbert
AZ
2014
140
27,057
12,052.0
87
Bright Planet Solar
Auburn
UT
2014
175
35,000
11,978.3
88
Sun Valley Solar Solutions
Chandler
AZ
2006
120
79,090
11,659.5
89
Cromwell Solar
Lawrence
KS
1982
28
16,537
11,182.6
90
Skyline Solar
Trenton
NJ
2010
85
62,423
11,085.4
91
esaSolar
Lake Mary
FL
2010
30
634,202
10,754.7
92
V3 Electric
El Dorado Hills
CA
2014
450
23,225
10,515.7
93
John Mills Electric
Elmira Heights
NY
1946
125
27,302
10,402.8
94
Solect Energy
Hopkinton
MA
2009
70
104,000
10,395.1
95
Hannah Solar
Atlanta
GA
2008
55
85,000
10,302.0
96
Newport Power
San Clemente
CA
2008
42
41,278
10,176.0
97
SUNation Solar Systems
Ronkonkoma
NY
2003
157
43,770
10,173.1
98
Joule Energy
New Orleans
LA
2009
42
75,000
10,070.6
99
Radiance Solar
Atlanta
GA
2007
30
112,000
9,894.3
100
Dynamic Energy Solutions
Wayne
PA
2009
38
64,445
9,817.3
101
Sylvester & Cockrum
WinstonSalem
NC
1985
160
28,502
9,780.2
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Inovateus Solar
South Bend
IN
2008
30
364,000
9,387.7
103
TMI Energy Solutions
Cincinnati
OH
1983
41
35,000
9,362.2
104
Solar Optimum
Glendale
CA
2008
80
85,000
9,313.4
105
Auric Energy
West Valley City
UT
2010
300
43,722
9,289.5
106
DKD Electric
Albuquerque
NM
1978
120
411,000
9,270.0
107
Advanced Solar Products
Flemington
NJ
1991
27
72,995
9,149.1
108
SolarMax Technology
Riverside
CA
2008
98
60,000
9,127.6
109
Nexamp
Boston
MA
2007
134
92,894
8,604.5
110
Sullivan Solar Power
San Diego
CA
2004
100
80,023
8,594.9
111
Encore Renewable Energy
Burlington
VT
2007
10
33,555
8,368.0
112
Renova Energy
Palm Desert
CA
2006
180
48,544
8,212.6
113
LA Solar Group
Van Nuys
CA
2012
76
27,000
8,109.5
114
GRID Alternatives
Oakland
CA
2001
419
50,528
8,085.3
115
American Electric
Mililani
HI
1946
226
95,151
7,991.9
116
Centrica Business Solutions
Santa Clara
CA
1995
36,000
42,036
7,974.6
117
Continental Electrical Construction Co.
Oak Brook
IL
1912
350
26,250
7,543.1
118
Sunline Energy
San Diego
CA
2012
94
34,586
7,504.4
119
Shorebreak Energy Developers
Santa Ana
CA
2010
80
71,464
7,464.7
120
GenPro Energy Solutions
Piedmont
SD
2003
55
15,947
7,445.5
121
SOLON
Tucson
AZ
2006
41
113,247
7,407.9
122
PermaCity
Los Angeles
CA
2003
36
84,743
7,283.0
123
Infiniti Energy Services
Howell
NJ
2015
27
16,439
7,250.9
124
Sigora Solar
Charlottesville
VA
2011
86
20,266
7,159.2
125
Namasté Solar
Boulder
CO
2005
188
102,613
7,108.2
126
Solar Technologies
San Ramon
CA
1998
54
37,452
7,052.2
127
SunVest Solar
Pewaukee
WI
2009
24
25,584
7,003.3
128
Berkowatts Electric
Lakewood
NJ
2009
70
40,000
6,987.4
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Freedom Solar Power
Austin
TX
2007
130
40,100
6,864.2
130
Invaleon Solar Technologies
Haverhill
MA
2011
30
35,661
6,855.7
131
Solar Renewable Energy
Mechanicsburg
PA
2010
12
40,000
6,687.0
132
UGE
New York
NY
2008
31
36,257
6,374.2
133
Sun Solar
Springfield
MO
2012
106
34,818
6,350.4
134
CTEC Solar
Bloomfield
CT
2011
48
42,000
6,205.1
135
Hannah Solar Government Services
Summerville
SC
2010
40
21,218
6,197.0
136
O3 Energy
Dallas
TX
2011
43
82,070
6,153.0
137
Got Electric
Gaithersburg
MD
2006
22
46,004
6,005.0
138
South Texas Solar Systems
San Antonio
TX
2007
60
12,939
5,818.8
139
A&R Solar
Seattle
WA
2007
70
19,150
5,600.0
140
Pingo Solar
Buena Park
CA
2016
32
9,481
5,531.2
141
Green Lantern Solar
Waterbury
VT
2011
13
40,430
5,430.4
142
CAM Solar
San Antonio
TX
2009
65
15,500
5,299.6
143
Harmon Electric
Phoenix
AZ
1975
104
40,727
5,194.9
144
Solar Solution
Washington
DC
2008
51
21,153
5,178.0
145
Paradise Energy Solutions
Paradise
PA
2009
67
35,570
5,101.8
146
Moxie Solar
North Liberty
IA
2008
65
10,852
4,998.1
147
Maximo Solar
Aguadilla
PR
2008
150
25,000
4,989.9
148
Harvest Power
Islip Terrace
NY
2008
62
23,840
4,989.5
149
SunPower by Stellar Solar
Oceanside
CA
1998
75
55,000
4,962.0
150
Positive Energy Solar
Santa Fe
NM
1997
68
27,423
4,923.2
151
SunBug Solar
Arlington
MA
2009
65
20,000
4,882.1
152
Long Island Power Solutions
Ronkonkoma
NY
2009
55
16,519
4,819.0
153
Shine Solar
Bentonville
AR
2016
98
8,320
4,771.6
154
Goldin Solar
Miami
FL
2014
65
8,500
4,740.8
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KILOWATTS INSTALLED IN 2018
155
Pickett Solar
Fresno
CA
1988
22
67,000
4,681.3
156
Solar Energy Systems
Brooklyn
NY
1998
43
52,828
4,606.1
157
LightWave Solar
Nashville
TN
2006
32
39,003
4,588.7
158
Eagle Point Solar
Dubuque
IA
2010
60
16,055
4,545.0
159
Alternative Energy Systems
Chico
CA
2003
85
43,494
4,526.0
160
Kiss Electric
Levittown
PA
2000
60
9,394
4,500.4
161
Morton Solar
Evansville
IN
2003
11
8,662
4,350.9
162
SunPower By Precis
Wildomar
CA
2009
75
39,103
4,220.5
163
Sunlight Solar Energy
Bend
OR
1998
70
11,217
4,217.4
164
Boston Solar
Woburn
MA
2011
65
33,000
4,175.7
165
GRNE SOLAR
Palatine
IL
2012
30
15,000
4,120.4
166
Solar Source
Largo
FL
1984
79
201,962
4,120.0
167
Sunfinity Renewable Energy
Dallas
TX
2016
50
9,216
4,063.0
168
Synaptic Solar
Richardson
TX
2017
40
9,000
4,018.8
169
Canopy Energy
Van Nuys
CA
2016
75
10,003
3,982.2
170
SunRenu Solar
Scottsdale
AZ
2008
14
19,884
3,942.2
171
NRG Clean Power
Canoga Park
CA
2013
40
20,000
3,887.8
172
Green Power Energy
Annandale
NJ
2009
53
15,187
3,883.4
173
EcoMark Solar
Denver
CO
2010
160
17,646
3,758.1
174
Azimuth Energy
St. Louis
MO
2014
10
24,871
3,741.0
175
NC Solar Now
Raleigh
NC
2010
50
11,408
3,688.6
176
Sunny Energy
Tempe
AZ
2014
34
13,810
3,669.8
177
SouthWest Sun Solar
Garden Grove
CA
2014
100
25,000
3,639.8
178
Con Edison Solutions
Danbury
NY
2007
45
32,000
3,607.0
179
Green Development
North Kingstown
RI
2009
50
11,730
3,600.0
180
Independent Power Systems
Boulder
CO
1996
30
15,000
3,433.1
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181
New Energy Consultants
San Juan
PR
2008
50
25,000
3,400.3
182
Palomar Solar
Escondido
CA
2009
28
16,421
3,392.1
183
AllSeason Solar
Galloway
NJ
2008
150
31,356
3,376.7
184
Pivot Energy
Denver
CO
2009
33
50,000
3,306.1
185
ERUS ENERGY
Phoenix
AZ
2005
240
3,310
3,298.1
186
Solar Chief
Columbia
SC
2015
35
3,252
3,241.3
187
Aurora Energy
Columbia
MD
1994
11
20,000
3,234.6
188
Smart Energy Today
Olympia
WA
2012
100
9,030
3,228.6
189
Arch Electric
Plymouth
WI
2003
40
9,300
3,222.3
190
Clean Solar
San Jose
CA
2007
45
15,578
3,161.7
191
Geoscape Solar
Florham Park
NJ
2008
50
14,085
3,085.4
192
SunPower by EmPower Solar
Island Park
NY
2003
70
25,642
3,076.9
193
Universal Solar Direct
Las Vegas
NV
2015
70
13,863
3,047.0
194
Kopp Electric Company
Toms River
NJ
1994
44
17,065
3,017.1
195
RevoluSun Smart Home
Honolulu
HI
2009
148
69,500
2,924.7
196
CB Solar
Des Moines
IA
2013
8
15,108
2,921.5
197
Sun Light & Power
Berkeley
CA
1976
69
29,000
2,913.1
198
SunPower by Sea Bright Solar
Ocean Township
NJ
2003
40
25,744
2,834.4
199
A.M. Sun Solar
Paso Robles
CA
2012
56
7,758
2,824.8
200
Renu Energy Solutions
Charlotte
NC
2010
48
10,936
2,783.0
201
Current Electric
Brookfield
WI
1983
110
8,353
2,771.5
202
Renewable Energy Partners
Corona
CA
2012
25
15,000
2,715.3
203
Empire Solar Group
Layton
UT
2017
63
5,067
2,629.3
204
EFS Energy
St. Louis
MO
2011
20
4,090
2,626.6
205
Sol Luna Solar
Dixon
NM
1991
12
6,000
2,586.6
206
Wells Solar
Austin
TX
2014
70
9,500
2,509.7
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KILOWATTS INSTALLED IN 2018
207
PowerLutions Solar
Lakewood
NJ
2008
30
11,000
2,492.7
208
Victory Solar
Houston
TX
2016
36
3,553
2,489.0
209
Streamline Solar
Phoenix
AZ
2008
24
20,000
2,463.9
210
Puget Sound Solar
Seattle
WA
2001
37
14,550
2,462.6
211
StraightUp Solar
St. Louis
MO
2006
75
12,693
2,425.7
212
Synergy Power
Sandy
UT
1999
25
15,660
2,412.3
213
Windfree Solar
Chicago
IL
2009
22
12,393
2,393.3
214
BriteStreet
Denver
CO
2012
31
5,891
2,391.1
215
Bombard Renewable Energy
Las Vegas
NV
1982
25
641,870
2,342.7
216
Cosmic Solar
Vista
CA
2007
20
21,350
2,332.4
217
Advanced Green Technologies
Fort Lauderdale
FL
2007
15
248,243
2,286.2
218
PV Squared
Greenfield
MA
2002
44
12,600
2,233.0
219
Longhorn Solar
Austin
TX
2009
45
12,366
2,180.4
220
Altenergy
Charlottesville
VA
2004
50
9,808
2,177.4
221
GreenBrilliance
Sterling
VA
2007
16
9,833
2,156.4
222
iDEAL Energies
Minneapolis
MN
2010
30
8,815
2,151.7
223
Milholland Electric
El Cajon
CA
1990
35
22,540
2,146.7
224
PPC Solar
Taos
NM
1979
17
12,000
2,129.3
225
Solarponics
Atascadero
CA
1975
40
12,320
2,116.0
226
American Sentry Solar
Bel Air
MD
1993
130
13,957
2,109.4
227
GenRenew
Hamilton
NJ
2017
55
2,752
2,108.5
228
RevoluSun
Burlington
MA
2012
41
9,981
2,104.5
229
Accelerate Solar
Charlotte
NC
2012
32
5,050
2,097.4
230
Skyline Solar
Pleasant Grove
UT
2016
65
3,754
2,097.0
231
Robco Electric
Las Vegas
NV
1996
120
8,832
2,063.3
44
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KILOWATTS INSTALLED IN 2018
ALL SERVICES OFFERED
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232
Alder Energy Systems
Charleston
SC
2008
21
13,064
2,024.3
233
3D Solar
Odessa
FL
2013
35
6,300
1,951.3
234
Sol-Up USA
Las Vegas
NV
2009
30
5,849
1,948.5
235
Haleakala Solar and Roofing
Fremont
CA
1974
120
100,000
1,934.6
236
American Solar Power
Los Angeles
CA
2009
15
15,000
1,905.1
237
A1A Solar Contracting
Jacksonville
FL
2010
18
15,248
1,875.8
238
Westcoast Solar Energy
Sebastopol
CA
2009
25
13,377
1,856.7
239
Aegis Renewable Energy
Waitsfield
VT
2011
10
13,222
1,856.5
240
Solar Energy Services
Millersville
MD
2006
37
23,382
1,849.1
241
Southern Energy Management
Raleigh
NC
2001
75
26,170
1,842.6
242
SunPower by the Solar Quote
Stockton
CA
2015
20
8,000
1,834.9
243
CMI Solar & Electric
Newark
DE
1998
19
21,486
1,770.6
244
Allterra Solar
Santa Cruz
CA
2004
33
9,044
1,684.4
245
Unlimited Solar Technology
Hollywood
FL
2014
25
2,800
1,682.8
246
Solar-Ray
Orlando
FL
2003
13
9,982
1,679.5
247
Ecotech Solar
Bellingham
WA
2004
13
6,840
1,676.8
248
mtvSolar
Berkeley Springs
WV
2009
25
8,869
1,652.4
249
Western Solar
Bellingham
WA
2002
15
7,326
1,639.7
250
Your Energy Solutions
Dublin
CA
2008
30
8,136
1,636.2
251
Solar Dad and Sons
Islandia
NY
2008
23
8,030
1,630.2
252
Solar States
Philadelphia
PA
2008
35
5,486
1,620.3
253
PurePoint Energy
Norwalk
CT
2007
10
7,399
1,617.8
254
SolTerra Solar
Seattle
WA
2008
20
7,851
1,602.8
255
Peak View Solar
Colorado Springs
CO
2009
31
41,590
1,598.0
256
Clean Energy USA
Rehoboth Beach
DE
2007
22
17,000
1,586.1
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STATE/ TERRITORY
FOUNDED
EMPLOYEES
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL KILOWATTS INSTALLED
KILOWATTS INSTALLED IN 2018
257
Sunsense Solar
Carbondale
CO
1990
25
25,420
1,582.2
258
SunPower by New York State Solar Farm
Modena
NY
2008
35
10,845
1,563.6
259
Energy Consultants Group
Anamosa
IA
2008
7
4,469
1,562.3
260
Sundance Power Systems
Weaverville
NC
1995
27
10,230
1,523.3
261
Ace LLC Solar
Pulaski
TN
2009
18
4,001
1,494.4
262
New England Clean Energy
Hudson
MA
2006
30
10,051
1,486.2
263
Sunergy Systems
Seattle
WA
2005
17
10,400
1,455.6
264
Good Energy Solutions
Lawrence
KS
2007
21
5,009
1,452.5
265
Sunlight Enterprises
Orlando
FL
2003
14
2,390
1,398.3
266
North State Solar Energy
Forest Ranch
CA
2002
25
18,349
1,397.2
267
Yellowlite
Cleveland
OH
2009
25
6,801
1,379.7
268
New Day Solar
Winchester
CA
1997
24
23,245
1,369.7
269
Exact Solar
Yardley
PA
2005
11
4,065
1,368.3
270
Atlasta Solar Center
Grand Junction
CO
1979
24
6,810
1,362.7
271
Simpleray
Fairfield
IA
2008
75
8,029
1,351.8
272
Treepublic
Bel Air
CA
2008
18
3,671
1,351.3
273
SunPeak
Madison
WI
2014
25
9,075
1,344.5
274
Buffalo Solar Solutions
Buffalo
NY
2015
24
2,033
1,334.5
275
Solar Impact
Gainesville
FL
2007
18
10,805
1,316.8
276
Icon Solar
Milford
OH
2009
20
7,751
1,303.9
277
Renewvia Enery
Atlanta
GA
2009
9
19,500
1,293.1
278
Magic Sun Solar
Loomis
CA
2010
17
11,240
1,269.5
279
Solar Is Freedom
Cincinnati
OH
2016
12
2,000
1,248.0
280
Solar Power of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
OK
2017
28
1,528
1,237.5
281
1 Source Solar
Ankeny
IA
2015
10
2,903
1,210.6
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CITY
STATE/ TERRITORY
FOUNDED
EMPLOYEES
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TOTAL KILOWATTS INSTALLED
KILOWATTS INSTALLED IN 2018
282
Sandbar Solar & Electric
Santa Cruz
CA
2004
32
15,871
1,205.5
283
True South Solar
Ashland
OR
2010
14
5,306
1,194.9
284
SunPower by BlueSel Home Solar
Woburn
MA
2009
22
5,190
1,178.9
285
Scudder Roofing Sun Energy Systems
Marina
CA
2007
25
10,278
1,178.3
286
Yes Solar Solutions
Cary
NC
2009
20
8,521
1,170.8
287
Future Energy
Van Nuys
CA
2016
10
2,852
1,156.9
288
SolareAmerica
Upper Darby
PA
2010
12
17,180
1,142.2
289
California Solar Electric
Ojai
CA
2000
18
8,320
1,117.6
290
Ideal Energy
Fairfield
IA
2009
23
5,546
1,100.0
291
Imagine Energy
Portland
OR
2003
15
6,620
1,094.4
292
Sunbridge Solar
Washougal
WA
2010
15
4,064
1,085.5
293
Fuzion Energy
Bakersfield
CA
2016
9
2,102
1,082.9
294
Clayco Electric
Alpine
CA
2010
7
4,041
1,066.1
295
Rural Renewable Energy Alliance
Backus
MN
2000
11
2,803
1,063.7
296
Same Sun of Vermont
Rutland
VT
2011
15
3,887
1,062.1
297
Tick Tock Energy
Effingham
IL
2006
13
3,250
1,058.3
298
Hytech Solar
Bay Shore
NY
2016
30
4,546
1,049.0
299
My Generation Energy
Dennis
MA
2009
15
9,928
1,045.5
300
Mass Renewables
Bellingham
MA
2009
18
5,822
1,039.2
301
Osceola Energy
Albuquerque
NM
2009
17
3,043
1,036.2
302
OnSite Energy
Bozeman
MT
2012
8
3,010
1,017.4
303
Advanced Energy Systems
Eugene
OR
2004
20
15,000
1,013.1
304
Northwest Electric & Solar
Kenmore
WA
2011
50
3,025
1,002.9
305
South Sound Solar
Olympia
WA
2008
18
5,060
1,000.5
306
Power Production Management
Gainesville
FL
2009
26
5,000
995.7
307
3 Guys Solar
Orlando
FL
2013
15
2,020
975.2
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CITY
STATE/ TERRITORY
FOUNDED
EMPLOYEES
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL KILOWATTS INSTALLED
KILOWATTS INSTALLED IN 2018
308
Shaw Solar
Durango
CO
2007
12
4,262
959.7
309
Cutler Bay Solar Solutions
Cutler Bay
FL
2013
49
8,470
958.1
310
Alternative Energy Southeast
Lilburn
GA
2007
18
2,212
953.5
311
Michigan Solar Solutions
Commerce
MI
2007
28
3,305
936.9
312
Southard Solar and Construction
Denver
CO
2005
10
5,537
915.4
313
California Solar Electric Co.
