Solar design and sales platforms are more feature-rich than ever, but process missteps are still common and costly. Here are some handy reminders and solid strategies to ensure you close deals and designthe best possible system for each site. Three tips for overhead analysis By Desmond Pressey, Folsom Labs WhenRead More

Q CELLS, a renowned total energy solutions provider in solar cell and module, energy storage, downstream project business and energy retail, has partnered with Aurora Solar. The partnership is designed to provide Q CELLS’ partner program members with exclusive access to Aurora. Thousands of Q.PARTNER installers are eligible to registerRead More

Aurora Solar raised another $50 million in a Series B funding round, bringing the company’s total investment to over $70 million. This round was led by ICONIQ Capital, with follow-on participation from existing investors Energize Ventures, Fifth Wall, and Pear VC. Using Aurora, solar installers can accurately perform remote solar shading analysis,Read More

The battery attachment rate in residential solar projects rises by the day, and solar installers need more, simple tools for sizing and selling energy storage to new and old customers. To that end, Aurora Solar just launched a range of cool tools for solar professionals to size a battery backup systemRead More

Just as the larger economy has started adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic, solar installers too are adjusting to doing business in the new normal, finding new ways to engage with customers, conduct remote site assessments, manage supply chain delays, navigate delayed solar permitting processes, etc. To help the solar communityRead More

The coronavirus crisis is having a huge impact on solar installation business and project timelines. It’s also served to highlight areas in the solar PV sales proposal, permitting and design process that many solar companies could improve or streamline, via remote site assessment, shade analysis, system design software and integratedRead More

Aurora Solar, the solar industry’s leading software platform for distributed solar (and sponsor of this year’s Rooftop Report), is the first—and currently only—to formally receive the California Energy Commission’s (CEC) certification as an approved solar assessment tool for solar access verification for new home construction. As of January 1st ofRead More

  The Residential Rooftop Report for 2020 focuses on solar PV sales and installs for the new home market. There is a lot of opportunity in this segment and much more to come – as long as you are prepared for it. Once again we’ve teamed up with PV designRead More

Net energy metering (NEM) policies play a crucial role in making residential solar installations a good investment for homeowners in the U.S., so it’s important that solar contractors have a clear understanding of them. This is particularly true now, as many utilities have begun introducing changes to their NEM programsRead More

Net energy metering (NEM) policies have played a crucial role in making residential solar installations a good investment for homeowners in the United States. However, as installed solar capacity has increased, many utility companies have introduced changes to their NEM programs that reduce the value of distributed solar. Aurora usedRead More