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Sunnova Energy: license, solar records and local rank

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Sunnova Energy

No longer installing. Filed for Chapter 11 in June 2025 (source). The records below are its past work; for a new system or a second opinion, compare quotes from installers still in business.

Sunnova Energy appears on 63 home solar systems in utility interconnection records for New York. In New York that is 63 systems in 2022–2024, number 18 of 22 companies with 30 or more systems there.

Systems in records631 city
Rank in New York#18of 22 companies
Typical system5.1 kWNew York
Leased or PPA76%New York
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Sunnova Energy at a glance

Cities in my recordsNew York
Systems in records63

Sunnova Energy systems by city

CitySystemsYears coveredRank by systemsShare of city recordsEarliest recordLatest record
New York, NY632022–202418 of 220.8%20152024-01

Source: LBNL Tracking the Sun, utility interconnection records for ZIP codes around each city. How I count.

Where Sunnova Energy stands among local companies

  • New York: number 18 of 22; Solanta (64) is one place above, Quest Home Improvement (51) one place below. Its records in the area run from 2015 to 2024.

System size, batteries and leases

  • New York: typical system 5.1 kW against 5.8 kW for the typical company in New York; 0% of systems had a battery. 76% of them were leased or under a PPA (all New York records: 43%).

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Companies of similar size in New York records

Accord Power (73), Brooklyn Solar Partners (64), Solanta (64), Quest Home Improvement (51), Sunation Solar Systems (44), Long Island Power Solutions (33). Full list: solar companies in New York.

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