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 | 6,987,846 | 1,455.40 |
| 2 | NRG Energy | 18 | Princeton | NJ | 10000 | Utility | 1,489.00 | 242.00 |
| 3 | Vivint Solar | 16 | Lehi | UT | 3289 | Residential | 680,000 | 230.80 |
| 4 | FLS Energy | 24 | Asheville | NC | 60 | Utility | 322.00 | 224.00 |
| 5 | Sunnova | 42 | Houston | TX | 175 | Residential | 150.22 | 119.31 |
| 6 | NARENCO | 39 | Charlotte | NC | 22 | Utility | 102.00 | 55.00 |
| 7 | Greenskies Renewable Energy | 48 | Middletown | CT | 50 | Commercial | 106,792 | 30.14 |
| 8 | EnterSolar | 74 | New York | NY | 17 | Commercial | 63,000 | 20.20 |
| 9 | GEM Energy | 133 | Walbridge | OH | 10 | Commercial | 41,700 | 18.50 |
| 10 | REC Solar | 41 | San Luis Obispo | CA | 156 | Commercial | 262,266 | 16.20 |
| 11 | Carolina Solar Energy | 75 | Durham | NC | 4 | Utility | 179,970 | 13.50 |
| 12 | RGS Energy | 54 | Denver | CO | 200 | Residential | 260,000 | 13.01 |
| 13 | Vision Solar | 99 | Provo | UT | 150 | Residential | 22.89 | 12.89 |
| 14 | Amergy Solar | 67 | Metuchen | NJ | 70 | Residential | 128,900 | 12.00 |
| 15 | Shorebreak Energy Developers | 77 | Irvine | CA | 65 | Commercial | 58,000 | 10.00 |
| 16 | PFMG Solar | 57 | Huntington Beach | CA | 25 | Commercial | 62,550 | 9.85 |
| 17 | Hanwha Q CELLS USA | 26 | Irvine | CA | 49 | Utility | 190.90 | 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 | MA | 42 | Commercial | 102,951 | 7.87 |
| 21 | Natural Power and Energy | 79 | Phoenix | AZ | 7 | Commercial | 54,665 | 7.38 |
| 22 | RER Energy Group | 231 | Reading | PA | 15 | Commercial | 24,273 | 6.65 |
| 23 | Island Pacific Energy | 120 | Honolulu | HI | 13 | Commercial | 39,000 | 5.00 |
| 24 | O3 Energy | 156 | Dallas | TX | 7 | Commercial | 69,200 | 4.70 |
| 25 | OneRoof Energy | 168 | San Diego | CA | 108 | Residential | 27.04 | 4.32 |
| 26 | Monolith Solar | 152 | Rensselaer | NY | 56 | Commercial | 24,838 | 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 | MO | 25 | Residential | 14,740 | 3.06 |
| 30 | Renewable Energy Massachusetts | 175 | Wenham | MA | 2 | Utility | 31,200 | 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 | 15,143 | 2.00 |
| 33 | SunVest Solar | 145 | Pewaukee | WI | 5 | Commercial | 15,000 | 1.30 |
| 34 | Renu Energy Solutions | 376 | Charlotte | NC | 18 | Residential | 23,750 | 1.28 |
| 35 | Sustainable Energy Developments | 91 | Ontario | NY | 25 | Commercial | 20.00 | 1.25 |
| 36 | Vis Solis | 255 | Franklin | TN | 5 | Utility | 13,300 | 1.20 |
| 37 | Ace LLC Solar | 296 | Pulaski | TN | 15 | Commercial | 3,970 | 1.04 |
| 38 | Ocean Solar | 474 | Cape May Court House | NJ | 1 | Residential | 1,054 | 0.59 |
| 39 | Newport Renewables | 439 | Providence | RI | 10 | Commercial | 1,272 | 0.32 |
| 40 | Belmont Solar | 280 | Lancaster | PA | 18 | Off-Grid | 10,601 | 0.20 |