2016 Top Solar Developers

See the most recent grouping of solar developers here: Top Solar Contractors

This is the list of 2016 Top Solar Contractors who primarily consider themselves developers. The companies below are a segmented portion of the overall 2016 Top 500 Solar Contractors list, organized by megawatts (DC) installed in 2015.

Rank	Company	Overall Rank	City	State	Employees	Primary Market	Total Megawatts Installed	Total Megawatts 2016
1	First Solar	2	Tempe	AZ	6,350	Utility	6.00	1.00
2	Strata Solar	12	Chapel Hill	NC	300	Utility	1.00	333.00
3	NRG Energy	16	Princeton	NJ	10,468	Utility	1.00	242.00
4	Innovative Solar Systems	17	Asheville	NC	24	Utility	756.00	240.00
5	FLS Energy	19	Asheville	NC	70	Utility	322.00	224.00
6	SunEnergy1	20	Mooresville	NC	206	Utility	706.00	218.00
7	Cypress Creek Renewables	23	Santa Monica	CA	180	Utility	2.00	169.00
8	Sunnova	31	Houston	TX	220	Residential	279.00	119.31
9	ESA	34	Orlando	FL	25	Utility	647,390.00	100.00
10	NARENCO	39	Charlotte	NC	35	Utility	672,169.00	55.00
11	Inovateus Solar	54	South Bend	IN	34	Utility	559,000.00	32.70
12	Greenskies Clean Focus	56	North Haven	CT	65	Commercial	271,743.94	30.14
13	UGE	64	New York	NY	60	Commercial	67,789.00	22.37
14	PowerFlex	65	New York	NY	37	Commercial	376,000.00	20.20
15	GEM Energy	70	Walbridge	OH	1,000	Utility	86,544.00	18.50
16	Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions	75	Charlotte	NC	156	Commercial	1,777,000.00	16.20
17	Carolina Solar Energy	82	Durham	NC	5	Utility	797,770.00	13.50
18	RGS Energy	84	Denver	CO	100	Residential	260.00	13.01
19	Amergy Solar	87	Metuchen	NJ	165	Residential	128.00	12.00
20	Shorebreak Energy Developers	99	Santa Ana	CA	70	Commercial	95,310.98	10.00
21	PFMG Solar	101	Huntington Beach	CA	25	Commercial	76.00	9.85
22	Qcells USA	105	Irvine	CA	46	Utility	1,202,400.00	8.70
23	Clean Energy Collective	106	Louisville	CO	107	Residential	23.22	8.67
24	Clean Footprint	107	Cape Canaveral	FL	10	Commercial	8.51	8.40
25	Nexamp	111	Boston	MA	45	Commercial	1,000,000.00	7.87
26	Veregy	117	Phoenix	AZ	6	Commercial	177,483.52	7.38
27	Vista Solar	124	Santa Clara	CA	42	Commercial	36.00	6.69
28	RER Energy Group	125	Reading	PA	15	Commercial	37.00	6.65
29	SUNation Energy	128	Ronkonkoma	NY	75	Residential	94,001.40	6.40
30	PermaCity	134	Los Angeles	CA	8	Commercial	84.00	6.00
31	Island Pacific Energy	149	Honolulu	HI	10	Commercial	30,000.00	5.00
32	O3 Energy	159	Dallas	TX	15	Commercial	133,932.00	4.70
33	OneRoof Energy	163	San Diego	CA	180	Residential	27.04	4.32
34	Monolith Solar	168	Rensselaer	NY	72	Commercial	40.00	4.14
35	Clean Focus	180	Sunnyvale	CA	20	Commercial	44.00	3.75
36	Sun Solar	195	Springfield	MO	90	Residential	58,746.77	3.06
37	EcoMark Solar	196	Denver	CO	89	Residential	24,327.39	3.01
38	Solaris Energy Solutions Idaho	210	Idaho Falls	ID	38	Residential	4.20	2.58
39	Renewable Energy Massachusetts	213	Belmont	MA	3	Utility	32.00	2.50
40	gvelop	214	San Juan	PR	13	Commercial	10.00	2.50
41	Renewable Energy Partners	215	Corona	CA	10	Commercial	65,000.00	2.50
42	Impact Power Solutions	226	Roseville	MN	18	Commercial	170,585.00	2.28
43	Bella Energy	238	Boulder	CO	10	Commercial	14.59	2.09
44	Renewvia Energy	269	Atlanta	GA	6	Commercial	15,553.02	1.50
45	Encore Renewable Energy	284	Burlington	VT	5	Commercial	54,184.00	1.37
46	SunVest Solar	289	Pewaukee	WI	4	Commercial	200,000.00	1.30
47	Sustainable Energy Developments	292	Ontario	NY	30	Residential	20.00	1.25
48	Vis Solis	298	Franklin	TN	5	Commercial	13.00	1.20
49	iDEAL Energies	317	Bloomington	MN	13	Commercial	30,637.74	1.05
50	Ace LLC Solar	319	Pulaski	TN	20	Commercial	5,550.00	1.04
51	Southern Current	328	Charleston	SC	25	Utility	124,160.00	1.00
52	Black Rock Solar	369	San Francisco	CA	15	Commercial	6.63	0.65
53	Solar Impact	374	Gainesville	FL	9	Commercial	33,064.00	0.64
54	Solar Grid USA	387	Hayward	CA	10	Residential	3,682.60	0.53
55	Abender	493	Fort Lauderdale	FL	4	Commercial	1.00	0.10

Rank

Company

Overall Rank

City

State

Employees

Primary Market

Total Megawatts Installed

Total Megawatts 2016

First Solar

Tempe

6,350