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Sunnova Energy has announced a strategic partnership with OpenSolar, a software innovator empowering solar installers with its free-of-charge solar design, sales and project management platform. OpenSolar’s industry-leading design software, including its automated AI design technology, is now available within the Sunnova Catalyst dealer platform.
The collaboration underscores Sunnova’s commitment to innovation, delivering cutting-edge solar and storage systems for homeowners and businesses. The partnership was announced at the annual Sunnova Summit, where industry leaders, including Sunnova dealers, technology suppliers and policymakers, gather to share insights and drive innovation in the energy sector.
“The OpenSolar AI design technology brings best-in-class solar design technology to the Catalyst dealer platform,” said Jake Wachman, Sunnova’s senior VP of technology and software engineering. “The integration of OpenSolar’s advanced technologies brings unprecedented speed and precision to solar system design, enabling our dealers to generate accurate proposals in seconds. By streamlining the design process, we empower Sunnova dealers to help customers make better energy decisions faster and more confidently.”
The partnership introduces OpenSolar’s design technology into Catalyst, Sunnova’s dealer sales, design and installation platform utilized by its national network of dealers and installers. This integration enables automatically generated solar system designs within seconds, giving Sunnova dealers the speed and accuracy to delivering highly precise solar proposals to customers. By embedding OpenSolar designs into Catalyst, Sunnova ensures that its dealers and installers have access to the most advanced tools for streamlining and enhancing solar project workflows.
“I’m excited that we’ve been able to take our market-leading design accuracy and incorporate artificial intelligence to automatically generate lightning-fast solar system designs,” said Andrew “Birchy” Birch, co-founder and CEO of OpenSolar. “Sunnova’s leading network of dealers will be the first to experience this technology anywhere in the world, benefitting its teams and customers.”
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