Based on our decades of experience, we've carefully selected the products we believe will best serve our customers over the long haul. These are products we trust—and the ones we have on our own homes. They provide high value, performance, and reliability for our customers, and meet the exacting standards of customers who share our values.
Keeping our product offering consistent also supports our technicians' efficiency and competence—both in service and installation. Our team's depth of expertise and experience with our favorite products is another benefit to our customers.
Qcells (for solar panels/modules), Enphase Energy (for microinverters), and IronRidge (for racking) are our main partners, and represent 95%+ of our installations.
For battery-backup systems we use products from Enphase Energy.
Racking companies we partner with are:
We currently use Qcells modules for our solar electric system installations. We like their high quality at a competitive cost, and because their is a strong company that stands behind its products and assembles their modules in North America, and will manufacture every part of their modules (including cells) in the USA.
Qcells stands by its products with an outstanding 25-year limited product warranty and a 25-year performance warranty.
Besides the solar panels themselves, inverters are the next most important link in your solar power system. Inverters convert the direct current (DC) electricity generated by your solar panels into alternating current (AC) electricity—the kind of power used by your home or business.
We install Enphase Energy Microinverters, as well as the Enphase IQ Gateway system monitor.
Enphase Energy Microinverters are designed to maximize your energy production, provide excellent system monitoring, and last for the long term.
Enphase was an early leader in microinverters and is still the dominant player in the market.
An Enphase microinverter attaches to the solar racking, and is connected to each PV module. This allows us to monitor each module independently. We can see if there are any small problems before they become bigger. Customers are able to monitor system performance as a whole, or can pay a little extra to receive per-module monitoring.
Microinverters also are a benefit because:
As Enphase puts it:
Think of solar panels like bulbs in a string of holiday lights. In conventional inverter systems, when one panel fails, the whole system goes out. Or when one panel's output drops—thanks to fallen leaves, a passing cloud, or some other unavoidable factor—the system's overall performance drops to match that lowest-performing panel. With microinverters, each panel operates independently—so no matter what happens to any one panel, the rest of your system keeps shining bright. (Read more here.)
Since 2009, we have been fortunate to work with leading solar distributor BayWa r.e. Founded in 2008 as Focused Energy, BayWa r.e. distributes solar electric products, including those from our primary equipment partners, LG Solar and Enphase Energy.
BayWa's founders, executive team, sales, and support staff are top-notch, experienced professionals. Their focus on supporting local, independent installers matches perfectly with our business philosophy. They get us the right gear, on time, and at a reasonable price. They also keep us informed of industry trends, support state-level policy initiatives, and challenge us to think big.
Learn more about why we're proud to partner with BayWa r.e.:
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