★ 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.

RankCompanyOverall RankCityStateEmployeesPrimary MarketTotal Megawatts InstalledTotal Megawatts 2015
1First Solar1TempeAZ6060Utility6.001.00
2NRG Energy18PrincetonNJ10000Utility1.00242.00
3Vivint Solar16LehiUT3289Residential680.00230.80
4FLS Energy24AshevilleNC60Utility322.00224.00
5Sunnova42HoustonTX175Residential279.00119.31
6NARENCO39CharlotteNC22Utility672,169.0055.00
7Greenskies Clean Energy48North HavenConnecticut50Commercial407,702.0030.14
8PowerFlex74San DiegoCA17Commercial478,413.0020.20
9GEM Energy133WalbridgeOH10Commercial85,000.0018.50
10REC Power41San Luis ObispoCalifornia156Commercial711,418.0016.20
11Carolina Solar Energy75DurhamNC4Utility965,420.0013.50
12RGS Energy54DenverCO200Residential260.0013.01
13Vision Solar (UT)99ProvoUT150Residential22.8912.89
14Amergy Solar67MetuchenNJ70Residential128.0012.00
15Shorebreak Energy Developers77Santa AnaCA65Commercial95,310.9810.00
16PFMG Solar57Huntington BeachCA25Commercial76.009.85
17Qcells EPC26IrvineCalifornia49Utility2,907,624.008.70
18Clean Energy Collective130LouisvilleCO106Residential23.228.67
19Clean Footprint477Cape CanaveralFL10Commercial8.518.40
20Nexamp49BostonMassachusetts42Commercial1,270,000.007.87
21Veregy79PhoenixArizona7Commercial220,159.007.38
22RER Energy Group231ReadingPA15Commercial37.006.65
23Island Pacific Energy120HonoluluHawaii13Commercial51,000.005.00
24O3 Energy156DallasTexas7Commercial151,823.054.70
25OneRoof Energy168San DiegoCA108Residential27.044.32
26Monolith Solar152RensselaerNY56Commercial40.004.14
27Clean Focus50SunnyvaleCA20Commercial44.003.75
28Air Wind and Solar221StephenvilleTX35Residential14.003.40
29Sun Solar198SpringfieldMissouri25Residential84,546.003.06
30Renewable Energy Massachusetts175BelmontMA2Utility32.002.50
31Bella Energy294BoulderCO13Commercial14.592.09
32Northern Pacific Power Systems283Santa RosaCA15Residential15.002.00
33SunVest Solar145ChicagoIllinois5Commercial185,000.001.30
34Renu Energy Solutions376CharlotteNorth Carolina18Residential55,059.281.28
35Sustainable Energy Developments91OntarioNY25Commercial20.001.25
36Vis Solis255FranklinTN5Utility13.001.20
37Ace LLC Solar296PulaskiTN15Commercial6,338.001.04
38Ocean Solar474LinwoodNew Jersey1Residential5,000.000.59
39Newport Renewables439WakefieldRhode Island10Commercial42,445.000.32
40Belmont Solar280GordonvillePennsylvania18Off-Grid19,072.000.20