Grass Valley
CA
2000
26
5,327
914.0
314
Sunrise Power Solutions
Brentwood
NY
2008
42
3,741
901.7
315
Bob Heinmiller Solar Solutions
Orlando
FL
1990
8
2,277
872.7
316
Rooftop Solar
Flagstaff
AZ
2010
35
2,144
872.4
317
Green Street Solar
Selbyville
DE
2008
8
4,806
844.3
318
Empire Renewable Energy
Phoenix
AZ
2010
16
25,021
834.1
319
Skytech Solar
San Francisco
CA
2018
15
7,100
827.6
320
Creative Solar USA
Kennesaw
GA
2008
40
8,000
818.1
321
EGT Solar
Meridian
ID
2009
20
3,762
815.1
322
Coastal Solar Power
Hinesville
GA
2011
6
5,000
807.2
323
Sol Power
Providence
RI
2013
10
2,881
802.3
324
Solar Direct
Sarasota
FL
1985
25
7,500
793.5
325
Sun Badger Solar
Oak Park
WI
2018
14
959
789.4
326
Blue Sky Solar Co.
Dubuque
IA
2013
3
3,000
775.6
327
ETM Solar Works
Endicott
NY
1988
11
2,500
775.5
328
Palmetto State Solar
Greenville
SC
2015
35
1,369
759.3
329
Sunwatt Solar
Pawtucket
RI
2014
12
5,300
755.8
330
Highlight Solar
San Jose
CA
2008
20
4,421
752.0
331
Solar Watt Solutions
Carlsbad
CA
2009
8
3,096
746.8
332
Cool Blew Solar & Electric
Peoria
AZ
2010
30
4,297
746.7
333
Cape Fear Solar Systems
Wilmington
NC
2007
18
3,963
739.1
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ADVERTORIAL
The Effects of Temperature on Battery Capacity, Performance & Cycle Life Charging, Performance & Cell Temperature:
The performance of a deep cycle battery bank is determined by a number of factors including cycle frequency, depth of discharge, charge voltage & current, and operating temperature. Higher operating temperatures result in more efficient charging and a higher rate of capacity. Cooler operating temperatures will reduce charge efficiency and capacity. The drawback to operating at higher temperatures is a reduction in cycle life, where cooler operating temperatures reduces the negative effects of heat. To prevent overheating, each battery in the bank should be separated 2.5cm- 7.5cm (1”-3”) inches apart to allow proper airflow and cooling as well as general maintenance. Excessive heat or cold temperatures will cause a reduction of the overall performance and life of your battery bank. In addition, flooded batteries operating in high temperatures will often require a top-up of distilled water more frequently. Rigid foam insulation may be used to fill the space between each battery to reduce the risk of freezing during very cold temperatures.
Voltage Adjustments:
As ambient and operating temperatures vary, the required charge voltage to properly bring the battery bank to 100% state of charge (SOC) may also require adjustment. Higher cell temperatures require a slight drop in charge voltage, primarily to prevent overheating and possible burning of active material in the cells. Cells charging in cold temperatures require a slightly higher voltage to bring the bank to full SOC. Most charge controllers utilize a battery monitoring system to track the condition of the battery bank. A sensor is mounted to one
Flir camera image of batteries charging in a battery box. Note: cell temperature is significantly higher below the electrolyte level than the battery terminal and cover.
of the batteries, allowing the system to determine the temperature of electrolyte in the cell and adjust the charge voltage accordingly. The sensor should be mounted directly to the side of the battery case (or cell on dual-container models) below the electrolyte level. The sensor should not be mounted on the top of the battery case or terminal as these will often be cooler than the actual cell temperature and temperatures may vary significantly. Temperature compensated voltage adjustments prevent over/undercharging and avoid the need for seasonal adjustments as conditions in ambient temperature change throughout the year. *Note: most charge controllers operating with a temperature sensor reduce charge voltage but will not stop the charging process completely when high temperatures are reached. Refer to the operating manual for specific precautions.
Distilled Water:
As flooded batteries are cycled more frequently and charge/discharge levels increase they will require periodic watering. Electrolyte levels should be monitored regularly to prevent exposure and drying of the battery plates. Battery cells may require more frequent watering on systems operating in warmer temperatures or where cycling is more frequent. Only distilled water Test distilled water with a TDS (Total should be used to top Dissolved Solids) Meter. A reading up the cells. Testing is of 0-5 ppm is acceptable. recommended as not all distilled water is equal. A TDS meter is an inexpensive tool which allows quick and accurate measurement of water purity. Rolls offers a Flooded Deep Cycle Battery Maintenance log book to track specific gravity and voltage readings. Recommended charging parameters for flooded models & maintenance checklist is also provided for your convenience. Request a copy from your Rolls Battery dealer or distributor. For more information on battery installation & care, download a copy of Rolls Battery User Manual available on their website – www.rollsbattery.com
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COMPANY
CITY
STATE/ TERRITORY
FOUNDED
EMPLOYEES
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL KILOWATTS INSTALLED
KILOWATTS INSTALLED IN 2018
334
Electric Distribution & Design Systems
Garland
TX
1982
10
10,874
738.8
335
The Solar Store
Tucson
AZ
1998
17
6,008
730.7
336
NW Photon Energy
Lake Oswego
OR
2009
2
4,441
723.6
337
Sugar Hollow Solar
Asheville
NC
2010
20
1,400
699.6
338
EIS Solar
Pittsburgh
PA
2008
28
8,060
690.7
339
Newport Renewables
Providence
RI
2011
25
2,186
686.0
340
SunWork Renewable Energy Projects
Milpitas
CA
2005
9
3,500
682.6
341
Southern Light Solar
New Bedford
MA
2013
5
2,797
663.7
342
Newkirk Electric Associates
Muskegon
MI
1961
600
113,721
650.0
343
RisingSun Solar
Kansas City
MO
2016
10
1,163
640.8
344
SunOn Energy
Anderson
MT
2015
13
2,229
625.0
345
SunHarvest Solar
Phoenix
AZ
2009
12
21,404
618.5
346
Kosmos Solar
Arlington
TX
2016
20
1,300
611.4
347
Resolute Performance Contracting
Tempe
AZ
2011
50
55,601
591.8
348
A1 Solar Source
Kansas City
MO
2014
18
2,907
587.7
349
Solar Electric Freedom
Mesa
AZ
2016
12
1,000
585.1
350
Custom Solar and Leisure
Tucson
AZ
2007
8
3,389
582.4
351
Brightstar Solar
Marlborough
MA
2009
8
2,799
573.4
352
E2 Solar
Bend
OR
2005
9
3,000
567.2
353
Solar-Fit
Daytona Beach
FL
1975
25
3,759
565.1
354
Island Pacific Energy
Honolulu
HI
2007
20
11,000
536.9
355
Chico Solar Works
Chico
CA
2011
5
1,880
530.7
356
Jefferson Electric
Indianapolis
IN
2011
25
6,828
507.3
357
RSRV Power
Charlotte
NC
2017
21
938
494.2
358
Main Street Solar
Fincastle
VA
2008
9
2,130
485.8
359
Belmont Solar
Gordonville
PA
2002
9
11,442
485.6
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COMPANY
CITY
STATE/ TERRITORY
FOUNDED
EMPLOYEES
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL KILOWATTS INSTALLED
KILOWATTS INSTALLED IN 2018
ALL SERVICES OFFERED
ALL MARKETS SERVED
360
SolarHut
Placerville
CA
2008
8
8,197
482.1
361
Solar Generation
Kingston
NY
2005
13
3,317
475.4
362
Emerald Energy
Raleigh
NC
2009
4
1,074
474.2
363
Sunshine Solar Services
Fort Lauderdale
FL
2007
6
3,013
463.9
364
Silverline Home Remodeling
Los Angeles
CA
2014
8
906
451.4
365
Roof Power Solar
Rich Hill
MO
2012
2
3,358
448.5
366
Alternative Power Solutions of NY
East Syracuse
NY
2008
11
3,500
446.0
367
Missouri Solar Applications
Jefferson City
MO
2008
11
5,440
439.8
368
King Solar
Yoder
KS
1982
4
1,833
431.9
369
TerraSol Energies
Chadds Ford
PA
2009
4
1,992
429.6
370
Southern Solar Systems
Huntsville
AL
2007
10
4,860
423.5
371
Carolina Energy Conservation
Myrtle Beach
SC
2008
30
1,325
421.8
372
Solar Grid USA
Hayward
CA
2014
25
2,943
416.3
373
Ipsun Solar
Washington
DC
2016
20
513
415.5
374
Whole Sun Designs
Bloomington
IN
2011
7
1,993
405.0
375
South Mountain Company
West Tisbury
MA
1975
37
3,505
403.2
376
Ecohouse Solar
Columbus
OH
2008
7
2,000
401.9
377
Texas Green Energy
College Station
TX
2007
8
6,175
361.4
378
AllCities Solar and Electric
Yakima
WA
1979
11
5,731
361.0
379
8MSolar
Cary
NC
2015
16
587
360.6
380
Pennsylvania Solar Energy Co.
Washington
PA
1999
8
7,652
360.1
381
Winona Renewable Energy
Winona
MN
2010
4
1,457
359.6
382
Solar Store of Greenfield
Greenfield
MA
2005
3
2,100
351.0
383
Border Solar
El Paso
TX
2008
24
10,642
348.6
384
Nickels Energy Solutions
Liverpool
NY
2015
6
600
341.1
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PIE PIECES REPRESENT ALL SERVICES AND MARKETS IN WHICH A COMPANY WORKS
COMPANY
CITY
STATE/ TERRITORY
FOUNDED
EMPLOYEES
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL KILOWATTS INSTALLED
KILOWATTS INSTALLED IN 2018
ALL SERVICES OFFERED
ALL MARKETS SERVED
385
Green Sun Energy Services
Middletown
NJ
2010
4
1,412
330.1
386
Arctic Solar Ventures
Anchorage
AK
2015
8
633
323.8
387
A1 Sun
Berkeley
CA
2007
10
3,000
319.7
388
Carlson Electric
Hayward
WI
1977
9
6,850
317.3
389
Alternative Power Solutions
Sonora
CA
2002
5
2,267
314.2
390
Ailey Solar Electric
Chicago
IL
2007
11
1,259
312.9
391
Save a Lot Solar
Oakland
CA
2008
6
1,721
310.0
392
SWT Energy
Lincoln
NE
2006
2
1,600
299.5
393
RC Construction Solar
Greer
SC
2007
4
2,280
280.0
394
California Home Solar
Encino
CA
2010
8
6,000
278.5
395
Ocean Solar
Cape May Court House
NJ
2011
10
1,500
276.4
396
Vasco Solar
Fountain Valley
CA
1990
9
1,660
276.3
397
Integrated Solar Operations
San Juan
PR
2010
33
18,700
261.1
398
Enterprise Electric and Rental
Enterprise
OR
1970
10
2,042
258.8
399
Empowered Energy Systems
Hotchkiss
CO
2004
8
1,300
256.3
400
Monarch Solar
Myrtle Beach
SC
2017
7
566
250.8
401
Harrimans
Venice
FL
1969
15
5,585
250.1
402
Mouli Engineering
Eagan
MN
2009
5
5,000
241.6
403
Wright-Way Solar Technologies
Tyler
TX
2009
12
2,038
224.0
404
American Made Solar and Wind
Weslaco
TX
2005
20
9,200
207.8
•
405
Powell Energy and Solar
Moorestown
NJ
2009
5
2,254
180.9
•
406
YouVee Solar
Ridgecrest
CA
2011
3
776
179.3
407
Solar Connexion
Blacksburg
VA
1993
6
3,500
162.8
408
Palmetto SolarPros
Irmo
SC
2015
2
431
150.0
409
Carolina Solar Energy
Durham
NC
2004
5
412
147.4
•
410
Wray Industries
Ellensburg
WA
1991
6
892
138.9
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COMPANY
CITY
STATE/ TERRITORY
FOUNDED
EMPLOYEES
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL KILOWATTS INSTALLED
KILOWATTS INSTALLED IN 2018
411
Sumpter Solar Services
Belleville
MI
2016
3
129
108.3
412
Built Well Solar
North Bellmore
NY
2001
15
8,902
102.0
413
Nienke Solar
Dubuque
IA
2018
23
93
92.7
414
Run on Sun
Pasadena
CA
2006
2
1,005
90.3
415
Arsenal Solar
Philadelphia
PA
2010
7
420
72.7
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UTILITY TOP 50 Mount Signal 3 Solar Calexico, California 328.9 MW
What obstacles can delay project completion? Successful projects are a result of experienced and dedicated team members collaborating with owners to determine realistic plans and diligently working those plans. Sometimes unexpected circumstances, such as interconnection delays, delivery delays, unforeseen underground conditions or storms, occur which can interrupt the construction flow. At Mortenson, we believe our innovative culture combined with the ability to self-perform all phases of construction allows our project teams to quickly respond with flexibility to resolve issues and ensure a successful project completion.
