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TOTAL KILOWATTS OVERALL RANK COMPANY CITY FOUNDED EMPLOYEES INSTALLED INSTALLED RANK KILOWATTS IN 2016
1
AUI Partners
17
Fort Worth
1983
28
565,000
337,000
2
HCS Renewable Energy
31
Round Rock 2014
425
553,000
189,000
3
O3 Energy
49
Dallas
2011
33
69,200
57,300
4
EnviroSolar
102
San Antonio 2012
85
18,155
12,968
5
Freedom Solar
159
Austin
2007
75
31,000
6,000
6
Axium Solar
161
Plano
2008
70
21,400
6,000
7
Texas Green Energy
184
College Station 2007
8
5,535
4,455
8
Greenbelt Solar
221
Austin
2009
13
10,800
3,200
9
NATiVE
231
Austin
2004
27
14,600
3,000
10
South Texas Solar Systems
247
San Antonio 2007
30
4,267
2,438
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As a company that has benefited from Texas’ dynamic business environment and experienced tremendous financial growth, Freedom Solar is committed to giving back to the community that has made it successful. We realize this mission by completing charitable projects to ensure solar is accessible to everyone— especially those who need it most. We’ve worked on pro-bono solar projects for low-income residences and affordable, sustainable housing in a supportive community for the disabled and chronically homeless. Currently, Freedom Solar is working on a charitable project to bring an off-grid 20-kW solar system to an orphanage in Haiti. We are especially excited about this opportunity to help build a more sustainable future that will have a lasting impact for generations to come.
— Bret Biggart, CEO of Freedom Solar (No. 159 overall)
2016 TEXAS STATS • 5-kW solar payback time: 12 years • Solar installed in 2016: 671.6 MW • Total solar jobs: 9,396 • 2016 solar investment: $937.22 million
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