Expanding renewable energy is essential for powering a sustainable economy and promoting energy security. While solar energy can be deployed quickly, design, permitting, installation, and maintenance challenges often slow progress.
Established in 2013 in Detroit, GreenLancer is dedicated to accelerating the adoption of clean energy by addressing key challenges in solar project planning and execution. GreenLancer addresses three major pain points in the solar industry: permitting and engineering challenges, incomplete or malfunctioning solar projects left behind when installation companies close, and the growing need for battery retrofits to enhance energy storage solutions.
GreenLancer Solar Services
GreenLancer serves various clients, including:
Solar and EV installation contractors seeking reliable design and engineering services
Homeowners needing assistance with orphaned solar systems and solar battery retrofits after their original installer closed
Solar loan financiers looking for their solar investments to perform as expected.
Solar Permit Design, Interconnection, and Engineering for Installers
Challenges:
Fulfilling solar permitting and interconnection requirements can be tedious and time-consuming, with permit requirements often varying depending on jurisdiction. The solar industry faces a shortage of installers, which can lead to understaffed teams and decreased company revenue as contractors are forced to take on multiple roles. Hiring a solar engineering firm for stamps and engineering reviews can be costly and time-consuming.
Solution:
GreenLancer provides fast, reliable, and cost-effective engineering and design services, allowing companies to focus on their core operations. Our services are tailored to meet project requirements, ensuring customers only pay for what they need.
By utilizing GreenLancer’s solar design and engineering services, contractors can focus on installations and other core tasks without being bogged down by creating design diagrams or failing solar inspections.
From permit-ready solar plan sets to engineering reviews and interconnection applications, our solutions simplify the solar permitting, interconnection, and inspection processes. Solar companies can choose between several service providers, based on pricing, expertise, reputation, and turnaround time.
Why GreenLancer:
The GreenLancer network has experience navigating diverse permitting requirements by jurisdictions and includes professional engineers licensed in all 50 states. Since 2013, GreenLancer has supported over 7,500 contractors on more than 200,000 clean energy projects, helping deploy $2.5 billion (and counting) in commercial and residential solar systems. With our U.S.-based team, contractors always have the support they need to get projects to PTO.
Solar Operations & Maintenance (O&M)
Challenges:
Many solar installation companies have closed down in recent years, leaving homeowners with incomplete projects or systems requiring maintenance. When a solar company goes bankrupt, it typically doesn't honor its warranties, and most labor warranties are offered through the installer, not the manufacturer. This sometimes leaves homeowners responsible for repair costs or finding another installer to complete or service their systems.
Solution:
GreenLancer supports homeowners and solar financiers with reliable installation, troubleshooting, and maintenance services, ensuring system installation projects are completed efficiently and perform reliably. Our team steps in to complete installations, secure permission to operate by handling permitting, interconnection, and inspection requirements, and ensure systems perform as expected.
Why GreenLancer:
We have a proven track record of providing reliable support when solar projects face challenges. Our network spans 40 states and includes skilled designers, engineers, and technicians who complete stalled installations, troubleshoot issues, and ensure reliable performance. With over a decade of expertise and a commitment to quality, GreenLancer ensures solar systems meet permitting, inspection, and energy production standards, giving homeowners and financiers peace of mind.
Electric Vehicle Charging Station (EVCS) Design & Engineering
Challenges:
Navigating the design, permitting, and engineering process for EVCS projects can be challenging, with requirements differing widely across jurisdictions. A lack of specialized contractors in the EV charging industry often leads to stretched teams and project delays, as contractors manage multiple tasks to meet growing demand.
Solution:
GreenLancer provides fast, reliable, and cost-effective EV charging station design, permitting, and engineering services. Our team helps streamline the project process, ensuring compliance with local regulations while reducing the burden on EVCS contractors. By handling critical design and engineering tasks, we enable contractors to meet project deadlines, expand their service offerings, and keep up with the rapidly growing EV market.
Why GreenLancer:
Our network of professionals includes engineers and designers specializing in EV charging infrastructure across many jurisdictions. With extensive experience in meeting the unique regulatory requirements for each location, GreenLancer helps EVCS projects meet all necessary codes and zoning standards. We work closely with contractors to deliver permit-ready EVCS designs, engineering reviews, and interconnection support.
The GreenLancer Platform
GreenLancer is an online marketplace designed specifically for solar and EVC contractors. It offers a simple way to access essential design, engineering, and permitting services. Contractors can create accounts to access on-demand services and work with a dedicated account representative for personalized support, which is available by phone and email.
Our "virtual assembly line" ensures efficient service fulfillment, enabling us to process and deliver projects quickly, so solar installers can keep project timelines on track. By decreasing or eliminating the need to hire solar designers and engineers on staff, GreenLancer helps lower overhead costs for installation companies.
Key features of the GreenLancer platform include on-demand services, upfront pricing, and fast delivery, making it easy for companies to scale their businesses while maintaining high standards of quality and efficiency.
Using the GreenLancer Platform
Signing Up and Creating an Account
Getting started with GreenLancer is simple. Create an account for free as either a solar installer or an EVC contractor. Once your account is active, you'll have access to the full range of services, with a dedicated account representative to support you every step of the way.
Navigating the Dashboard & Placing Orders
From the dashboard, you can create projects, order services, and track and download completed files. The simple drag-and-drop interface makes it easy to upload critical project information, all from a centralized hub.
Selecting Service Partners & Managing Projects
Once you've started a project, you can choose from various service partners based on pricing, experience, and project needs. You’ll be able to manage projects in real-time, track progress, and communicate with your account representative This ensures you stay on top of every project while maintaining control over your workflow.
Future Enhancements to the GreenLancer Platform
At GreenLancer, we’re committed to continuous improvement in serving the evolving needs of the clean energy industry. Upcoming features include a new service offering catalog that will integrate seamlessly with our platform.
This enhancement will allow solar and EVCS contractors to access a broader range of services, all in one place. With these improvements, contractors can manage both solar and EV charging projects more efficiently, helping them meet the strong demand for sustainable energy solutions.