— trent mostaert
VP and GM of Solar & Emerging Renewables Group Mortenson (No. 1 overall)
= EPC
= INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
UTILITY RANK
= ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
COMPANY
= DEVELOPER
= ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
= MANUFACTURER INSTALLER
OVERALL RANK
HQ STATE
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2018
1
Mortenson
1
MN
732,600.0
2
Cypress Creek Renewables
2
CA
691,389.4
3
Directional Services
3
NC
646,425.0
4
Swinerton Renewable Energy
4
CA
645,900.0
5
HCS Renewable
5
TX
637,110.0
6
Black & Veatch
6
KS
453,360.0
7
Wood
7
GA
393,150.0
8
DEPCOM Power
8
AZ
324,800.0
9
CSI Electrical Contractors
9
CA
285,436.2
10
Arraycon
10
CA
269,860.1
11
Hanwha Q CELLS USA
11
CA
259,000.0
12
Solar Energy Resources
12
FL
249,600.0
54
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UTILITY TOP 50 = EPC
= INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
UTILITY RANK
= ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
COMPANY
= DEVELOPER
= ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
= MANUFACTURER INSTALLER
OVERALL RANK
HQ STATE
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2018
13
Primoris Renewable Energy
13
CO
236,000.0
14
Granite Construction
14
CA
214,100.0
15
RP Construction Services
15
CA
209,942.0
16
CS Energy (formerly Conti Solar)
16
NJ
204,400.0
17
Baker Electric
17
CA
199,873.9
18
McCarthy Buiding Cos.
18
MO
181,000.0
19
Pure Power Contractors
19
NC
162,300.0
20
Moss
21
FL
140,510.0
21
Cantsink
22
GA
128,099.0
22
Watson Electrical Construction
23
NC
107,490.0
23
Knobelsdorff Electric
24
MN
101,880.0
24
Sunpin Solar
25
CA
96,750.0
25
Silicon Ranch Corporation
26
TN
94,449.0
26
RES (Renewable Energy Systems)
27
CO
89,501.0
27
Pine Gate Renewables
28
NC
86,713.7
28
J&B Solar
31
FL
74,050.0
29
Alten Energy
32
FL
70,903.5
30
NARENCO
35
NC
64,677.0
31
Elan Renewables (Oxbow Sunworks)
38
MN
53,697.7
32
Southern Current
41
SC
48,869.2
33
ReNew Petra
42
NC
47,837.0
34
J. Ranck Electric
44
MI
46,215.6
35
Affordable Solar Installation
45
NM
46,065.8
36
E Light Electric Services
53
CO
33,660.0
37
United Renewable Energy
60
GA
26,117.0
38
Sunstall
64
CA
21,165.4
39
TVAEnergy
66
TN
20,000.0
40
Solar Ground-N-Pound
69
NY
18,000.0
41
MC Power Companies
71
MO
17,554.2
42
Community Energy
73
PA
17,500.0
43
Casey Electric
74
IN
17,181.5
44
OnSite
76
NY
16,730.0
45
esaSolar
91
FL
10,754.7
46
Joule Energy
98
LA
10,070.6
47
Radiance Solar
99
GA
9,894.3
48
Inovateus Solar
102
IN
9,387.7
49
TMI Energy Solutions
103
OH
9,362.2
50
DKD Electric
106
NM
9,270.0
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COMMERCIAL TOP 100 Porter Way Community Solar Garden (array 1 of 3) Waconia, Minnesota 3.943 MW
How do you choose between string and central inverters for commercial projects? System size is a primary determining factor. Many of the projects we develop are 2-MVA or less, and based on this system size, we prefer string-level inverters. Compared to central inverters, string inverters are easier to install with short procurement timelines. They increase system uptime, provide us with design flexibility and are easy to track during O&M periods. String inverters also allow for shade and topography tolerance with distributed MPPTs. While there is a slight cost advantage to using central inverters, the combination of non-costrelated benefits justifies the installation and use of string inverters for our projects.
— Matt Hankey
President and CEO New Energy Equity (No. 36 overall)
= EPC
= INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
COMMERCIAL RANK
= ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
COMPANY
= DEVELOPER
= ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
= MANUFACTURER INSTALLER
OVERALL RANK
HQ STATE
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2018
TX
142,180.0
1
AUI Partners
20
2
C2 Energy Capital
30
NY
76,797.7
3
M Bar C Construction
34
CA
65,733.5
4
New Energy Equity
36
MD
59,306.8
5
AES Distributed Energy
37
CO
54,765.8
6
Greenskies Renewable Energy
39
CT
50,315.6
7
MBL-Energy
43
CA
47,491.0
8
Helix Electric
46
CA
45,621.6
9
Natural Power and Energy (NPE)
47
AZ
44,279.9
10
DMH Services
48
PA
37,175.5
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COMMERCIAL TOP 100 = EPC
= INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
COMMERCIAL RANK
= ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
COMPANY
= DEVELOPER
= ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
= MANUFACTURER INSTALLER
OVERALL RANK
HQ STATE
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2018
11
EnterSolar
49
NY
36,079.9
12
Cenergy Power
50
CA
35,555.5
13
Innovative Power Systems
51
MN
35,331.0
14
SEI Professional Services (SEIPS)
54
CO
33,209.0
15
Ameresco
55
MA
30,793.2
16
Recon Corporation
57
MI
27,655.3
17
Synergy Solar
58
MA
27,579.2
18
Standard Solar
59
MD
27,071.1
19
Axium Solar
62
TX
24,260.0
20
Faith Technologies
63
WI
22,900.0
21
LASE Solar
68
PA
18,670.5
22
Elite Electric
70
CA
17,591.0
23
M.B. Herzog Electric
72
CA
17,526.3
24
Peck Solar
75
VT
16,961.9
25
Baja Construction
82
CA
14,497.9
26
Kuykendall Solar
83
CA
14,442.0
27
Cromwell Solar
89
KS
11,182.6
28
John Mills Electric
93
NY
10,402.8
29
Solect Energy
94
MA
10,395.1
30
Hannah Solar
95
GA
10,302.0
31
Newport Power
96
CA
10,176.0
32
Dynamic Energy Solutions
100
PA
9,817.3
33
Sylvester & Cockrum
101
NC
9,780.2
34
Solar Optimum
104
CA
9,313.4
35
Advanced Solar Products
107
NJ
9,149.1
36
Nexamp
109
MA
8,604.5
37
Encore Renewable Energy
111
VT
8,368.0
38
Centrica Business Solutions
116
CA
7,974.6
39
Continental Electrical Construction Co.
117
IL
7,543.1
40
Shorebreak Energy Developers
119
CA
7,464.7
41
GenPro Energy Solutions
120
SD
7,445.5
42
SOLON
121
AZ
7,407.9
43
PermaCity
122
CA
7,283.0
44
Infiniti Energy Services
123
NJ
7,250.9
45
Solar Technologies
126
CA
7,052.2
46
SunVest Solar
127
WI
7,003.3
47
Berkowatts Electric
128
NJ
6,987.4
48
Invaleon Solar Technologies
130
MA
6,855.7
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= INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
COMMERCIAL RANK
= ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
COMPANY
OVERALL RANK
= DEVELOPER
= ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
= MANUFACTURER INSTALLER
HQ STATE
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2018
49
Solar Renewable Energy
131
PA
6,687.0
50
UGE
132
NY
6,374.2
51
CTEC Solar
134
CT
6,205.1
52
Hannah Solar Government Services
135
SC
6,197.0
53
O3 Energy
136
TX
6,153.0
54
Got Electric
137
MD
6,005.0
55
Green Lantern Solar
141
VT
5,430.4
56
Paradise Energy Solutions
145
PA
5,101.8
57
Pickett Solar
155
CA
4,681.3
58
Solar Energy Systems
156
NY
4,606.1
59
LightWave Solar
157
TN
4,588.7
60
Kiss Electric
160
PA
4,500.4
61
Morton Solar
161
IN
4,350.9
62
GRNE SOLAR
165
IL
4,120.4
63
Sunfinity Renewable Energy
167
TX
4,063.0
64
SunRenu Solar
170
AZ
3,942.2
65
Green Development
179
RI
3,600.0
66
Independent Power Systems
180
CO
3,433.1
67
Pivot Energy
184
CO
3,306.1
68
Aurora Energy
187
MD
3,234.6
69
Geoscape Solar
191
NJ
3,085.4
70
CB Solar
196
IA
2,921.5
71
Sun Light & Power
197
CA
2,913.1
72
Renewable Energy Partners
202
CA
2,715.3
73
EFS Energy
204
MO
2,626.6
74
Sol Luna Solar
205
NM
2,586.6
75
Windfree Solar
213
IL
2,393.3
76
BriteStreet
214
CO
2,391.1
77
Bombard Renewable Energy
215
NV
2,342.7
78
Advanced Green Technologies
217
FL
2,286.2
79
Altenergy
220
VA
2,177.4
80
iDEAL Energies
222
MN
2,151.7
81
Alder Energy Systems
232
SC
2,024.3
82
American Solar Power
236
CA
1,905.1
83
Westcoast Solar Energy
238
CA
1,856.7
84
Aegis Renewable Energy
239
VT
1,856.5
85
CMI Solar & Electric
243
DE
1,770.6
86
PurePoint Energy
253
CT
1,617.8
87
Ace LLC Solar
261
TN
1,494.4
58
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= INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
COMMERCIAL RANK
= ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
COMPANY
= DEVELOPER
OVERALL RANK
= ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
= MANUFACTURER INSTALLER
HQ STATE
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2018
88
Good Energy Solutions
264
KS
1,452.5
89
North State Solar Energy
266
CA
1,397.2
90
Simpleray
271
IA
1,351.8
91
SunPeak
273
WI
1,344.5
92
Solar Impact
275
FL
1,316.8
93
Renewvia Enery
277
GA
1,293.1
94
1 Source Solar
281
IA
1,210.6
95
Sandbar Solar & Electric
282
CA
1,205.5
96
Scudder Roofing Sun Energy Systems
285
CA
1,178.3
97
SolareAmerica
288
PA
1,142.2
98
Ideal Energy
290
IA
1,100.0
99
Imagine Energy
291
OR
1,094.4
100
Osceola Energy
301
NM
1,036.2
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RESIDENTIAL TOP 100 ENVIRO-2025-6 Austin, Texas 13 kW
Do you maintain a warehouse, use a distributor or both? We maintain both a warehouse and rely on distributors, depending on the location of our installs, since we have expanded nationally from Texas. The challenge heading into the future is not just solar equipment, but also smart home equipment as more customers seek a combination of those technologies with installations, all in a single package. As we continue to grow, we will maintain warehouses where it makes sense to stockpile materials and best serve our customers.
— Abe Issa
Founder & CEO Envirosolar (No. 84 overall)
= EPC
= INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
RESIDENTIAL RANK
= ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
COMPANY
= DEVELOPER
= ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
= MANUFACTURER INSTALLER
OVERALL RANK
HQ STATE
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2018
NJ
84,881.2
1
Trinity Solar
29
2
Titan Solar Power
33
AZ
68,358.7
3
Momentum Solar
40
NJ
50,295.8
4
ACE Solar
52
MA
34,629.8
5
PetersenDean Roofing and Solar
56
CA
29,041.7
6
Elemental Energy
61
OR
25,354.7
7
Semper Solaris
65
CA
20,232.1
8
POWERHOME Solar
67
NC
19,441.7
9
ReVision Energy
77
ME
16,437.9
10
Sunpro Solar
78
LA
16,265.6
11
ION Solar
79
UT
15,707.7
12
Baker Electric Home Energy
80
CA
15,111.6
13
Infinity Energy
81
CA
15,075.0
14
Envirosolar
84
TX
13,169.7
15
Solar Energy World
85
MD
12,634.3
60
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= INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
RESIDENTIAL RANK
= ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
COMPANY
= DEVELOPER
= ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
= MANUFACTURER INSTALLER
OVERALL RANK
HQ STATE
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2018
12,052.0
16
Elevation Solar
86
AZ
17
Bright Planet Solar
87
UT
11,978.3
18
Sun Valley Solar Solutions
88
AZ
11,659.5
19
Skyline Solar
90
NJ
11,085.4
20
V3 Electric
92
CA
10,515.7
21
SUNation Solar Systems
97
NY
10,173.1
22
Auric Energy
105
UT
9,289.5
23
SolarMax Technology
108
CA
9,127.6
24
Sullivan Solar Power
110
CA
8,594.9
25
Renova Energy
112
CA
8,212.6
26
LA Solar Group
113
CA
8,109.5
27
GRID Alternatives
114
CA
8,085.3
28
American Electric
115
HI
7,991.9
29
Sunline Energy
118
CA
7,504.4
30
Sigora Solar
124
VA
7,159.2
31
Namasté Solar
125
CO
7,108.2
32
Freedom Solar Power
129
TX
6,864.2
33
Sun Solar
133
MO
6,350.4
34
South Texas Solar Systems
138
TX
5,818.8
35
A&R Solar
139
WA
5,600.0
36
Pingo Solar
140
CA
5,531.2
37
CAM Solar
142
TX
5,299.6
38
Harmon Electric
143
AZ
5,194.9
39
Solar Solution
144
DC
5,178.0
40
Moxie Solar
146
IA
4,998.1
41
Maximo Solar
147
PR
4,989.9
42
Harvest Power
148
NY
4,989.5
43
SunPower by Stellar Solar
149
CA
4,962.0
44
Positive Energy Solar
150
NM
4,923.2
45
SunBug Solar
151
MA
4,882.1
46
Long Island Power Solutions
152
NY
4,819.0
47
Shine Solar
153
AR
4,771.6
48
Goldin Solar
154
FL
4,740.8
49
Eagle Point Solar
158
IA
4,545.0
50
Alternative Energy Systems
159
CA
4,526.0
51
SunPower By Precis
162
CA
4,220.5
52
Sunlight Solar Energy
163
OR
4,217.4
62
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= INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
RESIDENTIAL RANK
COMPANY
= ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
= DEVELOPER
= ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
= MANUFACTURER INSTALLER
OVERALL RANK
HQ STATE
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2018
MA
4,175.7
53
Boston Solar
164
54
Solar Source
166
FL
4,120.0
55
Synaptic Solar
168
TX
4,018.8
56
Canopy Energy
169
CA
3,982.2
57
NRG Clean Power
171
CA
3,887.8
58
Green Power Energy
172
NJ
3,883.4
59
EcoMark Solar
173
CO
3,758.1
60
NC Solar Now
175
NC
3,688.6
61
Sunny Energy
176
AZ
3,669.8
62
SouthWest Sun Solar
177
CA
3,639.8
63
Con Edison Solutions
178
NY
3,607.0
64
New Energy Consultants
181
PR
3,400.3
65
Palomar Solar
182
CA
3,392.1
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= INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR
RESIDENTIAL RANK
= ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR
COMPANY
= DEVELOPER
= ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
= MANUFACTURER INSTALLER
OVERALL RANK
HQ STATE
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2018
66
AllSeason Solar
183
NJ
3,376.7
67
ERUS ENERGY
185
AZ
3,298.1
68
Solar Chief
186
SC
3,241.3
69
Smart Energy Today
188
WA
3,228.6
70
Arch Electric
189
WI
3,222.3
71
Clean Solar
190
CA
3,161.7
72
SunPower by EmPower Solar
192
NY
3,076.9
73
Universal Solar Direct
193
NV
3,047.0
74
Kopp Electric Company
194
NJ
3,017.1
75
RevoluSun Smart Home
195
HI
2,924.7
76
SunPower by Sea Bright Solar
198
NJ
2,834.4
77
A.M. Sun Solar
199
CA
2,824.8
78
Renu Energy Solutions
200
NC
2,783.0
79
Current Electric
201
WI
2,771.5
80
Empire Solar Group
203
UT
2,629.3
81
Wells Solar
206
TX
2,509.7
82
PowerLutions Solar
207
NJ
2,492.7
83
Victory Solar
208
TX
2,489.0
84
Streamline Solar
209
AZ
2,463.9
85
Puget Sound Solar
210
WA
2,462.6
86
StraightUp Solar
211
MO
2,425.7
87
Synergy Power
212
UT
2,412.3
88
Cosmic Solar
216
CA
2,332.4
89
PV Squared
218
MA
2,233.0
90
Longhorn Solar
219
TX
2,180.4
91
GreenBrilliance
221
VA
2,156.4
92
Milholland Electric
223
CA
2,146.7
93
PPC Solar
224
NM
2,129.3
94
Solarponics
225
CA
2,116.0
95
American Sentry Solar
226
MD
2,109.4
96
GenRenew
227
NJ
2,108.5
97
RevoluSun
228
MA
2,104.5
98
Accelerate Solar
229
NC
2,097.4
99
Skyline Solar
230
UT
2,097.0
100
Robco Electric
231
NV
2,063.3
64
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How does your company use software to help you do your job better? Swinerton Renewable Energy is "powered by our people," and our teams in the field are empowered to provide firsthand knowledge of how processes can be improved. What started as an idea from an assistant project manager led us to develop Sunscreen, an innovative app that has helped us reimagine the way we work on a job and redefine the value we provide for our clients. Accessed from anywhere using an iPad or desktop login, Sunscreen includes project maps, GPS tracking, easy-to-understand installation legends and more, putting better information at our fingertips and enabling us to complete projects more efficiently. By streamlining the reporting process, we’re able to communicate effectively in real-time and pivot to address project challenges and opportunities as they arise.
