The 12 Best Solar Panel Installers in New York

Solar Mentor suits owners who want one family-run firm to install the panels and keep looking after them afterwards. Besides new residential and commercial installations, it repairs, maintains and replaces existing systems, adds battery storage and offers smart inverter upgrades. Projects follow a set path from free consultation to site visit, design, permitting and installation. Owners with an older system that underperforms can call it for an optimization check rather than a new install.

Brooklyn SolarWorks suits brownstone owners and co-op boards dealing with tight, awkward city roofs. Founded in 2015, the firm designs and installs systems for houses, condos, co-ops and commercial buildings across Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens. A Specialty Projects team works with architects, contractors and engineers on gut renovations and new builds. Anyone planning a renovation can bring solar into the drawings early instead of retrofitting it later.

New York Power Solutions suits homeowners who want backup power planned alongside their panels. Based in White Plains, the installer serves Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island as well as Westchester, Long Island and the Hudson Valley. It pairs solar with batteries, standby generators or solar generators, uses microinverters and low-penetration racking, and gives every installation a 25-year warranty. A zip code on its site returns a satellite-based ballpark figure before anyone visits.

Solar Pro suits owners of mixed-use buildings and condos whose roofs or meters complicate a standard install. The Brooklyn company designs for flat roofs, limited-access rooftops and shared-meter condos, and handles permits, inspection and activation. Panels come from several makers, including Qcells, Trina Solar and Maxeon, and work is covered by a 30-year Solar Insure warranty. Owners without cash for a purchase can ask about its no-money-down lease plans.

NY State Solar suits homeowners anywhere between the five boroughs and the East End who want a large, established regional installer. Headquartered on West 31st Street in Manhattan, it runs eight locations across New York City, Long Island and New Jersey. The company sells, designs and installs residential and commercial systems engineered for each property. Its long list of town and county licenses makes it a practical choice for owners of properties in several jurisdictions.

SI Solar suits Staten Island homeowners who prefer a small, owner-led firm close to home. President Frank Ficazzola is NABCEP certified and has had solar on his own house since 2010. The company handles design, paperwork for the city, state and utility, permits, installation, inspections and free system monitoring. Expect six to eight weeks from signing to switch-on, mostly for permits, with the installation itself taking one or two days.

Mpower Solar suits city homeowners whose roof or electrical panel needs work before panels can go up. The family-owned Brooklyn company, active since 2009, covers the roof repairs and electrical upgrades an installation requires at no extra charge. Its in-house crews mount systems flush, tilted or on canopies over flat and pitched roofs in all five boroughs. A solar advisor visits to check roof material, condition, layout and shading before any proposal is made.

Kamtech Solar suits owners who may need a new roof at the same time as their panels. From its base in Inwood, just over the Queens line near JFK, the company handles consultation, design, engineering and installation of residential and commercial systems in New York and New Jersey. It installs on all roof types, adds battery solutions and runs its own roofing service. It is an REC Certified Solar Professional, which matters to buyers set on REC panels.

Advanced Solar Solutions suits homeowners who want panel-by-panel monitoring and a single crew from quote to switch-on. The Queens installer keeps every step in-house and builds its systems only with Enphase microinverters, so each panel reports its own output. Every installation includes an in-home monitoring system and a 25-year warranty on panels and materials. Houses with partial shade benefit most, since one shaded panel does not drag down the rest of the array.

Solanta suits owners planning a wider electrification project rather than panels alone. The Brooklyn company designs and installs solar together with battery storage, EV chargers, heat pumps and roofing, keeping design, engineering and permitting in-house. Its team takes on landmark properties, flat roofs, custom canopies and high-voltage upgrades across all five boroughs. Uploading a recent electric bill with the online form gives the team what it needs for a first estimate.

Accord Power suits building owners and developers who need commercial-scale solar engineered and built by one contractor. The minority-owned firm from Long Island City has worked since 2009 on rooftop solar, battery storage, EV charging and microgrids, with its own electrical crews. Public clients include NYCHA, the Brooklyn Public Library and city public schools, and it has built multifamily affordable housing projects. Larger owners can pay through PACE, power purchase agreements or operating leases.

Urbanstrong suits co-op boards and building owners who want solar without buying the equipment. Based at the Brooklyn Navy Yard since 2014, the green-roof firm arranges 25-year roof leases in which partner investors design, permit, install and run the panels while owners receive a fixed payment. It also designs canopies for brownstones and combines solar with green roofs that manage stormwater. Estimates are done remotely, so no site visit is needed for a first figure.