(MENAFN- Investors Ideas) SEATTLE - July 27, 2016 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Solar power is a booming business worldwide, and local installer SolTerra is among the companies recently named to an annual and well-recognized list of North America's top solar contractors. SolTerra achieved a rank of 258 out of 500 solar companies.
The Top 500 Solar Contractors List is developed by Solar Power World magazine to recognize the work completed by solar contractors across the U.S. and Canada. The companies on the list are growing the economy, providing jobs and offering electricity consumers a choice about how they get their power. The list was released July 26.
"The companies on this year's list exude solar-business brilliance, and they deserve to be recognized not only for being great companies but also for how their work positively impacts the environment," said Kathie Zipp, managing editor of Solar Power World. Solar energy is a renewable resource with great potential to significantly reduce our nation's greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association, a national solar industry association.
SolTerra employs 101 workers, and since its founding in 2008, the company has installed 4.3 Megawatts of solar. The company also now builds super green, energy efficient LEED Platinum apartments, which feature solar, living walls and green roofs.
The U.S. solar market is expected to grow 119% this year, according to global research firm GTM Research. While a majority of solar electricity is produced at large, utility-scale solar power plants, the greatest number of solar jobs are with companies such as SolTerra, doing the work to bring clean energy to the public.
"No one can deny that local companies are supporting the growth of the solar industry and the economy as a whole," Zipp said. "Our Top Solar Contractors are the face of the industry-meeting homeowners and business leaders on doorsteps every day."
About SolTerra
SolTerra is a fast-growing design+build firm creating some of the most sustainable, livable, and innovative buildings in the Pacific Northwest - all LEED Platinum-designed. The company builds beautiful structures to help connect people to nature, create community in urban environments, and reduce our impact on the earth. Solar power, eco-roofs, living walls and other unique features, bring high performance and energy efficiency into all multifamily projects. SolTerra owns, designs, builds, and manages its properties, with its own developers, architects, contractors and property management. The company has offices in Portland and Seattle.
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