Top Solar Contractors

2024 Top Solar Contractors: Inside the List

SPW — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 12:01:24 +0000

This year’s Top Solar Contractors included mostly installers and EPCs that installed solar in almost every state. Here are some fun facts about the companies on the 2024 Top Solar Contractors List. This information was featured exclusively in our 2024 Top Solar Contractors issue. See the issue and full list of top U.S. solar installers…

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2024 Top Solar Contractors: Large-Scale Project Spotlight

SPW — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 12:00:46 +0000

The large-scale solar market is getting bigger and bigger. The Top 5 on the 2024 Top Solar Contractors List each installed more than 2 GW last year. Here are a few of the projects making up the big numbers on this year’s list. This information was featured exclusively in our 2024 Top Solar Contractors issue.…

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2024 Top Solar Contractors: Residential Project Spotlight

SPW — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 12:00:18 +0000

The 2024 class of Top Solar Contractors has installed more solar in more states and markets than ever before. Here are a few of the hundreds of residential solar projects making up this year’s list. This information was featured exclusively in our 2024 Top Solar Contractors issue. See the issue and full list of top…

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New names take top spots on Solar Power World’s 2024 Top Solar Contractors List

SPW — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 12:10:12 +0000

The United States installed more solar in 2023 than ever before — 32.4 GW total and 51% more than the previous year. That significant expansion of the installation market is acknowledged this year in the 2024 Top Solar Contractors List released today by Solar Power World. The Top 5 solar contractors each installed more than…

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Michigan Solar Solutions brings crew to San Diego to show what the Midwest is made of

Kelsey Misbrener — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 12:00:42 +0000

Residential solar crews spend hundreds of hours together putting in hard labor on rooftops. Validation usually comes from happy customers and positive reviews, but an installer in Michigan saw a chance for recognition on a national stage and found a creative solution to make it happen. Karl Hercula, VP of field operations at Michigan Solar…

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Contractor meticulously installs solar on oldest church in US

Kelly Pickerel — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 12:00:29 +0000

Adobe structures are a hallmark of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Throughout the city, one can find fencing, homes, schools and restaurants made of sundried mudbricks. It’d be impossible for local contractor Positive Energy Solar (No. 200 on the 2024 Top Solar Contractors List) to not have some experience installing solar panels on adobe structures. So…

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Bringing big city solar experience back home

Billy Ludt — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 12:00:25 +0000

Kids from small communities often leave to find something their hometowns can’t offer. There’s a whole world out there filled with opportunities for new careers, education and perspectives. For Tony Martin, co-founder of Sonne Energy Solutions (No. 382 on the 2024 Top Solar Contractors List), leaving and learning was a necessary part of returning to…

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West Virginia solar installer uses Cesar Chavez connection to promote community kindness

Kelly Pickerel — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 11:59:51 +0000

Having a positive impact on the communities in which its employees live and work has been a key pillar of Mountain View Solar’s mission since the very beginning. Now in its 15th year serving the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia and surrounding area in the Appalachian Mountains, mtvSolar (No. 239 on the 2024 Top Solar…

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Ohio EPC replenishes Northern Bobwhite quail habitat with native grass solar array

Kelsey Misbrener — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 11:59:43 +0000

The United States is losing an average of 2 million acres of grasslands annually, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Many of the animals that call these habitats home are diminishing in kind. Energy projects typically aren’t seen as part of the solution to conservation. But a ground-mount solar array using native groundcover has…

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Pennsylvania solar installer works through cancer diagnosis on the roof

Billy Ludt — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 11:59:06 +0000

Kayla Reedy could have stopped installing solar when she received a breast cancer diagnosis earlier this year. “But I wasn’t going to let cancer define me or push me back from the industry that I love,” she said. Reedy already knew working in this industry requires some tenacity. She and her husband, Zach, had worked…

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Rural Oregon solar installer finds niche in multifamily housing

Billy Ludt — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 11:58:20 +0000

For solar contractors working in agricultural communities, substantial projects are commonly ground-mounted and built across many acres of fields and farmland. Bucking this trend, a solar company from a rural county in northeast Oregon has become a regional authority in building PV projects on affordable housing developments, and the contractor’s work can now be found…

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California installer weathers NEM 3.0 storm with high-tech service department

Kelsey Misbrener — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 11:58:01 +0000

After this story went to print, Renova announced it was temporarily halting operations in California and Arizona as a result of partial investor SunPower’s financial struggles. Working as a residential solar installer in California has gone from a stable and reliable career path to one mired with uncertainty in the face of recent decisions by…

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Former oil CEO acquires a taste for solar construction

Billy Ludt — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 11:57:49 +0000

Steve Newby’s path to entering the solar industry wasn’t one marked by high ambitions to green the grid. He worked for 25 years in oil and gas, with a decade of that time spent running Summit Midstream Partners, a company responsible for building multi-billion-dollar pipeline projects. Instead, Newby saw growth potential in solar, something he…

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Maine solar installers join forces on workforce development

Kelly Pickerel — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 11:57:32 +0000

Maine is in a unique position in the country. According to statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau, baby boomers make up close to 28% of the state’s population, while trending at 22% nationwide. A big chunk of Maine’s workers is now retiring, and no industry is immune to job vacancies. The solar community is capitalizing…

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Solar Power World presents the 2024 Top Solar Champions

SPW — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 11:50:50 +0000

In acknowledgement of the hard work completed by the people within the companies on Solar Power World’s Top Solar Contractors list, the editorial team proudly recognizes three individuals for Top Solar Champions awards. These special awards highlight three individuals working at Top Solar Contractor companies who have gone the extra mile in their jobs and…

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