george hershman
President Swinerton Renewable Energy (No. 4 overall)
Adams Neilson Solar Lind, Washington 28 MW
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TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2018
1
Mortenson
1
MN
732,600.0
2
Swinerton Renewable Energy
4
CA
645,900.0
3
Black & Veatch
6
KS
453,360.0
4
Wood
7
GA
393,150.0
5
DEPCOM Power
8
AZ
324,800.0
6
Hanwha Q CELLS USA
11
CA
259,000.0
7
Primoris Renewable Energy
13
CO
236,000.0
8
CS Energy (formerly Conti Solar)
16
NJ
204,400.0
9
McCarthy Buiding Cos.
18
MO
181,000.0
10
AUI Partners
20
TX
142,180.0
11
Moss
21
FL
140,510.0
12
RES (Renewable Energy Systems)
27
CO
89,501.0
13
Trinity Solar
29
NJ
84,881.2
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COMPANY
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PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2018
14
NARENCO
35
NC
64,677.0
15
Southern Current
41
SC
48,869.2
16
ReNew Petra
42
NC
47,837.0
17
J. Ranck Electric
44
MI
46,215.6
18
Affordable Solar Installation
45
NM
46,065.8
19
Helix Electric
46
CA
45,621.6
20
Cenergy Power
50
CA
35,555.5
21
ACE Solar
52
MA
34,629.8
22
Synergy Solar
58
MA
27,579.2
23
United Renewable Energy
60
GA
26,117.0
24
Axium Solar
62
TX
24,260.0
25
Faith Technologies
63
WI
22,900.0
26
TVAEnergy
66
TN
20,000.0
27
Peck Solar
75
VT
16,961.9
28
ION Solar
79
UT
15,707.7
29
Elevation Solar
86
AZ
12,052.0
30
Bright Planet Solar
87
UT
11,978.3
31
Cromwell Solar
89
KS
11,182.6
32
Hannah Solar
95
GA
10,302.0
33
SUNation Solar Systems
97
NY
10,173.1
34
Radiance Solar
99
GA
9,894.3
35
Dynamic Energy Solutions
100
PA
9,817.3
36
Sylvester & Cockrum
101
NC
9,780.2
37
Inovateus Solar
102
IN
9,387.7
38
TMI Energy Solutions
103
OH
9,362.2
39
Solar Optimum
104
CA
9,313.4
40
Advanced Solar Products
107
NJ
9,149.1
41
SolarMax Technology
108
CA
9,127.6
42
LA Solar Group
113
CA
8,109.5
43
Continental Electrical Construction Co.
117
IL
7,543.1
44
GenPro Energy Solutions
120
SD
7,445.5
45
SOLON
121
AZ
7,407.9
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COMPANY
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OVERALL RANK
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PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2018
46
Sigora Solar
124
VA
7,159.2
47
Namasté Solar
125
CO
7,108.2
48
Solar Technologies
126
CA
7,052.2
49
Berkowatts Electric
128
NJ
6,987.4
50
Freedom Solar Power
129
TX
6,864.2
51
Invaleon Solar Technologies
130
MA
6,855.7
52
Solar Renewable Energy
131
PA
6,687.0
53
Sun Solar
133
MO
6,350.4
54
CTEC Solar
134
CT
6,205.1
55
Hannah Solar Government Services
135
SC
6,197.0
56
South Texas Solar Systems
138
TX
5,818.8
57
Pingo Solar
140
CA
5,531.2
58
Paradise Energy Solutions
145
PA
5,101.8
59
Moxie Solar
146
IA
4,998.1
60
Maximo Solar
147
PR
4,989.9
61
SunBug Solar
151
MA
4,882.1
62
Goldin Solar
154
FL
4,740.8
63
Pickett Solar
155
CA
4,681.3
64
Solar Energy Systems
156
NY
4,606.1
65
LightWave Solar
157
TN
4,588.7
66
Eagle Point Solar
158
IA
4,545.0
67
Alternative Energy Systems
159
CA
4,526.0
68
Morton Solar
161
IN
4,350.9
69
GRNE SOLAR
165
IL
4,120.4
70
Solar Source
166
FL
4,120.0
71
Sunfinity Renewable Energy
167
TX
4,063.0
72
Synaptic Solar
168
TX
4,018.8
73
SunRenu Solar
170
AZ
3,942.2
74
NRG Clean Power
171
CA
3,887.8
75
Green Power Energy
172
NJ
3,883.4
76
EcoMark Solar
173
CO
3,758.1
68
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PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2018
77
Azimuth Energy
174
MO
3,741.0
78
SouthWest Sun Solar
177
CA
3,639.8
79
Independent Power Systems
180
CO
3,433.1
80
New Energy Consultants
181
PR
3,400.3
81
Palomar Solar
182
CA
3,392.1
82
AllSeason Solar
183
NJ
3,376.7
83
Aurora Energy
187
MD
3,234.6
84
Smart Energy Today
188
WA
3,228.6
85
Arch Electric
189
WI
3,222.3
86
Geoscape Solar
191
NJ
3,085.4
87
CB Solar
196
IA
2,921.5
88
Sun Light & Power
197
CA
2,913.1
89
A.M. Sun Solar
199
CA
2,824.8
90
Renu Energy Solutions
200
NC
2,783.0
91
Renewable Energy Partners
202
CA
2,715.3
92
Empire Solar Group
203
UT
2,629.3
93
EFS Energy
204
MO
2,626.6
94
Sol Luna Solar
205
NM
2,586.6
95
PowerLutions Solar
207
NJ
2,492.7
96
Streamline Solar
209
AZ
2,463.9
97
StraightUp Solar
211
MO
2,425.7
98
Windfree Solar
213
IL
2,393.3
99
BriteStreet
214
CO
2,391.1
100
Advanced Green Technologies
217
FL
2,286.2
70
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SOLAR DEVELOPERS TOP 20
Do you see community solar as a prosperous new market opportunity? The growth of community solar reflects the increasing demand from utilities' residential and commercial customers for access to low-cost renewable power. Silicon Ranch recognizes, however, that there isn’t a one-sizefits-all model for community solar, so we work collaboratively with our utility partners to customize solutions that address their unique goals and objectives. If executed properly, community solar can reinforce a utility’s position as the "trusted energy advisor" and offer new opportunities for meaningful engagement with customers. In Georgia, we’ve worked with our co-op partners to develop a dynamic digital interface that enables them to store, manage and present solar data to subscribing members. This tool forms part of Silicon Ranch’s comprehensive toolkit that we make available to all our utility partners.
Reagan Farr
Co-Founder, President and COO Silicon Ranch Corporation (No. 26 overall)
Millington Solar Farm at NSA Mid-South Millington, Tennessee 53 MW
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PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2018
1
Cypress Creek Renewables
2
CA
691,389.4
2
Sunpin Solar
25
CA
96,750.0
3
Silicon Ranch Corporation
26
TN
94,449.0
4
Pine Gate Renewables
28
NC
86,713.7
5
C2 Energy Capital
30
NY
76,797.7
6
New Energy Equity
36
MD
59,306.8
7
AES Distributed Energy
37
CO
54,765.8
8
Greenskies Renewable Energy
39
CT
50,315.6
9
Natural Power and Energy (NPE)
47
AZ
44,279.9
10
EnterSolar
49
NY
36,079.9
11
Innovative Power Systems
51
MN
35,331.0
12
Ameresco
55
MA
30,793.2
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COMPANY
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OVERALL RANK
HQ STATE
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2018
13
Standard Solar
59
MD
27,071.1
14
MC Power Companies
71
MO
17,554.2
15
Community Energy
73
PA
17,500.0
16
Solect Energy
94
MA
10,395.1
17
Nexamp
109
MA
8,604.5
18
Encore Renewable Energy
111
VT
8,368.0
19
Centrica Business Solutions
116
CA
7,974.6
20
Shorebreak Energy Developers
119
CA
7,464.7
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ROOFTOP CONTRACTORS TOP 100
Do we need to have the ITC renewed in 2022? While I believe that the U.S. solar market is ready to stand on its own without the ITC, I am in disagreement with the relatively short period of time that the ITC stepdown occurs. Stepping the credit down in three short years will lead to significant market disruption as it will create an unnatural boom-and-bust cycle for the industry. I am a big advocate of decreasing the rate at which the credit decreases to a stepdown of 5% per year. This would allow the solar industry to transition to a post-ITC marketplace in a much more orderly fashion.
— Marc jones
CEO, Sunpro Solar (No. 78 overall)
Ziegler Residence
New Port Richey, Florida 12 kW
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TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2018
1
Titan Solar Power
33
AZ
68,358.7
2
Momentum Solar
40
NJ
50,295.8
3
PetersenDean Roofing and Solar
56
CA
29,041.7
4
Elemental Energy
61
OR
25,354.7
5
Semper Solaris
65
CA
20,232.1
6
POWERHOME Solar
67
NC
19,441.7
7
ReVision Energy
77
ME
16,437.9
8
Sunpro Solar
78
LA
16,265.6
9
Baker Electric Home Energy
80
CA
15,111.6
10
Infinity Energy
81
CA
15,075.0
11
Envirosolar
84
TX
13,169.7
12
Solar Energy World
85
MD
12,634.3
13
Sun Valley Solar Solutions
88
AZ
11,659.5
14
Skyline Solar
90
NJ
11,085.4
74
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ROOFTOP RANK
COMPANY
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OVERALL RANK
HQ STATE
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2018
15
esaSolar
91
FL
10,754.7
16
V3 Electric
92
CA
10,515.7
17
Newport Power
96
CA
10,176.0
18
Sullivan Solar Power
110
CA
8,594.9
19
Renova Energy
112
CA
8,212.6
20
GRID Alternatives
114
CA
8,085.3
21
Sunline Energy
118
CA
7,504.4
22
A&R Solar
139
WA
5,600.0
23
CAM Solar
142
TX
5,299.6
24
Harmon Electric
143
AZ
5,194.9
25
Harvest Power
148
NY
4,989.5
26
SunPower by Stellar Solar
149
CA
4,962.0
27
Positive Energy Solar
150
NM
4,923.2
28
Long Island Power Solutions
152
NY
4,819.0
29
Shine Solar
153
AR
4,771.6
30
SunPower By Precis
162
CA
4,220.5
31
Sunlight Solar Energy
163
OR
4,217.4
32
Boston Solar
164
MA
4,175.7
33
NC Solar Now
175
NC
3,688.6
34
Sunny Energy
176
AZ
3,669.8
35
Solar Chief
186
SC
3,241.3
36
Clean Solar
190
CA
3,161.7
37
SunPower by EmPower Solar
192
NY
3,076.9
38
Universal Solar Direct
193
NV
3,047.0
39
Kopp Electric Company
194
NJ
3,017.1
40
RevoluSun Smart Home
195
HI
2,924.7
41
SunPower by Sea Bright Solar
198
NJ
2,834.4
42
Wells Solar
206
TX
2,509.7
43
Victory Solar
208
TX
2,489.0
44
Puget Sound Solar
210
WA
2,462.6
45
Synergy Power
212
UT
2,412.3
46
Cosmic Solar
216
CA
2,332.4
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ROOFTOP RANK
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COMPANY
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OVERALL RANK
HQ STATE
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2018
47
PV Squared
218
MA
2,233.0
48
Milholland Electric
223
CA
2,146.7
49
Robco Electric
231
NV
2,063.3
50
3D Solar
233
FL
1,951.3
51
Sol-Up USA
234
NV
1,948.5
52
Haleakala Solar and Roofing
235
CA
1,934.6
53
A1A Solar Contracting
237
FL
1,875.8
54
Solar Energy Services
240
MD
1,849.1
55
Southern Energy Management
241
NC
1,842.6
56
SunPower by the Solar Quote
242
CA
1,834.9
57
Western Solar
249
WA
1,639.7
58
Your Energy Solutions
250
CA
1,636.2
59
Peak View Solar
255
CO
1,598.0
60
Clean Energy USA
256
DE
1,586.1
61
SunPower by New York State Solar Farm
258
NY
1,563.6
62
New England Clean Energy
262
MA
1,486.2
63
Yellowlite
267
OH
1,379.7
64
New Day Solar
268
CA
1,369.7
65
Exact Solar
269
PA
1,368.3
66
True South Solar
283
OR
1,194.9
67
SunPower by BlueSel Home Solar
284
MA
1,178.9
68
Yes Solar Solutions
286
NC
1,170.8
69
Sunbridge Solar
292
WA
1,085.5
70
Fuzion Energy
293
CA
1,082.9
71
Clayco Electric
294
CA
1,066.1
72
Hytech Solar
298
NY
1,049.0
73
Mass Renewables
300
MA
1,039.2
74
South Sound Solar
305
WA
1,000.5
75
Power Production Management
306
FL
995.7
76
Michigan Solar Solutions
311
MI
936.9
77
Southard Solar and Construction
312
CO
915.4
78
California Solar Electric Co.
