Tag: Residential Solar

  • Momentum Solar launches cool ‘white glove’ solar service for homeowners

    We spend a lot of time sharing news on equipment and systems, but a big part of the solar installation business is in sales, marketing and customer service. New Jersey-based installer Momentum Solar has seen rapid growth in the last two years, helping over 400 New Jersey and New YorkRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • How much U.S. solar capacity is owned by third-parties?

    Distributed solar capacity in the United States, which includes all solar power capacity other than utility-scale installations 1 MW or larger, totaled 12.3 gigawatts (GW) as of September. About 30% of that amount (3.7 GW) was owned by third-party owners. Third-party owners are private companies that provide either solar electricityRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SunTegra partners with Northeast construction company to spread solar shingle installs

    SunTegra (formerly known as Integrated Solar Technology or IST), an original provider of integrated solar roof systems, is partnering with Moonworks, a Rhode Island-based construction company that specializes in gutter helmet, roofing, windows and solar. Through this partnership, Moonworks will begin offering SunTegra Shingle and Tile products to its customers. Moonworks hasRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Two growing regional solar installers merge to form ION Solar

    Vision Solar, a fast growing residential solar installer, and Zing Solar, an established residential solar leader in the southwestern U.S., are merging to form a new company — ION Solar. Today’s merger of two of the largest residential rooftop solar installers also results in one of the nation’s largest privatelyRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Net metering vs. demand charges: The latest news in an endless regulatory debate

    No matter how many studies come out to show the value of distributed generation and rooftop solar, there will likely be just as many that state the opposite. Every side is then able to choose the reports that state what they’d like them to state and form their agendas fromRead More — Solar Builder magazine