Vivint Solar, a full-service residential solar provider, is expanding its presence in Massachusetts into Taunton, Marlborough and
Vivint Solar currently employs 150 full-time employees in Massachusetts, and will add up to 240 new roles in the Taunton, Marlborough and Holyoke areas.
Vivint Solar is the second largest residential solar installer in the United States according to the Q3 2013 U.S. PV Leaderboard published by GTM Research.
Solar Energy Industries Association’s Solar Market Insight Year in Review 2013 has revealed that photovoltaic installations continued to grow, increasing 41 percent nationally from 2012.
In 2013, Vivint Solar was Massachusetts’ top residential solar provider, with more than 4 megawatts worth of solar systems installed, helping homeowners save on their monthly power bills.
Vivint Solar designs, installs, monitors and services the system with no additional out-of-pocket costs to the homeowner.
Through a power purchase agreement (PPA), a homeowner can buy the power generated by a solar photovoltaic system at a lower rate than they could get from a local utility provider.
The company’s site surveyors, permitting staff, CAD designers, installers and electricians are all in-house and many are hired from local communities and trade schools.
Vivint Solar currently operates in California, Hawaii,