313
CA
914.0
76
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ROOFTOP CONTRACTORS TOP 100
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ROOFTOP RANK
COMPANY
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OVERALL RANK
HQ STATE
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2018
79
Sunrise Power Solutions
314
NY
901.7
80
Bob Heinmiller Solar Solutions
315
FL
872.7
81
Green Street Solar
317
DE
844.3
82
Skytech Solar
319
CA
827.6
83
Sol Power
323
RI
802.3
84
Sun Badger Solar
325
WI
789.4
85
ETM Solar Works
327
NY
775.5
86
Palmetto State Solar
328
SC
759.3
87
Highlight Solar
330
CA
752.0
88
Solar Watt Solutions
331
CA
746.8
89
Cape Fear Solar Systems
333
NC
739.1
90
The Solar Store
335
AZ
730.7
91
Sugar Hollow Solar
337
NC
699.6
92
EIS Solar
338
PA
690.7
93
SunWork Renewable Energy Projects
340
CA
682.6
94
SunOn Energy
344
MT
625.0
95
SunHarvest Solar
345
AZ
618.5
96
Kosmos Solar
346
TX
611.4
97
A1 Solar Source
348
MO
587.7
98
Custom Solar and Leisure
350
AZ
582.4
99
Brightstar Solar
351
MA
573.4
100
E2 Solar
352
OR
567.2
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INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTORS TOP 20
In what ways have you improved installation time in the last few years? Granite continues to improve installation times with each project. Use of terrain-optimizing tools to minimize embedment depths, utilization of best-fit pile top automation and early involvement during preconstruction to optimize designs have all resulted in increased efficiency and reduced installation times for our clients.
— Tim Burhoe
Director of Pre-Construction for Solar Granite Construction (No. 14 overall)
Solverde/DSR 1
Lancaster, California 130 MW
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OVERALL RANK
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TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2018
1
HCS Renewable
5
TX
637,110.0
2
Arraycon
10
CA
269,860.1
3
Granite Construction
14
CA
214,100.0
4
RP Construction Services
15
CA
209,942.0
5
J&B Solar
31
FL
74,050.0
6
Alten Energy
32
FL
70,903.5
7
M Bar C Construction
34
CA
65,733.5
8
MBL-Energy
43
CA
47,491.0
9
DMH Services
48
PA
37,175.5
10
Recon Corporation
57
MI
27,655.3
11
Sunstall
64
CA
21,165.4
12
LASE Solar
68
PA
18,670.5
13
Solar Ground-N-Pound
69
NY
18,000.0
14
OnSite
76
NY
16,730.0
15
Baja Construction
82
CA
14,497.9
16
Kuykendall Solar
83
CA
14,442.0
17
Kiss Electric
160
PA
4,500.4
18
ERUS ENERGY
185
AZ
3,298.1
19
Bombard Renewable Energy
215
NV
2,342.7
20
American Solar Power
236
CA
1,905.1
78
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ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTORS TOP 20
How do you keep a steady pipeline of solar work? Our success and continued growth in building our solar pipeline is driven by understanding our customers’ needs and having dedicated employees that deliver quality results. We will never overextend our people to the point where we cannot exceed our customers’ expectations. Since beginning solar work in 2014, we are proud to say that we have always completed our projects to the highest of industry standards and have never caused a project to miss its substantial completion date, all while providing a safe work environment for our team. Our people and their dedication to the work is our competitive advantage. When you work hard to build a great reputation, others take notice and the work finds you.
brantley turner
VP and Owner Directional Services (No. 3 overall)
smith project
Gibson, North Carolina 6.9841 MW
= UTILITY CONTRACTOR
= RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL RANK
= COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
COMPANY
= OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
OVERALL RANK
HQ STATE
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2018
1
Directional Services
3
NC
646,425.0
2
CSI Electrical Contractors
9
CA
285,436.2
3
Solar Energy Resources
12
FL
249,600.0
4
Baker Electric
17
CA
199,873.9
5
Pure Power Contractors
19
NC
162,300.0
6
Watson Electrical Construction
23
NC
107,490.0
7
Knobelsdorff Electric
24
MN
101,880.0
8
Elan Renewables (Oxbow Sunworks)
38
MN
53,697.7
9
E Light Electric Services
53
CO
33,660.0
10
SEI Professional Services (SEIPS)
54
CO
33,209.0
11
Elite Electric
70
CA
17,591.0
12
M.B. Herzog Electric
72
CA
17,526.3
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ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTORS TOP 20
= UTILITY CONTRACTOR
= RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR
ELECTRICAL RANK
COMPANY
= COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR
= OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR
OVERALL RANK
HQ STATE
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2018
13
Casey Electric
74
IN
17,181.5
14
John Mills Electric
93
NY
10,402.8
15
Joule Energy
98
LA
10,070.6
16
DKD Electric
106
NM
9,270.0
17
American Electric
115
HI
7,991.9
18
Got Electric
137
MD
6,005.0
19
Current Electric
201
WI
2,771.5
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SOLAR+STORAGE TOP 50
What storage projects have you installed, and what are the installation techniques needed? Helix Electric was proud to be part of the team involved in bringing the Lawa'i Solar+Storage Project to a successful completion. Our installation team set up, terminated, tested and commissioned 32 lithium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS) containers. We installed each BESS container as factory-assembled and configured to deliver the rated power and energy through a grid-interconnected AC-ready system. We were able to complete this in a resource-constrained island environment battling hurricanes and foul weather conditions. This is just one example of the skill and pride of the Helix team.
Lawa’i solar and energy storage project
— rock hohenstein
Kauai, Hawaii 28 MW solar, 100 MWh storage
Business Development Manager Helix Electric (No. 46 overall)
= EPC = INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR = ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR = DEVELOPER = UTILITY CONTRACTOR = RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR = COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR SOLAR + STORAGE RANK
COMPANY
OVERALL RANK
HQ STATE
= ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR = OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2018
ENERGY STORAGE kWh INSTALLED IN 2018
1
Helix Electric
46
CA
45,621.6
104,000.0
2
Mortenson
1
MN
732,600.0
82,000.0
3
Baker Electric
17
CA
199,873.9
42,920.0
4
Maximo Solar
147
PR
4,989.9
9,000.0
5
PetersenDean Roofing and Solar
56
CA
29,041.7
7,408.8
6
RevoluSun Smart Home
195
HI
2,924.7
4,711.5
7
SEI Professional Services (SEIPS)
54
CO
33,209.0
4,598.0
8
Elite Electric
70
CA
17,591.0
4,064.0
9
Azimuth Energy
174
MO
3,741.0
3,340.0
10
Solar Optimum
104
CA
9,313.4
2,835.0
11
Haleakala Solar and Roofing
235
CA
1,934.6
2,379.5
12
Sullivan Solar Power
110
CA
8,594.9
2,312.8
13
Alten Energy
32
FL
70,903.5
2,192.0
14
Shorebreak Energy Developers
119
CA
7,464.7
1,630.0
15
Baker Electric Home Energy
80
CA
15,111.6
1,612.2
16
M.B. Herzog Electric
72
CA
17,526.3
1,576.0
17
Solarponics
225
CA
2,116.0
1,363.5
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SOLAR+STORAGE TOP 50
= EPC = INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR = ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR = DEVELOPER = UTILITY CONTRACTOR = RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR = COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR SOLAR + STORAGE RANK
COMPANY
OVERALL RANK
HQ STATE
= ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR = OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL kW INSTALLED IN 2018
ENERGY STORAGE kWh INSTALLED IN 2018
18
Renova Energy
112
CA
8,212.6
1,053.0
19
Ideal Energy
290
IA
1,100.0
1,000.0
20
RevoluSun
228
MA
2,104.5
810.0
21
Island Pacific Energy
354
HI
536.9
715.0
22
ReVision Energy
77
ME
16,437.9
637.5
23
Hannah Solar Government Services
135
SC
6,197.0
571.0
24
Northwest Electric & Solar
304
WA
1,002.9
567.0
25
Elemental Energy
61
OR
25,354.7
555.0
26
Mass Renewables
300
MA
1,039.2
546.9
27
Ace LLC Solar
261
TN
1,494.4
452.7
28
Sun Valley Solar Solutions
88
AZ
11,659.5
446.2
29
Independent Power Systems
180
CO
3,433.1
442.3
30
Con Edison Solutions
178
NY
3,607.0
297.0
31
Elevation Solar
86
AZ
12,052.0
284.9
32
Solar Impact
275
FL
1,316.8
270.0
33
Yellowlite
267
OH
1,379.7
252.0
34
Creative Solar USA
320
GA
818.1
249.9
35
American Electric
115
HI
7,991.9
245.0
36
Icon Solar
276
OH
1,303.9
229.5
37
Sunshine Solar Services
363
FL
463.9
218.4
38
Yes Solar Solutions
286
NC
1,170.8
189.0
39
SunPower by EmPower Solar
192
NY
3,076.9
182.0
40
A&R Solar
139
WA
5,600.0
181.6
41
RC Construction Solar
393
SC
280.0
180.0
42
Universal Solar Direct
193
NV
3,047.0
171.8
43
NC Solar Now
175
NC
3,688.6
156.8
44
EGT Solar
321
ID
815.1
154.0
45
Alder Energy Systems
232
SC
2,024.3
150.0
46
Belmont Solar
359
PA
485.6
141.6
47
Peak View Solar
255
CO
1,598.0
140.9
48
Wright-Way Solar Technologies
403
TX
224.0
130.7
49
New England Clean Energy
262
MA
1,486.2
128.8
50
Clayco Electric
294
CA
1,066.1
120.8
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CB Solar 7,000.0 kW
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McCarthy Building Cos.
TOP SOLAR CONTRACTORS
BY STATE
This year, we determined state lists based on kilowatts actually installed in each state, rather than by where solar companies were headquartered. On this page, you'll see the installation leaders for each state and territory and how many kilowatts they installed in that region in 2018. On the following pages, we highlight the more popular states with extended lists, and all state lists can be found on our website: solarpowerworldonline.com.
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ARIZONA TOP 20
Sabino High School Solar Carports Tucson, Arizona 838.44 kW
What reasons are you finding behind customers wanting to go solar? Our customers are varied and diverse in their reasons for installing solar. Some desire the future-proofing attributes of resilience through solar-plus-storage, others want the economic opportunity to hedge against rising utility costs. Perhaps most surprisingly of all, the least common primary motivator is environmental stewardship. Many of our customers approach us because of a long-standing interest in renewables as the "right thing to do" and have been sidelined while waiting for economic conditions to provide enough support. At the end of the day, the prevailing motivator is operational cost reduction through energy savings.
— john mitman
Director Natural Power and Energy (No. 47 overall)
86
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= UTILITY CONTRACTOR = RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR = COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR = EPC = INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR = ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR = DEVELOPER
AZ RANK
COMPANY
= OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR = ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
OVERALL RANK
HQ STATE
kW INSTALLED IN AZ
= MANUFACTURER INSTALLER
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL 2018 kW INSTALLED
1
Swinerton Renewable Energy
4
CA
67,100.0
645,900.0
2
Titan Solar Power
33
AZ
64,981.1
68,358.7
3
Mortenson
1
MN
30,900.0
732,600.0
4
Sun Valley Solar Solutions
88
AZ
9,538.3
11,659.5
5
Natural Power and Energy (NPE)
47
AZ
8,058.3
44,279.9
6
SOLON
121
AZ
7,407.9
7,407.9
7
Greenskies Renewable Energy
39
CT
6,354.2
50,315.6
8
Harmon Electric
143
AZ
5,194.9
5,194.9
9
Elevation Solar
86
AZ
4,930.1
12,052.0
10
SunRenu Solar
170
AZ
3,942.2
3,942.2
11
Sunny Energy
176
AZ
3,640.4
3,669.8
12
Streamline Solar
209
AZ
2,463.9
2,463.9
13
Centrica Business Solutions
116
CA
935.2
7,974.6
14
Empire Renewable Energy
318
AZ
834.1
834.1
15
Cool Blew Solar & Electric
332
AZ
746.7
746.7
16
The Solar Store
335
AZ
730.7
730.7
17
Rooftop Solar
316
AZ
663.5
872.4
18
SunHarvest Solar
345
AZ
618.5
618.5
19
Custom Solar and Leisure
350
AZ
582.4
582.4
20
Solar Electric Freedom
349
AZ
540.9
585.1
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CALIFORNIA TOP 40
tracker project
California City, California 2.45 MW
= UTILITY CONTRACTOR = RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR = COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR = EPC = INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR = ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR = DEVELOPER
CA RANK
COMPANY
= OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR = ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
OVERALL RANK
HQ STATE
kW INSTALLED IN CA
= MANUFACTURER INSTALLER
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL 2018 kW INSTALLED
1
Wood
7
GA
328,950.0
393,150.0
2
Mortenson
1
MN
328,900.0
732,600.0
3
CSI Electrical Contractors
9
CA
285,436.2
285,436.2
4
Arraycon
10
CA
240,161.0
269,860.1
5
Granite Construction
14
CA
214,100.0
214,100.0
6
Sunpin Solar
25
CA
96,750.0
96,750.0
7
Baker Electric
17
CA
67,710.4
199,873.9
8
M Bar C Construction
34
CA
65,733.5
65,733.5
9
MBL-Energy
43
CA
47,491.0
47,491.0
10
Cenergy Power
50
CA
35,555.5
35,555.5
11
RP Construction Services
15
CA
32,227.0
209,942.0
12
PetersenDean Roofing and Solar
56
CA
28,440.4
29,041.7
13
McCarthy Buiding Cos.
18
MO
25,000.0
181,000.0
14
Hanwha Q CELLS USA
11
CA
23,500.0
259,000.0
15
CS Energy (formerly Conti Solar)
16
NJ
23,200.0
204,400.0
16
Semper Solaris
65
CA
20,232.1
20,232.1
17
Greenskies Renewable Energy
39
CT
20,070.6
50,315.6
18
E Light Electric Services
53
CO
20,000.0
33,660.0
19
Swinerton Renewable Energy
4
CA
19,600.0
645,900.0
20
Elite Electric
70
CA
17,591.0
17,591.0
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What do you look for in a good product supplier? Cenergy screens our product suppliers for their potential as long-term strategic partners — those who are flexible, reasonable and adaptive to the constant and volatile changes we endure in the solar industry. This industry can be very challenging, and we believe a partnership approach is the best way to ensure both longterm sustainability of solar companies and their ability to deliver successful projects.
— Nader Yarpezeshkan
Senior Director of Sales and Corporate Development Cenergy Power (No. 50 overall)
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CALIFORNIA TOP 40
SMA America Install Rocklin, California 25 kW
How do you use social media to sell solar?
= UTILITY CONTRACTOR = RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR = COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR = EPC = INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR = ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR = DEVELOPER
CA RANK
Social media marketing is part of an overarching strategy for our brand. Our goals are simple — we want to be approachable and promote education and discussion in the solar industry. As such, we stop worrying about selling our product and instead focus on taking care of the customer. When a customer knows that Infinity Energy cares about them, they recommend our products and share with their friends. Our social media gameplan is just the simple expression of the Infinity Energy brand keeping its promises to the customer. This creates confidence in our business and serves the customer and their community well.
— cameron kelly Chief Sales Officer Infinity Energy (No. 81 overall)
88
SOLAR POWER WORLD
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COMPANY
= OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR = ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
OVERALL RANK
HQ STATE
kW INSTALLED IN CA
= MANUFACTURER INSTALLER
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL 2018 kW INSTALLED
21
M.B. Herzog Electric
72
CA
17,526.3
17,526.3
22
Helix Electric
46
CA
17,421.6
45,621.6
23
AES Distributed Energy
37
CO
15,284.1
54,765.8
24
Baker Electric Home Energy
80
CA
15,111.6
15,111.6
25
Kuykendall Solar
83
CA
14,442.0
14,442.0
26
Infinity Energy
81
CA
13,617.9
15,075.0
27
Baja Construction
82
CA
13,063.7
14,497.9
28
V3 Electric
92
CA
10,515.7
10,515.7
29
Newport Power
96
CA
10,176.0
10,176.0
30
Solar Optimum
104
CA
9,313.4
9,313.4
31
SolarMax Technology
108
CA
9,127.6
9,127.6
32
Sullivan Solar Power
110
CA
8,594.9
8,594.9
33
Renova Energy
112
CA
8,212.6
8,212.6
34
LA Solar Group
113
CA
8,109.5
8,109.5
35
LASE Solar
68
PA
7,543.4
18,670.5
36
Sunline Energy
118
CA
7,504.4
7,504.4
37
Shorebreak Energy Developers
119
CA
7,464.7
7,464.7
38
PermaCity
122
CA
7,283.0
7,283.0
39
Solar Technologies
126
CA
7,052.2
7,052.2
40
GRID Alternatives
114
CA
6,664.0
8,085.3
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7/8/19 1:10 PM
COLORADO TOP 20
Black hills energy Community Solar Ordway, Colorado 1.987 MW
= UTILITY CONTRACTOR = RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR = COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR = EPC = INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR = ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR = DEVELOPER
CO RANK
COMPANY
= OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR = ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
OVERALL RANK
HQ STATE
kW INSTALLED IN CO
= MANUFACTURER INSTALLER
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL 2018 kW INSTALLED
1
McCarthy Buiding Cos.
