Solar Leaderboard (solarleaderboard.com) published its January 2017 Solar Index report and initial estimates indicate that installation activity declined by approximately 40% year over year. The Solar Index tracks permits issued... read more →
Sunvago recently published its 2016 50 top solar companies in NY and has supplemented the list with an analysis of the competitive environment in the solar industry in New York... read more →
New data released by the California Solar Initiative provides insight into trends impacting the California solar market (data through November of 2016). Subscribe to Solar Leaderboard's Weekly Solar Index for... read more →
The U.S. added over 25,000 MWs of new generation capacity in 2016 according to EIA's Monthly Electric Generator Inventory report. Solar capacity additions reached a new record of 7,568 MWs,... read more →
Sunrun (Nasdaq:RUN), one of the leading rooftop solar companies in the U.S. has formed a partnership with National Grid (NYSE:NGG), one of the largest investor-owned utilities to expand solar in... read more →
Residential Installations Residential solar installations in New York increased 12% in 2016 to 19,945, which is a significant slowdown from 100% growth in 2015. Industry analysts believe this may be... read more →
Increasing Solar Acquisition Costs Residential solar acquisition costs have been increasing, partially driven by high levels of penetration in established markets of California, New York and Massachusetts. Our research indicates... read more →
In California, which is the largest residential solar market in the U.S. by a wide margin, from January 2015 to December 2015, National Installers SolarCity, Sunrun and Vivint showed higher sales... read more →
The average price for residential solar lease/PPAs in California in June declined 6.3% to $4.95/Watt versus $5.28 in June of 2015. Lease/PPA prices have been below $5.00 for the last... read more →
California solar penetration reached 7.2% in 2016 (498,801 residential installations in 6.9 million single family homes). The zip code with the greatest penetration was 93314 in Bakersfield, which has reached... read more →
