Solar Installer

clean technica | February 20, 2018

Even President* Trump probably doesn’t know if his new solar tariff was supposed to help, hurt or kill the US solar industry, but that’s all water under the bridge now. The tariff went into effect on February 7th, but the emerging consensus is that consumers still have plenty of incentive to get rooftop solar. The real problem, as with any major home improvement, is how to decide which company you trust to crawl around on your roof with thousands of dollars worth of high tech renewable energy ha...

Solar Industry | March 06, 2018

Chapel Hill, N.C.-based Strata Solar has announced its plans to strategically acquire commercial and industrial (C&I) and community solar assets to add to its existing portfolio of utility-scale projects. Ohio-based IGS Energy has announced a new multi-year partnership with nonprofit solar installer GRID Alternatives. IGS will support GRID through a donation of $300,000 over the next three years, supporting GRID’s work to bring solar to over 1,500 families and train more than 4,000 individuals a...

Solar Industry | March 09, 2018

PetersenDean Roofing & Solar has acquired Haleakala Solar, Hawaii’s largest solar and battery installer. Haleakala Solar has been installing photovoltaic solar and water heating systems, as well as battery storage solutions, since 1977. The company, which has completed more than 15,000 projects, is planning to add roofing installations to its complement of services. The company operates on three of the Hawaiian islands and plans to expand into a fourth in 2018....

Solar Power World | July 23, 2018

CertainTeed, a leading North American brand of building materials, is expanding its partnership with Solar Energy International (SEI), a leading provider of professional training for the solar industry workforce. Starting now, two of SEI’s courses can be used to satisfy training requirements needed to participate in CertainTeed’s Solar Installer Program. “We offer a wide array of technical solar training at our campus, and we’re pleased that CertainTeed is including our courses in their certific...