18
MO
25,000.0
181,000.0
2
RP Construction Services
15
CA
17,950.0
209,942.0
3
E Light Electric Services
53
CO
13,660.0
33,660.0
4
ION Solar
79
UT
8,248.3
15,707.7
5
Namasté Solar
125
CO
7,108.2
7,108.2
6
Cypress Creek Renewables
2
CA
5,405.0
691,389.4
7
RES (Renewable Energy Systems)
27
CO
4,969.0
89,501.0
8
Greenskies Renewable Energy
39
CT
4,467.1
50,315.6
9
HCS Renewable
5
TX
4,000.0
637,110.0
10
Auric Energy
105
UT
3,779.9
9,289.5
11
EcoMark Solar
173
CO
3,758.1
3,758.1
12
EnterSolar
49
NY
2,991.3
36,079.9
13
DKD Electric
106
NM
2,740.0
9,270.0
14
Community Energy
73
PA
2,000.0
17,500.0
15
GenPro Energy Solutions
120
SD
1,995.0
7,445.5
16
CAM Solar
142
TX
1,731.7
5,299.6
17
Peak View Solar
255
CO
1,598.0
1,598.0
18
Pivot Energy
184
CO
1,593.5
3,306.1
19
Sunsense Solar
257
CO
1,582.2
1,582.2
20
Atlasta Solar Center
270
CO
1,362.7
1,362.7
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What's the most unique marketing tactic you've used to sell solar? Greenskies, as part of Clean Focus Group, offers a unique value proposition for our clients. Beyond originating and developing each project, we also own and operate projects for decades to come. Greenskies’ clients work with a single contact from beginning to end across their entire solar portfolio. We do not “flip” projects and disappear. This key differentiator helps build our sales pipeline as potential clients see us as a long-term partner that will deliver savings and ensure the solar portfolio operates at peak performance.
— Stanley Chin
Chief Executive Officer Greenskies Renewable Energy (No. 39 overall)
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FLORIDA
TOP 20
Duke Energy residence St. Petersburg, Florida 9 kW
How do you safely transport solar equipment to a work site? First, we ensure all products are kept in original manufacturer packaging. All modules arrive in our warehouse on pallets direct from the manufacturer and remain in original packaging until delivery to the jobsite. Secondly, we utilize forklifts and jobsite elevators to transport modules, protecting equipment and installers. All modules receive first-class delivery to our client. Pallets of modules are securely fastened during transport from our warehouse to the client. The mode of transportation is also critical to maintaining the products’ integrity. By utilizing box trucks, no module is exposed to the elements before reaching a client’s roof. By following these procedures, our solar equipment maintains its integrity from manufacturer to customer.
— david ringo
Founder and CEO 3D Solar (No. 233 overall)
90
SOLAR POWER WORLD
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= UTILITY CONTRACTOR = RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR = COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR = EPC = INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR = ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR = DEVELOPER
FL RANK
COMPANY
= OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR = ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
OVERALL RANK
HQ STATE
kW INSTALLED IN FL
= MANUFACTURER INSTALLER
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL 2018 kW INSTALLED
1
HCS Renewable
5
TX
460,000.0
637,110.0
2
Black & Veatch
6
KS
452,960.0
453,360.0
3
Solar Energy Resources
12
FL
249,600.0
249,600.0
4
Mortenson
1
MN
110,800.0
732,600.0
5
Alten Energy
32
FL
64,463.7
70,903.5
6
DEPCOM Power
8
AZ
63,000.0
324,800.0
7
J&B Solar
31
FL
24,000.0
74,050.0
8
Momentum Solar
40
NJ
11,932.3
50,295.8
9
ReNew Petra
42
NC
9,300.0
47,837.0
10
C2 Energy Capital
30
NY
7,002.5
76,797.7
11
Goldin Solar
154
FL
4,740.8
4,740.8
12
Solar Source
166
FL
4,109.8
4,120.0
13
Maximo Solar
147
PR
2,800.3
4,989.9
14
Radiance Solar
99
GA
2,587.9
9,894.3
15
Advanced Green Technologies
217
FL
2,263.4
2,286.2
16
3D Solar
233
FL
1,951.3
1,951.3
17
Envirosolar
84
TX
1,731.8
13,169.7
18
Unlimited Solar Technology
245
FL
1,682.8
1,682.8
19
Solar-Ray
246
FL
1,679.5
1,679.5
20
EnterSolar
49
NY
1,658.1
36,079.9
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MASSACHUSETTS TOP 20
Nantasket Junction MBTA Station Hingham, Massachusetts 872 kW
= UTILITY CONTRACTOR = RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR = COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR = EPC = INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR = ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR = DEVELOPER
MA RANK
COMPANY
= OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR = ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
OVERALL RANK
HQ STATE
kW INSTALLED IN MA
= MANUFACTURER INSTALLER
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL 2018 kW INSTALLED
1
CS Energy (formerly Conti Solar)
16
NJ
43,000.0
204,400.0
2
Ameresco
55
MA
24,926.1
30,793.2
3
ACE Solar
52
MA
19,066.9
34,629.8
4
Synergy Solar
58
MA
16,221.2
27,579.2
5
Trinity Solar
29
NJ
13,492.6
84,881.2
6
Swinerton Renewable Energy
4
CA
13,200.0
645,900.0
7
Solect Energy
94
MA
9,419.7
10,395.1
8
Invaleon Solar Technologies
130
MA
6,847.7
6,855.7
9
C2 Energy Capital
30
NY
6,756.5
76,797.7
10
Nexamp
109
MA
6,615.1
8,604.5
11
SunBug Solar
151
MA
4,882.1
4,882.1
12
Skyline Solar
90
NJ
4,670.5
11,085.4
13
Boston Solar
164
MA
4,175.7
4,175.7
14
Community Energy
73
PA
2,500.0
17,500.0
15
PV Squared
218
MA
2,233.0
2,233.0
16
RevoluSun
228
MA
2,079.8
2,104.5
17
Bright Planet Solar
87
UT
1,914.7
11,978.3
18
ReVision Energy
77
ME
1,656.2
16,437.9
19
Alten Energy
32
FL
1,400.0
70,903.5
20
Greenskies Renewable Energy
39
CT
1,397.0
50,315.6
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What product advancements excite your team? Solar PV has been traditionally sited on rooftops, landfills, parking lot canopies and exteriors of buildings. As land values continue to rise, usable sites are becoming highly competitive. At Invaleon, we envision the use of floating PV as the next market leap. Floating solar over fresh bodies of water is a perfect marriage for PV. During peak operating conditions, PV modules lose efficiency due to increased heat. A cooling effect by the water will drastically reduce this loss and boost production. The passive nature of PV will allow the quiet enjoyment of neighbors, reduce evaporation, as well as preserve wildlife. In the upcoming years, Invaleon plans on developing floating PV alongside local and state AHJs to establish a safe and streamlined process.
—Tom Wu
CEO, Invaleon Solar Technologies (No. 130 overall)
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NEW JERSEY TOP 20
superflex
Elizabeth, New Jersey 947 kW
How do you keep current with the latest training? Training is an ongoing challenge here, as the rapid growth of our commercial solar division continues to outpace our training models. Aside from implementing nearly every NABCEP technique, we also collaborate with the SolarEdge development team, giving them real-time field feedback on their solar optimizing technology. We recently introduced another level of accountability with our operations manager who makes the rounds on active projects. This is in addition to the site supervisors on each of our six simultaneous installations. We’re also looking forward to our move to our new headquarters, which includes a training center equipped to demo nearly any type of installation.
— Israel Berkowitz CEO Berkowatts Electric (No. 128 overall)
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= OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR = ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
OVERALL RANK
HQ STATE
kW INSTALLED IN NJ
= MANUFACTURER INSTALLER
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL 2018 kW INSTALLED
1
CS Energy (formerly Conti Solar)
16
NJ
38,200.0
204,400.0
2
Trinity Solar
29
NJ
35,629.7
84,881.2
3
Momentum Solar
40
NJ
19,449.6
50,295.8
4
DMH Services
48
PA
14,157.0
37,175.5
5
EnterSolar
49
NY
10,456.9
36,079.9
6
Advanced Solar Products
107
NJ
9,149.1
9,149.1
7
Berkowatts Electric
128
NJ
6,987.4
6,987.4
8
Infiniti Energy Services
123
NJ
4,916.3
7,250.9
9
Solar Energy Systems
156
NY
4,537.1
4,606.1
10
Kiss Electric
160
PA
4,093.8
4,500.4
11
Green Power Energy
172
NJ
3,864.3
3,883.4
12
Skyline Solar
90
NJ
3,684.6
11,085.4
13
AllSeason Solar
183
NJ
3,376.7
3,376.7
14
Geoscape Solar
191
NJ
3,085.4
3,085.4
15
Kopp Electric Company
194
NJ
3,017.1
3,017.1
16
LASE Solar
68
PA
2,500.0
18,670.5
17
PowerLutions Solar
207
NJ
2,462.6
2,492.7
18
SunPower by Sea Bright Solar
198
NJ
2,419.2
2,834.4
19
C2 Energy Capital
30
NY
2,375.0
76,797.7
20
Bright Planet Solar
87
UT
2,256.6
11,978.3
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NEW YORK
TOP 20
rooftop install
Long Island, New York 59 kW
Are the type of people going solar changing in your area?
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The demographic of our customers has always been fairly consistent. What has changed over the last 10 years, however, is the public's perspective of solar. There used to be a common misconception that while solar was a viable way to help deal with Long Island's extremely high electricity costs, it was financially unfeasible for most Long Islanders. With the versatility of solar financing programs out on the market today, nothing could be further from the truth. The reduction in material costs over the last few years has been a huge positive as well. As a result, the market here has exploded, and we are installing solar in every neighborhood from low-income to the Hamptons and the Gold Coast.
—Michael Catizone
President and Co-Founder Long Island Power Solutions (No. 152 overall)
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COMPANY
= OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR = ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
OVERALL RANK
HQ STATE
kW INSTALLED IN NY
= MANUFACTURER INSTALLER
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL 2018 kW INSTALLED
1
Cypress Creek Renewables
2
CA
29,008.0
691,389.4
2
AES Distributed Energy
37
CO
28,738.3
54,765.8
3
J&B Solar
31
FL
22,000.0
74,050.0
4
AUI Partners
20
TX
19,600.0
142,180.0
5
Solar Ground-N-Pound
69
NY
18,000.0
18,000.0
6
OnSite
76
NY
16,730.0
16,730.0
7
Momentum Solar
40
NJ
11,895.5
50,295.8
8
John Mills Electric
93
NY
10,395.1
10,402.8
9
ACE Solar
52
MA
10,196.0
34,629.8
10
SUNation Solar Systems
97
NY
10,173.1
10,173.1
11
EnterSolar
49
NY
8,651.4
36,079.9
12
Dynamic Energy Solutions
100
PA
8,099.6
9,817.3
13
Trinity Solar
29
NJ
7,731.5
84,881.2
14
CS Energy (formerly Conti Solar)
16
NJ
5,000.0
204,400.0
15
Greenskies Renewable Energy
39
CT
4,922.2
50,315.6
16
O3 Energy
136
TX
4,870.0
6,153.0
17
Long Island Power Solutions
152
NY
4,819.0
4,819.0
18
Alten Energy
32
FL
4,668.8
70,903.5
19
Harvest Power
148
NY
4,436.2
4,989.5
20
DMH Services
48
PA
3,194.7
37,175.5
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NORTH CAROLINA TOP 20
strider
Asheboro, North Carolina 7 MW = UTILITY CONTRACTOR = RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR = COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTOR = EPC = INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTOR = ELECTRICAL SUBCONTRACTOR = DEVELOPER
NC RANK
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= OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR = ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
OVERALL RANK
HQ STATE
kW INSTALLED IN NC
= MANUFACTURER INSTALLER
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL 2018 kW INSTALLED
1
Directional Services
3
NC
485,579.0
646,425.0
2
Cypress Creek Renewables
2
CA
473,749.0
691,389.4
3
Pure Power Contractors
19
NC
148,860.0
162,300.0
4
HCS Renewable
5
TX
120,000.0
637,110.0
5
DEPCOM Power
8
AZ
110,000.0
324,800.0
6
Watson Electrical Construction
23
NC
97,280.0
107,490.0
7
Cantsink
22
GA
77,800.0
128,099.0
8
Pine Gate Renewables
28
NC
68,950.8
86,713.7
9
ReNew Petra
42
NC
24,537.0
47,837.0
10
Southern Current
41
SC
21,090.0
48,869.2
11
AUI Partners
20
TX
20,200.0
142,180.0
12
J&B Solar
31
FL
17,500.0
74,050.0
13
McCarthy Buiding Cos.
18
MO
14,000.0
181,000.0
14
SEI Professional Services (SEIPS)
54
CO
13,392.0
33,209.0
15
J. Ranck Electric
44
MI
10,172.0
46,215.6
16
esaSolar
91
FL
10,000.0
10,754.7
17
C2 Energy Capital
30
NY
7,004.0
76,797.7
18
POWERHOME Solar
67
NC
4,563.7
19,441.7
19
Sylvester & Cockrum
101
NC
3,871.7
9,780.2
20
NC Solar Now
175
NC
3,688.6
3,688.6
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Do you think city and state RPS goals actually help grow solar? Yes — we've seen the benefits of RPS goals in action here in North Carolina. North Carolina is No. 2 in the country for solar capacity, trailing only behind California. North Carolina’s solar industry grew quickly due in part to the state’s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS). REPS was signed into law in 2007 and requires investor-owned utilities in the state to have 12.5% of their energy needs met through renewable energy or energy efficiency measures. Just last year, annual solar energy production in North Carolina increased by 36%, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
— richard payne Managing Director ReNew Petra (No. 42 overall)
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Dill Project
Greenville, South Carolina 10.8 kW
How do you approach the energy storage conversation with customers?
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Energy storage has been coming up more and more in consultations with our customers. When we are addressing the energy storage conversation, we want to make sure we fully understand the customer’s wants or needs. Discussing pricing and capabilities of different types of energy storage with the customer is key. Once we can figure out what specifically they are looking for, we can guide them toward a certain product. Making sure that our sales reps are up-to-date with the most current storage technology is what can make or break a sale that includes storage. At Solar Chief, we have sales trainings to just address the ever-changing storage market. The solar industry will continue to keep moving toward more storage, and we want to be ready for that.
