Horizon Solar Power and Sunrun

Horizon Solar Power and Sunrun

Horizon Solar Power and Sunrun are reinventing energy. One roof at a time.

Horizon Solar Power is an authorized partner of Sunrun, one of the nation’s leading home solar financing company, serving 11 states and more than 35,000 customers. Sunrun makes going solar easy and affordable for homeowners.
-Sunrun purchases and installs the system for you
-Sunrun takes complete care of the system for 20 years, including monitoring, repairs, insurance, and a performance guarantee
-You pay for the electricity, just like you pay your utility today

http://www.sunrun.com/solar-lease/solar-financing/companies/
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25 Amazing Facts About Solar

25 Amazing Facts About Solar

Here are some amazing facts about solar.

  • 37 GW: The number that global solar installations hit in 2013, according to the most recent data from Solarbuzz. That’s enough to power over 6 million homes.
  • 50 GW: How big the solar market is projected to be in 2014, 35% higher than last year.
  • 41%: The growth in U.S. solar installations in 2013 to 4.75 GW.
  • 55%: The percentage of of all U.S. residential solar installed in California in Q4, up from 43% in Q1 of 2010. No doubt, California dominates solar.
  • 142,698: The number of people employed in the solar industry as of last November, up 19.9% from a year earlier, or 10 times the national average growth rate.
  • 99%-plus: The amount the cost of solar panels has fallen since 1978, when RGS Energy sold the first retail solar panel for $100 per watt. Today, a standard solar panel costs around $0.65 per watt.
  • 3 minutes: How quickly SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY  ) recently said it’s signing a new solar customer — every three minutes in the 14 states it operates in.
  • 579 MW: The size of the largest solar power plant in the world, currently being built by SunPower. When completed, this single project will provide enough power for 400,000 homes.
  • $5.7 billion: Solar financing is just getting started, and GTM Research predicts that the residential market will see financing grow from $1.3 billion in 2012 to $5.7 billion by 2016. This is big business, folks.
  • 600%: The percentage of the United States’ electricity demand you could generate if you filled the Mojave Desert — which is 25,000 square miles and covers about 0.66% of the United States’ land mass — with SunPower’s most efficient production solar panels. Put another way, this one desert could generate more than enough energy to power the world.

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