How is financing influencing PV 2015 TOP SOLAR CONTR ACTOR S 5 adoption? Third-party financing for PV has opened the market to opportunities that otherwise wouldn’t have been there through North Brunswick Target traditional purchasing programs. North Brunswick, New Jersey This provides the developer 658.8 kW an opportunity to work with (Photo credit: Greenskies Renewable Energy) site hosts and help create the best suited financial program that works best for all parties. These financing options, along with federal, state and utility incentives, help to make PV adoption a much easier process. - Michael Silvestrini, President, Greenskies Renewable Energy (No. 48 Overall) TOP 50 SOLAR DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS TOTAL MW RANK COMPANY OVERALL CITY STATE FOUNDED EMPLOYEES INSTALLED INSTALLED RANK MW 2014 1 First Solar 1 Tempe CA 1999 6,060 3,881.333 1,023.130 2 Vivint Solar (now SunEdison) 16 Lehi UT 2011 3,289 228.000 155.000 3 NRG Energy (including NRG Renew & NRG Home Solar ) 18 Princeton NJ 1989 10,000 1,341.000 112.000 4 FLS Energy 24 Asheville NC 2006 60 175.000 63.000 5 Hanwha Q CELLS USA 26 Irvine CA 1999 49 170.640 58.337 6 NARENCO 39 Charlotte NC 2009 22 47.000 31.000 7 REC Solar 41 San Luis Obispo CA 1997 156 139.820 28.842 8 Sunnova 42 Houston TX 2013 175 45.486 26.092 9 Greenskies Renewable Energy 48 Middletown CT 2008 50 41.794 22.611 10 Nexamp 49 Boston MA 2007 42 46.953 22.086 11 Clean Focus 50 Sunnyvale CA 2008 20 40.000 22.000 12 RGS Energy (Real Goods Solar) 54 Louisville CO 1978 200 22.500 17.044 13 PsomasFMG 57 Huntington Beach CA 2009 25 42.230 16.160 14 AES Distributed Energy 59 Boulder CO 2009 32 249.058 15.500 15 Amergy Solar 67 Piscataway NJ 2010 70 30.000 12.000 16 EnterSolar 74 New York City NY 2006 17 17.300 10.500 17 Carolina Solar Energy 75 Durham NC 2007 4 76.000 10.400 18 Shorebreak Energy Developers 77 Irvine CA 2010 65 35.000 10.000 19 Natural Power and Energy 79 Scottsdale AZ 2008 7 37.439 9.984 20 Sustainable Energy Developments 91 Rochester NY 2002 25 17.000 7.760 Reprinted from Solar Power World for Clean Focus © 2015 WTWH Media, Inc. TOP 50 SOLAR DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS 52015 TOOP SOLAR CONT R ACTOR S TOTAL MW RANK COMPANY OVERALL CITY STATE FOUNDED EMPLOYEES INSTALLED INSTALLED RANK MW 2014 21 Bithenergy 94 Baltimore MD 2009 28 29.000 7.000 22 Oak Leaf Energy Partners 98 Denver CO 2005 4 66.000 6.700 23 Vision Solar 99 Provo UT 2013 150 10.000 6.700 24 Island Pacific Energy 120 Honolulu HI 2007 13 30.000 5.000 25 Clean Energy Collective 130 Louisville CO 2009 106 12.730 4.503 26 GEM Energy 133 Walbridge OH 2009 10 13.500 4.100 27 Enver Solar 142 Tustin CA 2013 145 5.832 3.804 28 SunVest Solar 145 Pewaukee WI 2009 5 8.500 3.524 29 Monolith Solar Associates 152 Albany NY 2009 56 11.500 3.250 30 O3 Energy Solutions 156 Dallas TX 2011 7 7.200 3.100 31 OneRoof Energy 168 San Diego CA 2011 108 11.087 2.865 32 Renewable Energy Massachusetts 175 Cambridge MA 2010 2 11.000 2.500 33 Missouri Sun Solar 198 Houston MO 2012 25 6.365 2.065 34 Air Wind & Solar 221 Stephenville TX 2010 35 8.000 1.750 35 Sky High Energy 222 Phoenix AZ 2009 18 6.750 1.750 36 RER Energy Group 231 Reading PA 2009 15 8.600 1.500 37 Vis Solis 255 Franklin TE 2010 5 11.000 1.200 38 Belmont Solar 280 Gordonville PA 2002 4 10.000 1.000 39 Nu Energy Solutions 281 Sylvania OH 1998 18 10.000 1.000 40 Northern Pacific Power Systems 283 Santa Rosa CA 2010 15 8.000 1.000 41 Kingspan Energy 286 Jessup MD 2009 4 4.000 1.000 42 CM Solar Electric 289 San Diego CA 1999 15 2.000 1.000 43 Bella Energy 294 Louisville CO 2005 13 12.470 0.957 44 Ace LLC Solar 296 Pulaski TN 2009 15 1.693 0.918 45 ZeroBase Energy 323 Ferndale MI 2009 28 2.000 0.765 46 Novel Energy 346 Rochester MN 2012 15 0.800 0.600 47 Sunlight Solar Energy 357 Bend OR 1988 47 4.000 0.500 48 ReNu Energy Solutions 376 Charlotte NC 2010 18 1.325 0.436 49 SRI Energy (Srinergy) 416 Novi MI 2010 6 1.600 0.307 50 Carbon Vision 417 Shaker Heights OH 2010 5 3.075 0.305 Reprinted from Solar Power World for Clean Focus © 2015 WTWH Media, Inc..