— Karl Wiant
CEO Solar Chief (No. 186 overall)
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COMPANY
= OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR = ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
OVERALL RANK
HQ STATE
kW INSTALLED IN SC
= MANUFACTURER INSTALLER
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL 2018 kW INSTALLED
1
DEPCOM Power
8
AZ
102,800.0
324,800.0
2
Directional Services
3
NC
75,274.0
646,425.0
3
NARENCO
35
NC
64,677.0
64,677.0
4
RP Construction Services
15
CA
57,000.0
209,942.0
5
C2 Energy Capital
30
NY
49,454.8
76,797.7
6
Cantsink
22
GA
48,737.0
128,099.0
7
Cypress Creek Renewables
2
CA
46,640.0
691,389.4
8
Southern Current
41
SC
27,779.2
48,869.2
9
Pure Power Contractors
19
NC
13,440.0
162,300.0
10
Watson Electrical Construction
23
NC
10,210.0
107,490.0
11
ReNew Petra
42
NC
7,000.0
47,837.0
12
Pine Gate Renewables
28
NC
5,722.9
86,713.7
13
J&B Solar
31
FL
5,000.0
74,050.0
14
J. Ranck Electric
44
MI
3,696.0
46,215.6
15
Solar Chief
186
SC
2,937.3
3,241.3
16
Hannah Solar Government Services
135
SC
2,585.0
6,197.0
17
Alder Energy Systems
232
SC
2,024.3
2,024.3
18
Joule Energy
98
LA
1,235.0
10,070.6
19
Radiance Solar
99
GA
841.1
9,894.3
20
Infiniti Energy Services
123
NJ
751.0
7,250.9
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TEXAS
TOP 20
TEP Barnett, USA Fort Worth, Texas 151.38 kW
how can we retrain fossil fuel workers for the solar industry? As fossil fuel companies become diversified energy providers, the demand for solar energy further increases. As such, the solar industry desperately needs qualified workers to accommodate the backlog of projects. Since most employees in the fossil fuel industry already possess transferable skills in the realms of engineering, mechanical, electrical, construction, equipment operation, general labor and safety, they can easily transition to solar simply by acquiring a few certifications, applying for apprenticeships and achieving on-thejob training. The bottom line is that the solar energy industry sector is growing at a steady rate and can provide wellpaying, meaningful work, so it’s a winwin for everyone.
— vanessa green
Director of Operations Axium Solar (No. 62 overall)
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COMPANY
= OFF-GRID CONTRACTOR = ROOFTOP CONTRACTOR
OVERALL RANK
HQ STATE
kW INSTALLED IN TX
= MANUFACTURER INSTALLER
PRIMARY MARKET
TOTAL 2018 kW INSTALLED
1
Primoris Renewable Energy
13
CO
236,000.0
236,000.0
2
Hanwha Q CELLS USA
11
CA
235,500.0
259,000.0
3
Mortenson
1
MN
234,000.0
732,600.0
4
Swinerton Renewable Energy
4
CA
202,000.0
645,900.0
5
Directional Services
3
NC
85,572.0
646,425.0
6
Cypress Creek Renewables
2
CA
85,559.0
691,389.4
7
RES (Renewable Energy Systems)
27
CO
72,432.0
89,501.0
8
HCS Renewable
5
TX
48,920.0
637,110.0
9
Axium Solar
62
TX
24,066.7
24,260.0
10
AUI Partners
20
TX
24,000.0
142,180.0
11
Sunpro Solar
78
LA
11,149.0
16,265.6
12
Envirosolar
84
TX
8,660.9
13,169.7
13
Freedom Solar Power
129
TX
6,864.2
6,864.2
14
South Texas Solar Systems
138
TX
5,818.8
5,818.8
15
Joule Energy
98
LA
5,550.0
10,070.6
16
Momentum Solar
40
NJ
4,940.2
50,295.8
17
Synaptic Solar
168
TX
4,018.8
4,018.8
18
CAM Solar
142
TX
3,567.9
5,299.6
19
Wells Solar
206
TX
2,509.7
2,509.7
20
Hannah Solar Government Services
135
SC
2,497.0
6,197.0
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TOP SOLAR CONTRACTORS
ACROSS AMERICA A&R Solar Innovative Power Systems
In d e p e n d Po w e r Sy e n t s te m s
Nienke Solar
Arch Electric
ve ati ern s Alt stem Sy
Ec oh ou se So lar
TerraSol Energies
Ene
King Solar
rgy
Solar contractors big and small have stories to tell, and our favorite part of this issue is the chance to highlight a few. In our special section, learn how one contractor survived the Camp Fire, how a solar+storage contractor engineers installations at the highest and lowest elevations, how a pro bowler started a new career path in solar and more.
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ACROSS AMERICA plymouth, wisconsin
Small-scale solar installer scores big on first megawatt-sized project Wisconsin's Arch Electric (No. 189) primarily worked on residential and small-scale commercial projects throughout the state, but things quickly changed for the contractor after it completed the 1.63-MW rooftop project on the new IKEA store in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. "Due to our expert completion, we've garnered over 3 MW of additional rooftop solar just this year," said Mike Cornell, Arch's solar experience consultant and CIO. The IKEA project is the largest commercial rooftop installation in Wisconsin, let alone the largest install for the solar contractor — until then, Arch Electric's largest installation topped out around 375 kW. Project developer REC Solar, which has been the lead solar developer on the majority of IKEA's 50+ U.S. locations, seeks to use local contractors on each project. Arch Electric was the lucky winner to take on the 4,716-panel project for the first IKEA store in Wisconsin. While the store officially opened in May 2018, Arch Electric did most of the installation throughout the harsh winter
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months. Cornell said the roof was often very icy, and maneuvering around obstacles was a challenge. "We had about 60,000 ballast blocks. We would lift a pallet up over the roof, and guys would put them on wagons," he said. "Sometimes they'd be lifting over a gas pipe over ice. It was a skating rink." There were other adjustments Arch Electric crews had to get used to on a larger project too, including daily sign-ins and safety requirements when working on an under-construction building project. The IKEA store roof is also split in two, so hoisting components onto two separate roofs added more steps. But Cornell said his team made sure to keep a high level of precision throughout the process. "There were 61,776 torque points. Every bolt had to get torqued and painted red," he said. "This was one of six IKEA [solar] jobs in 2018, and we were recognized by REC Solar as having the best quality and safety of all the jobs." That level of quality is sure to follow Arch Electric as it takes on even bigger jobs this year. SPW
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ACROSS AMERICA columbus, ohio
Former pro bowler finds a new purpose in the solar industry A career change is often a frightening thing to contemplate, maybe especially so when you're in your 50s. But for Jeff Miller of Columbus, Ohio, age 54 was the perfect time to hop into solar. In his words, he had finally found his people. Miller's winding path to solar started in the '80s while a mechanical engineering student at Purdue University. Not so sure about the engineering thing after graduation, he used his success in extracurriculars to garner a spot on the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. Miller toured the country for three years, and, on his days off from bowling, took advantage of nearby national parks and found a taste for environmentalism. "I got to see a lot, got to meet a lot of people, a lot of new friends," he said. Upon returning to the "real world" after the tour, Miller used his engineering knowledge to get a job with a commercial printing company before eventually using his prominence in the bowling community to open a bowling pro shop in 2002 in Columbus. Unfortunately, as the 2000s wore on, bowling started trending south. "Even though I was in a good situation and was able to grow my business to where I liked it, the whole industry in league bowling itself was dropping," Miller said. "In 2013, that started catching up with me and my sales started going backwards. After a few years of that, I realized that I was going to need a new full-time gig, so I had to start doing some soul-searching." A talk with his stepdaughter pushed him to look into renewable energy. Miller was searching online when he came across Solar Energy International, an educational training outfit. He signed up for a free online introduction to renewables course and immediately was hooked.
"I liked it a lot, and I felt like, this just fits everything I'd like to do," Miller said. He went all-in on a future in solar and signed up for the residential and commercial PV system program track that included a hands-on lab course on the SEI campus in Colorado. "You picked three systems you wanted to put together and take apart. I picked a pole mount, a ground mount and a roof mount," Miller said. "The people were great,
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ACROSS AMERICA instructors were great, students were great, even the locals. I was convinced that this was definitely it. We all had a similar shared idea of renewables and doing our part. I told my wife that I found my kind of people. It was magic." Miller went right on ahead and got NABCEP certified, took OSHA training and set out looking for a solar job in spring 2018. There weren't any job postings, but Miller sent out an updated resume to two local solar installation companies and was working on a third when Ecohouse Solar (No. 376) replied. "He called us at a good time and let us know he had already been through a number of solar courses with Solar Energy International and had a mechanical engineering degree," said Ecohouse founder and president Kevin Eigel. "He was eager to start working in the solar industry and wanted to make a career change. He has a great attitude, and he is gradually learning the details related to residential solar." Miller was officially hired as a salesperson, and his life experiences have helped him secure contracts in the few months he's been on the job. "I've been selling bowling balls for 16 years. It's not something people need. I could sell them on the most expensive ball or I could see what they want," he said. "I feel comfortable in the sales realm. My role is to provide the customer with all the relevant information they need to make the right decision." Eigel said he's pleased with Ecohouse's decision to hire Miller. The company's other salespeople had some solar knowledge before starting, but Miller had a leg-up with his certificates. And his attitude and work ethic fit in well at Ecohouse. "It is important for me to hire people whose values are aligned with mine, and I look for that when I am looking for people to work with us," Eigel said. Miller said it's never too late to find your passion and go after it. "I had a career change at age 54. Don't be scared, seriously," he said. "Hopefully this story will inspire someone to get in the PV industry. If it just inspires one person, then it was quite worth the time." SPW
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Freshman installer streamlines solar customer experience in Iowa Every good business develops when someone thinks they can do a better job than the competition. The Nienke family of Dubuque, Iowa, had been a pillar in the community for decades through its roofing and construction business, Nienke Services. The company had also been assisting solar installers for the last five years with installing roof mounts and anchors. After Nienke Services made all the holes in the roof, a solar company would come back in to finish the rails, panels and wiring — and Nienke Services wouldn't even be referenced to the customer. "We noticed that there was a hole in the marketplace," said owner Jamison Nienke. "Some [solar] companies were horrible at upfront [sales] — providing quotes — but really good at installs. Other companies were really good at sales but didn't really manage themselves properly." So Jamison and his wife Heather started Nienke Solar (No. 413) in August 2018 to bring a more streamlined process to the local solar industry — serving as the sole contact throughout the project, without subcontractors. "I was watching [Jamison] work with other solar contractors in the area getting the mounting brackets installed, and then we'd leave and you didn’t know what kind of service the customer was getting. You don’t get to see the end result or the happiness of the customer," Heather said. "On the roofing side, we like to pride ourselves that we put that 15-year workmanship warranty on there. So with solar, I wanted to see the same thing happen." While Jamison did have on-roof experience, the Nienkes didn’t just jump into a brand new industry. They partnered with a solar professional who schooled them on sales, ROI, sizing solar systems and which product suppliers were best. The company
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Kansas installer is honest about mistakes to showcase company integrity had no problem adding well-trained employees to the team either. Nienke’s headquarters is just 20 minutes from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, which has a sustainability and renewable energy systems (SRES) program and plenty of eager, competent graduates looking for work. "We made sure we had all the fundamentals before we started. Once we launched the business, we knew we could take care of customers front to back," Jamison said. "We've been providing jobs to UW-Platteville students. They're having a hard time finding companies that will take them without having the field knowledge. So being a growing business, the SRES program has been a huge success as far as helping us get a workforce that's excited about renewable energy and solar." Nienke Solar installed almost 100 kW to close out 2018 — after only four months in the new business. The Nienkes said the community's trust in a new company has been overwhelming. "I was surprised how fast things took off. People seem to like local [solar contractors]," Heather said. "I was concerned [that] when people asked how long we'd been doing it, it might scare them. But having the roofing business there, they can see we're in it for the long haul. We will service them if anything happened. The people have been so ecstatic, we've had so many referrals. It's amazing just to see how receptive people have to been." SPW
Solar installers, like every other profession, make mistakes sometimes, but many don't like to admit it for fear of losing customers. Hutchinson, Kansas-based installer King Solar (No. 368) is not one of them. The company made a few major mistakes last year and isn't shy in talking about it. "Most of them were my personal fault, which, as the owner of the company and NABCEP-certified guy on staff, I felt fairly stupid whenever I found out that they happened," said CEO Mark Horst. During one installation, he made a mistake in the design process that led to mis-wiring a residential rooftop array. Going back and re-wiring added another half-day to the job. A larger and more costly mistake happened during an agricultural ground-mount installation. The landowner wanted the array installed right up to the edge of his property. Horst set his compass to what he thought was the correct direction, accounting for the magnetic declination in Kansas (the angle between magnetic north and true north). As he and his team were about halfway done with the project, the customer came out and said it looked like the array was partly on his neighbor's wheat field property. The team found the property line markers, and sure enough, the The ground -mount syst em installed the neighbor on ’s property. King Solar
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new ground mount was over the line. "The east edge of the system was where he wanted it. The west edge of the system was about 3 ft in the neighbor's property," Horst said. He realized he had set his compass backward — adding too much correction for magnetic declination — and installed the array 10° off where it should have been. They got to work problem solving. The customer asked how much it would cost King Solar to redo the array, and Horst said around $5,000. Then, they talked to the customer's neighbors, who said they did not mind that it encroached on their property since they were friends. But Horst stressed to the customer that this neighbor may not care now, but future neighbors might. In the end, King Solar and the customer got creative to remedy this error. King Solar gave the customer the $5,000 it would've cost in parts and labor to redo the array in cash.
The customer used that money to have his land resurveyed and then purchased 5 ft of property from his neighbor so the array would now technically be on his land. "His neighbor sold it to him for like $2,000, it cost him a couple hundred bucks for the surveyor, so he actually ended up with cash in his pocket and five more feet of ground, and he was happy. He was like, 'Man, you guys owned up to this,'" Horst said. He said the customer tried to give the leftover money back, but Horst insisted he keep it all since he would've been out that cash anyway if he had to redo the project. The other big mistake of the year was a flexible solar panel repair project on a city building. Horst didn’t realize the panel adhesive wasn’t designed to stick to the specific type of shingles on the roof, so the modules flew off in a windstorm. Horst estimates that those big mistakes along with some smaller ones along the way cost the company between $15,000 and $20,000 last year. "We are blessed to be able to swallow that and not be out of business," he said. Although the lost money stings, King Solar uses these mistakes as lessons learned, and even as a unique marketing tool. When customers ask
for references, Horst said they usually expect to be given the information for a project that was executed without any problems. But he sees an advantage in also including references where things didn’t go as planned. “I say, ‘Hey, look, I've got a reference of somebody where we really screwed up, and I'd be happy to give you their name and have you talk to them so you can hear how we work as a company when we screw up,’” Horst said. The agricultural groundmount customer was so happy with the way King Solar handled the error that he was willing to serve as one such reference for the company. Horst said it doesn’t matter how much of an expert you are, mistakes will happen. Approaching its errors with grace and flexibility has helped King Solar build its reputation as customer-focused and trustworthy. SPW
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Medium-sized Seattle installer makes policymaking a priority A&R Solar CEO Reeves Clippard meets with policy director Bonnie Frye Hemphill. A&R Solar
It's easy to assume a progressive state like Washington, with a governor who's more than outspoken about climate change, would inherently have solar-friendly policies in place. But the solar industry had to pull a seat up to the table to ensure a fair and competitive solar policy landscape. Seattle contractor A&R Solar (No. 139) recognized Washington solar installers needed a voice in state policy, so the company decided to step in and fill the void. Employee Bonnie Frye Hemphill had been working in technical sales for the company designing solar-plus-storage systems, but she had a strong background in policy work. She'd worked for a number of clean energy nonprofits and even held an internship in the Obama administration's Council on Environmental Quality in 2012. Hemphill began transitioning into a policy-related position at A&R. "I had really enjoyed learning technical sales — the minutia of properly sizing a battery storage system was cool, but always did feel like, 'Oh boy.' It was a steep learning curve for me," Hemphill said. "So, when it was back to just changing the law, that actually seemed a little bit easier to me."
CEO Reeves Clippard said Washington's solar policies have not been the strongest. Until last year, net metering was very limited. He looked to neighbor state Oregon and saw a cohesive industry voice making changes in favor of solar and knew Washington needed to catch up. "In Washington, we only had one, maybe two manufacturers Gov. Inslee launches hi that were really speaking up, s presidentia campaign at l A&R’s solar warehouse but hundreds of contractors and A&R Solar . thousands of jobs where no one had a voice at all," Clippard said. Hemphill started off spending about half her time on policy issues, but soon stepped into a full-time role as A&R's policy director. Since then, A&R has been directly involved in getting a number of progressive solar policies passed, most notably the Solar Jobs Bill and Solar Fairness Act. The former was a 2017 law that reinstated solar production incentives and expanded community solar options, and the latter was an update to the state's net-metering incentives that passed this year. Hemphill is also proud of A&R's efforts in helping to get a sales tax exemption for solar this year that will last for the next 10. But she and Clippard are quick to point out they aren't doing all this work alone.
