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Cost-wise, going solar isn’t much different from any big purchase – people who buy solar panels come away with a better deal over the long haul, but leasing is attractive to people with less to spend up front and who don’t want to make the commitment.

Solar energy is ready to step into the spotlight. With the cost of systems falling and the price of electricity continuing to rise, more and more Americans are deciding to go solar.

There’s enough sun in every continental state to turn a roof into a power plant. But what makes the solar math work is a combination of high electric rates and financial incentives from your state and utility. Get a sense of your savings based on your address, local electric rates, and even your home’s orientation—south-facing is ideal—at EnergySage.com, a solar comparison-shopping site.

Solarize, managed by the Washington D.C.-based nonprofit marketing firm SmartPower and with funding from the Heinz Foundation, is designed to simplify the process for the owner of a home or small business to buy solar.

EnergySage and the North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center at NC State University (NC CETC) announced today a partnership to help consumers and businesses make well-informed and profitable decisions about solar energy adoption.

Industry-first comparison-shopping platform primed to be the destination site for solar power systems

Online solar marketplace enables apples-to-apples comparison shopping, gives users the power of knowledge and choice as well as pricing up to 20% less than market averages

Vikram Aggarwal chats about the outlook for the federal solar tax credit, EnergySage's new partnership with New York, solar storage technologies and more.

The EnergySage Marketplace announced today that it is expanding its presence to New York State to help consumers make well-informed and profitable decisions about solar energy adoption.

The Melrose Energy Commission has partnered with EnergySage to provide information, comparable quotes from several vetted solar installers, and savings projections on the different ways to pay for solar.

EnergySage is pleased to announce the launch of the Go Solar Austin Marketplace. The EnergySage Marketplace is expanding in Austin with the help of the Energy Systems Transformation Research Group (EST) at the University of Texas.

Based in Boston, EnergySage is an online portal through which shoppers can solicit customized bids from vetted installation companies, and compare those bids in an apples-to-apples format.

We held our latest conference call with Vikram Aggarawal, CEO of the EnergySage.com solar platform, the preeminent online shopping platform for consumers to compare loan vs. lease options.

. . . EnergySage is a good place for the average consumer to learn about solar power, evaluate its financial benefits, and get bids from competing vendors.

Look to EnergySage, a new online solar marketplace, to find the best deal on home solar installation.

According to Cape Cod Chamber CEO, Wendy Northcross, the EnergySage platform is “smart, easy and logical. It gives more transparency throughout the solar selection process and offers convenience to the purchaser.”

Following a nationwide search, The Connecticut Green Bank chose EnergySage as its exclusive online partner because of its comprehensive educational content and tools supporting homeowners’ research and comparison-shopping process.

EnergySage, a Cambridge-based online marketplace for solar panel installations, has partnered with the Framingham retail giant Staples, Inc. to offer homeowners and businesses an added perk when they install solar panels.

Office supply giant Staples has adopted EnergySage’s online solar marketplace to help its customers comparison-shop for solar photovoltaic systems.

EnergySage, the online marketplace for solar energy systems, today announced a partnership with Staples (SPLS) that makes it easier than ever for Staples customers to install solar on their homes and businesses, while being rewarded for reducing their environmental impact.

The announcement brings together the on-the-ground expertise of SmartPower with EnergySage’s award-winning online experience. Together, the partnership expects to revolutionize how American consumers research and comparison-shop for solar energy systems.

More than 500 solar industry leaders from hundreds of businesses issued a letter to the White House today, endorsing limits on carbon pollution from power plants and advocating that solar energy become a focal point of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Clean Power Plan.

Helping consumers evaluate ownership and financing options for their solar panel systems.

East Coast Petroleum has thousands of customers throughout southeastern Massachusetts and is committed to helping customers make smart energy decisions. The partnership with EnergySage offers customers a simple and easy way to shop for solar and to gather competitive solar quotes online.