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Vivint Partners with Residential Solar Installer
VIVINT HAS ENTERED into a strategic partnership with Freedom
Forever, one of the country's fastest growing residential
solar system installers, to install smart home systems as the
first step in the solar installation process. Likewise, Vivint
customers will have an immediate opportunity to add clean
energy production to their homes through Freedom Forever.
Vivint is currently developing an integration that will allow
the Vivint system to tell the homeowner through its panel
interface and app how much energy the panels are producing
and how much energy the home is consuming.
When used in conjunction with other energy-saving features
like the Vivint Smart Thermostat, the companies believe
homeowners will be better enabled to make smarter decisions
about their energy usage.
" Joining forces with Freedom Forever broadens our offering
and provides value to customers who are worried about
the environment and skyrocketing energy costs, " says David
Bywater, CEO of Vivint.
Bywater was previously the CEO of Vivint Solar (acquired by
Sunrun), which is the exclusive provider of solar power purchase
agreements for both Vivint and Freedom Forever. " This partnerFreedom
Forever and its family of companies have been
focused on the solar market for a decade.
ship gives me great confidence that we can deliver our customers
a truly integrated smart home and energy offering. "
" We are excited about combining two premier services
through this partnership with Vivint, " says Brett Bouchy,
CEO of Freedom Forever. " Smart Energy is a significant value
add that will help customers realize savings sooner and
empower them to take control of the environment in and
around their home. "
Vivint, the No. 2 company on the CE Pro 100, adding solar
to its product offering comes at a time when the company
believes that providing a clean energy option as part of its
suite will give consumers confidence their homes are not only
secure, but also energy efficient.
Sonnen Starts New York Smart Energy Program
SONNEN, A GLOBAL manufacturer
of smart residential
energy storage solutions, has
announced the launch of its
sonnenCommunity New York
Virtual Power Plant (VPP)
- a new solar plus battery
program for homeowners in
New York state.
As part of the program
sonnen will be the exclusive
hardware and software
provider and it will offer
locally generated clean
energy at a discounted rate
to 200 homes in Westchester
County, N.Y., in an initial
pilot phase.
Sustainable Westchester, a
non-profit administering the
Westchester Power Program,
and the largest community
choice aggregator (CCA)
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in New York, will act as a
premier partner for this
project, working with sonnen
and local solar contractors
to build a dispatchable grid
asset, which will provide
homeowners with backup
power, carbon-neutral living,
and it will generate revenue
for participating in the New
York energy market.
" We understand that
stand-alone residential
solar is not sufficient - a
distributed, modernized grid
requires controllable, intelligent
batteries paired with
solar. What's more, VPPs are
invaluable resources that can
replace the dirtiest 'peaker'
power plants with local
renewable energy, " states
Michel Delafontaine, director
Partner Sustainable Westchester will support the sonnen
New York Virtual Power Plant solar plus battery program.
of business development at
Sustainable Westchester.
The network of residential
solar plus sonnen batteries
will deliver a number of
benefits by balancing the
local electric grid, reducing
outages and brownouts
and lowering CO2 emissions
through decreased reliance
on peaker plants.
Quest Solar and SunBlue
Energy, two regional
contractors and installation
partners, will take the lead in
implementing the sonnenCommunity
program locally.
The companies will sell rooftop
solar and sonnen ecoLinx
systems.
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