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"While we are the only company that has a full-time policy position, a lot of our friends here in the state who are also our competitors have worked tirelessly as well to help shape the policy and get involved, provide the testimony and really get across the line and have some deeper expertise than we do in a lot of areas," Clippard said. Hemphill agreed, and said part of her role that she enjoys is keeping all the lobbying participants on track and guiding them toward achievable policy goals. She works closely with the nonprofit group Solar Installers of Washington, which aims to be a unified voice for the common business interests of its members. "I really enjoy the sort of 'team of rivals' aspect," Hemphill said. "Keeping our efforts focused on what we can in fact solve and the strategy that we devise to do that, that's actually a huge part of my job on behalf of A&R; but with our team too." In addition to helping A&R set policies that benefit the company and the solar industry in general, employing a policy director has also
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helped position A&R as a thought leader. Its status was possibly most evident when the company got a phone call from Governor Jay Inslee's office in February. Inslee's staff told A&R that he was considering running for president and wondered if he could make the big announcement at A&R's warehouse. "That was unexpected, but certainly wouldn't have happened if A&R hadn't been putting ourselves out there as somebody that anybody talking about green jobs should obviously be waving our flag," Hemphill said.
A&R's policy leadership also helps on a smaller scale in sales conversations with customers. If people are concerned about the different policies underpinning solar that could affect their future incentives, sales reps can tell them they have a policy director who is working full time to make sure the legislature keeps solar-friendly policies in place. "It's hard to measure how much those people would have indeed signed up to go solar, but I do think that it gives customers some reassurance that we can't promise anything, but we are trying," Hemphill said. SPW
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Solar installer in path of Camp Fire works with community to recover Alternative Energy Systems (No. 159) headquarters is just about a 20-minute drive from the town of Paradise, California — a small city now known to most of the world after the November 2018 Camp Fire burned nearly everything in it to the ground. Around a dozen of AES's 70 solar installation employees were among those directly affected by the
had the foresight to set up a special fund for the community that could be delegated to different organizations in case of emergencies, which became an important resource in helping fire victims. "That's really key to allowing people the ability to help, is to have a quick and convenient place for them to put funds," Hamor said. "That was huge for us, because then we could
deadliest fire in California's history, either losing their homes or being temporarily displaced. Co-owner Tim Hamor said the team is tightknit and close with the community it serves, so when disaster struck, the solar installation company and larger community immediately stepped up to help its employees. The local bank AES does business with, Golden Valley Bank,
The smoke-filled sky as viewed from AES headquarters just hours after the Camp Fire started. AES
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ACROSS AMERICA just say, 'Here's the link if you want to help.'" AES managed to raise around $80,000 with help from its employees, the public and fellow members of the Amicus Solar Cooperative. SunPower also donated to the cause. The company matched employee donations 1:1, then did its best to delegate funds based on need — taking into account factors like number of dependents and who had backup housing options to lean on. AES employees helped their colleagues in other ways too. Several employees hosted their displaced coworkers at
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their homes until they could find permanent housing. The company also created an online list of crucial items needed by displaced and affected workers so other workers could donate. "Everybody was participating at different levels whether it was [monetary donations or], 'Hey, here's a pair of work boots that happen to be your size,'" Hamor said. After contributing around $60,000 to its employees to adequately help them recover from the destruction and loss, AES had
around $20,000 left in the fund. It chose to give that money to two local organizations dear to the company that were also affected: The Work Training Center that provides job training to adults with developmental disabilities and the Boys and Girls Clubs of the North Valley. Although the fire happened in November during the busiest quarter of AES's year, the company was still able to install nearly as many kilowatts of residential solar as it did the year before. There were three days at the start of the fire when AES did not work, but after that, employees were eager to return to the rooftop.
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"It was helpful for them mentally just to kind of get back to doing something productive," Hamor said. "So rather than sitting around and waiting for assistance, they were able to come to work and get some sense of accomplishment." The crew installed solar right up until the end of the year, although AES did lose some installation jobs after the Camp Fire. AES marketing content specialist Stephanie Bird estimated about 60 existing solar projects were lost in the fire, self-reported by the homeowners. "Compared with more than 4,000 installs overall, it's hardly a blip, but the numbers don't tell the story of what devastation was experienced," Bird said. AES has started to hear from these former customers who are now rebuilding and looking to add solar again on new homes. The company is offering incentives for these clients, both as pre-existing customers as well as Camp Fire victims. Hamor is proud to say all but one of Alternative Energy Systems' employees affected by the fire have since secured permanent housing. The company is now able to look ahead to next year — and is expecting an exciting one. "It's certainly not the way anybody would want to grow their business, out of tragedy, but it has generated such a huge spike. We're kind of off the charts," he said. He knew 2019 would be a big year because of the ITC step-down, but the additional fear of PG&E shutting power off when extreme weather conditions make wildfires likely has residents hungry for energy independence. AES started installing some storage last year and expects to see an increase in 2019. "I think people are really wanting a backup option in these areas, so they'll still have power when the grid goes down," Hamor said. The company's deep community ties helped it survive the fire and even help others along the way. Next year, it will work on making the community more prepared if a disaster like this ever happens again. SPW AES installer Chris Ald red in front of a friend's house he was displaced to during the fire. AES
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IPS Solar puts the community back in community solar Innovative Power Systems (IPS Solar) (No. 51) has flipped the script on community solar projects. The Minnesota-based company was founded in 1991 and has installed about 100 MW of community solar systems with another 50 MW planned. Eric Pasi, chief development officer at IPS Solar, admits that community solar projects are typically aimed at off-takers that have greater financial standing — corporate or municipal customers or high-income residents — and don’t necessarily represent the residents of the community where a system is installed. “What that’s doing is actually exacerbating this energy divide between the ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots;’ where people with good credit and businesses are lowering their energy costs, and the costs of renewable programs, like community solar, then transfer to the people that aren’t participating,” Pasi said. So the company is trying to change that demographic for the benefit of everyone. In 2018, IPS Solar installed a 204-kW community solar array on the rooftop of Shiloh Temple International Ministries, a church in North Minneapolis. Instead of opening enrollment to anyone, IPS Solar first offered subscriptions to congregation members, neighborhood residents and smaller businesses in the area. North Minneapolis is a primarily black neighborhood, and its residents have pushed city officials to explore renewable energy options in the community.
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at Red Lake Indian Reservation in Northwest Minnesota. The company has also joined local stakeholders in the Just Solar Coalition, a group pushing for inclusivity in solar generation in Minnesota. IPS Solar also encourages workforce development for residents in communities often overlooked by solar. In fact, part of the team that installed the Shiloh Temple solar garden lives in North Minneapolis, and they have installed other projects in the area and continue to work in the industry. “It is a very tight job market with construction,” Pasi said. “There’s a lot of building happening all across the economy and finding talented and qualified workers is a challenge for us, so we have
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done what we can to help spur hiring in areas that traditionally have been overlooked.” Minnesota stands as the Midwestern state with the most solar installed, breaking 1 GW in 2018, and initiatives like the Illinois Solar For All program are creating even more new opportunities for solar installers in the region. IPS Solar plans to take its template for melding solar construction and environmental justice and apply it to other Midwestern states to “really open access to the clean energy economy to more people,” Pasi said. “We feel very fortunate to be a part of this industry,” he said. “It’s changing all the time and it’s almost dizzying to meet the amount of evolution that happens, and it’s super fun. We appreciate all of our employees and all of our partners that helped to make what we’re doing possible.” SPW
Institutions of higher learning have produced generations of forward-thinking individuals educated in the latest curriculum, technologies and research. It only makes sense for universities’ energy production to be as modern as their academics. TerraSol Energies (No. 369) is a family-owned and operated solar EPC based in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. Situated in the southeastern part of the keystone state, the company has solar projects in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey.
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TerraSol primarily installs residential and commercial solar projects, but these states happen to be home to hundreds of universities, so the company is carving out a niche market with East Coast schools. “Seems like almost everything we get into, there’s something new and unique about it, and it’s kind of a specialty,” said Dave Santoleri, cofounder and president of TerraSol. “We don’t mind; we love those kinds of projects.” This pool of potential collegiate clients led the company to tackle its second university project in 2018 — a 175-kW system at Millersville University in Pennsylvania. This system at the school’s new Lombardo Welcome Center was unusual for several reasons. It incorporates four separate arrays: PV glass in the south-facing wall, a flat rooftop dual-tilt system, a flat metal standing seam system on a raised portion of rooftop and a 20-panel dualaxis tracker on the lawn. Luckily, PV glass was the only technology new to TerraSol installers. “This project was a little bit more unique than some of our others because it was a brand-new building, which we got in so early that it offered some really great help,” said Robert Santoleri, VP of TerraSol. “We were able to design the electrical system to accept solar. We didn’t have to do any retrofitting with already existing equipment. Everything was properly electrically sized, and as far as keeping it aesthetically pleasing, with keeping conduits and wire runs interior and concealed, we were able to do all that work prior to it even being built — on blueprints, really.” While most of the panels are on the rooftop, meeting that energy need and making the solar installation
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Robert said. “We’re expecting high growth, but we have to put a little foothold in the education space.” University solar installations present educational opportunities for students in engineering and energy programs, Dave said. Another solar project TerraSol installed at Williamson College of the Trades in Media, Pennsylvania, gave students access to controls of the campus power plant and solar system. “That’s what we hope comes out of this — that Millersville becomes a model for what other schools should be doing,” Robert said. “Ultimately, what we all want in the solar industry is educated students that are interested in working in our industry.” SPW
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Installer uses solar+storage to keep the lights on, from Death Valley to the Rocky Mountains Keeping the lights on during grid outages is no new concept to Independent Power Systems (No. 180) — the Boulder, Coloradobased company has a longstanding relationship with battery and solar technologies. Employees say that combination puts IPS in a league of its own in the market of resiliency. “That expertise in off-grid is really such a theme throughout our business because that’s really where we have come from,” said Hannah Capshaw, microgrid consultant at IPS. After stints at IBM and SunWize Energy, Tony Boniface fell in love with solar technology. He founded IPS in Montana in 1996, where solar incentives were available at the time. The company was an early adopter of solar and microgrid solutions in the state. “With that knowledge that Tony has with those systems, that’s just brought us to where we are today and influences every project that we worked on,” Capshaw said.
During the last two decades, Boniface opened new IPS branches in Colorado and Massachusetts, following newly enacted incentives. Near its current Colorado headquarters, IPS serves a clientele of homes and businesses that experience unexpected power outages due to extreme weather events, like the Boulder flood of 2013. The company has worked to educate residents in this area about how microgrids can help them keep the lights on.
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“Most people don’t know that even if you have solar, if the grid goes out, you’ll lose power too,” Capshaw said. “Different types of technologies coupled with batteries can help you stay online during the event of a power outage, which can be anything from a weather event or just a simple interruption. Businesses can lose 18% of revenue during one hour of a power outage, so that becomes pretty important to the resiliency of the business.” While IPS’s regional work is a perfect test pool for resiliency projects, the company has sent its electricians across the globe to assist with projects. Domestically, IPS works in residential, commercial and military markets, mostly near its branches. But one of its remarkable subcontracting projects from 2018 was a refurbished solar array at Xanterra’s Oasis at Death Valley resort in California. The resort is 15 miles from Badwater Basin, the lowest point of elevation in North America at -282 ft, 7 • 2019
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and the region is known for intense, record-setting heat. IPS was brought on to assess the existing solar system powering the resort, which was initially 1.2 MW. The team replaced the existing panels with SunPower modules and mounted them on preexisting racking. After the rework, the solar project rose to 2 MW of output. On the opposite end of the spectrum, IPS also installed a 55-kW solar-plus-storage microgrid for the Trail Ridge Store operated by Xanterra at Rocky Mountain National Park last year at an elevation of 11,798 ft. The company added storage to the system and kept the batteries safe from extreme temperatures in a proprietary, modified shipping container. The system is designed to endure alpine weather conditions and shift the facility’s dependence on diesel fuel to solar, only switching back in periods of low sunlight. “There’s a lot of definitions for microgrid,” said Ben Valley, sales manager at IPS. “There’s a lot of companies that started in the '90s around these technologies. Not a lot of them are still around, but our expertise is really in taking the latest technologies and implementing them for complex projects.” SPW
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IPS is extremely committed to leading the local transition away from fossil fuels toward renewable energy — that's our mission statement. But really, we want to go beyond energy savings and help address fundamental issues like environmental justice and stewardship. For example, we plant pollinatorfriendly habitat at all of our community solar sites, which will soon number in the thousands of acres. Several sites lease land to apiaries that cultivate honey; some of which finds its way into local beer and cider. At our offices we recently installed rooftop solar and four electric vehicle charging stations; software controls the charging rate based on how much solar power is produced, which reduces demand charges. — ERIC PASI, CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
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Solar power is great by itself, but it’s even better when it’s just one piece of an energy-efficient home. Sigora Solar (No. 124) makes sure all its solar customers have the most sustainable homes possible by including energy efficiency upgrades in every solar installation. The company’s “Produce and Reduce” package includes a complimentary Pearl-certified energy efficiency audit where the BPI Goldstar-certified energy efficiency team identifies the home’s inefficiencies. After the audit, customers can opt to receive free upgrades like duct sealing, weather stripping, insulation, installation of LED lightbulbs, smart thermostats and more. Sigora also invests in the future through its “One-for-One” program in conjunction with its sister company Sigora Haiti and the nonprofit Hummingbird Academy for Disaster Preparedness & Renewable Energies. For every U.S. home that goes solar with Sigora, the company covers the cost of connecting one Haitian home to the country’s electric grid via a smart meter. Bringing electricity to residents opens up opportunities for their future, allowing them to study, run businesses and more after the sun goes down.
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FORWARD-THINKING CONTRACTOR We are a humble family here at Sigora Solar, but that doesn't take away from the immense pride each and every one of us has in our work. It's an honor to be a finalist as one of the most forward-thinking contractors, because what we simply view as doing right by our customers and paying it forward to those less fortunate than us is actually an incredible story that should be celebrated. Our Produce & Reduce package is making waves with our customers. We bring awareness to how easy it is to lower consumption levels and then produce your own electricity, which is empowering for everyone. Not only are we empowering our customers, but we're then giving them the opportunity to also empower and electrify a family in Haiti through our One-for-One program in partnership with Sigora Haiti. Thank you for the opportunity to shed some light on what we take such pride in doing! — LOGAN LANDRY, CEO
Private Treaty Tender
SOLAR PRODUCTION LINE
Solar Thermal Heating Production Plant & Intellectual Property Rights to Thermomax DF400 / HP400 and Varisol DF
Wilsons Auctions have received instructions from Kingspan to seek offers for a Solar Thermal Heating Production Plant, including all intellectual property rights, relating to Thermomax DF & HP and Varisol DF & HP products by way of Private Treaty Tender. Receipt of Tenders by Thursday 1st August 2019 at 12 noon GMT This sale is being conducted by way of Private Treaty Tender (sealed bids). Potential purchasers are invited to submit their best bid to Wilsons Auctions. A tender pack is available by emailing solarthermal@wilsonsauctions.com to request it, alternatively it can be downloaded from our website.
THERMOMAX HP400
VARISOL
The perfect hot water solution for home or business. A dry heat pipe collector designed for ease of installation and maintenance with unique Dual limit temperature Limitation device for added system protection.
The revolutionary design of the Varisol collector offers a modern and flexible alternative to the rigid manifold system. Quick and easy to install, Varisol allows individual tubes to be simply clicked together to create solar collectors of varying sizes.
THERMOMAX DF400 A Highly efficient Direct Flow fully pumped ‘Wet system’ offering flexible Horizontal, Vertical and sloping installation as well as on flat roofs and facades.
Contact:
Robin Murphy
solarthermal@wilsonsauctions.com
Download the tender pack from our website
+44 (0) 2838 336 433 For more information visit www.wilsonsauctions.com
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