★ 2015 Top Solar Contractors
2015 Top Solar Developers
Developers aren’t just the big guys planning multi-megawatt solar farms in the desert. Even small residential projects needs a trusted company to plan and assign tasks. These are the Solar Power World Top Solar Developers, that just so happened to develop 1.745 GW of projects in 2014.
| Rank | Company | Overall Rank | City | State | Employees | Primary Market | Total Megawatts Installed | Total Megawatts 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Solar | 1 | Tempe | AZ | 6060 | Utility | 6.00 | 1.00 |
| 2 | NRG Energy | 18 | Princeton | NJ | 10000 | Utility | 1.00 | 242.00 |
| 3 | Vivint Solar | 16 | Lehi | UT | 3289 | Residential | 680.00 | 230.80 |
| 4 | FLS Energy | 24 | Asheville | NC | 60 | Utility | 322.00 | 224.00 |
| 5 | Sunnova | 42 | Houston | TX | 175 | Residential | 279.00 | 119.31 |
| 6 | NARENCO | 39 | Charlotte | NC | 22 | Utility | 672,169.00 | 55.00 |
| 7 | Greenskies Clean Energy | 48 | North Haven | Connecticut | 50 | Commercial | 407,702.00 | 30.14 |
| 8 | PowerFlex | 74 | San Diego | CA | 17 | Commercial | 478,413.00 | 20.20 |
| 9 | GEM Energy | 133 | Walbridge | OH | 10 | Commercial | 85,000.00 | 18.50 |
| 10 | REC Power | 41 | San Luis Obispo | California | 156 | Commercial | 711,418.00 | 16.20 |
| 11 | Carolina Solar Energy | 75 | Durham | NC | 4 | Utility | 965,420.00 | 13.50 |
| 12 | RGS Energy | 54 | Denver | CO | 200 | Residential | 260.00 | 13.01 |
| 13 | Vision Solar (UT) | 99 | Provo | UT | 150 | Residential | 22.89 | 12.89 |
| 14 | Amergy Solar | 67 | Metuchen | NJ | 70 | Residential | 128.00 | 12.00 |
| 15 | Shorebreak Energy Developers | 77 | Santa Ana | CA | 65 | Commercial | 95,310.98 | 10.00 |
| 16 | PFMG Solar | 57 | Huntington Beach | CA | 25 | Commercial | 76.00 | 9.85 |
| 17 | Qcells EPC | 26 | Irvine | California | 49 | Utility | 2,907,624.00 | 8.70 |
| 18 | Clean Energy Collective | 130 | Louisville | CO | 106 | Residential | 23.22 | 8.67 |
| 19 | Clean Footprint | 477 | Cape Canaveral | FL | 10 | Commercial | 8.51 | 8.40 |
| 20 | Nexamp | 49 | Boston | Massachusetts | 42 | Commercial | 1,270,000.00 | 7.87 |
| 21 | Veregy | 79 | Phoenix | Arizona | 7 | Commercial | 220,159.00 | 7.38 |
| 22 | RER Energy Group | 231 | Reading | PA | 15 | Commercial | 37.00 | 6.65 |
| 23 | Island Pacific Energy | 120 | Honolulu | Hawaii | 13 | Commercial | 51,000.00 | 5.00 |
| 24 | O3 Energy | 156 | Dallas | Texas | 7 | Commercial | 151,823.05 | 4.70 |
| 25 | OneRoof Energy | 168 | San Diego | CA | 108 | Residential | 27.04 | 4.32 |
| 26 | Monolith Solar | 152 | Rensselaer | NY | 56 | Commercial | 40.00 | 4.14 |
| 27 | Clean Focus | 50 | Sunnyvale | CA | 20 | Commercial | 44.00 | 3.75 |
| 28 | Air Wind and Solar | 221 | Stephenville | TX | 35 | Residential | 14.00 | 3.40 |
| 29 | Sun Solar | 198 | Springfield | Missouri | 25 | Residential | 84,546.00 | 3.06 |
| 30 | Renewable Energy Massachusetts | 175 | Belmont | MA | 2 | Utility | 32.00 | 2.50 |
| 31 | Bella Energy | 294 | Boulder | CO | 13 | Commercial | 14.59 | 2.09 |
| 32 | Northern Pacific Power Systems | 283 | Santa Rosa | CA | 15 | Residential | 15.00 | 2.00 |
| 33 | SunVest Solar | 145 | Chicago | Illinois | 5 | Commercial | 185,000.00 | 1.30 |
| 34 | Renu Energy Solutions | 376 | Charlotte | North Carolina | 18 | Residential | 55,059.28 | 1.28 |
| 35 | Sustainable Energy Developments | 91 | Ontario | NY | 25 | Commercial | 20.00 | 1.25 |
| 36 | Vis Solis | 255 | Franklin | TN | 5 | Utility | 13.00 | 1.20 |
| 37 | Ace LLC Solar | 296 | Pulaski | TN | 15 | Commercial | 6,338.00 | 1.04 |
| 38 | Ocean Solar | 474 | Linwood | New Jersey | 1 | Residential | 5,000.00 | 0.59 |
| 39 | Newport Renewables | 439 | Wakefield | Rhode Island | 10 | Commercial | 42,445.00 | 0.32 |
| 40 | Belmont Solar | 280 | Gordonville | Pennsylvania | 18 | Off-Grid | 19,072.00 | 0.20 |