Palmetto's launching a digital platform that allows companies such as mortgage lenders and home-improvement retailers to sell rooftop solar installations directly to consumers.

Rooftop Solar Digital Platform Taps Into Climate Law Incentives

Designing Spaces features Palmetto to help homeowners discover how solar is helping people to save money and the planet.

Palmetto Featured on Designing Spaces airing on Lifetime TV

The award celebrates solar installers devoted to making progress in energy and beyond in hopes of a more sustainable future.

Palmetto Named Most Forward-Thinking Solar Contractor

Palmetto Solar brings strong equipment offerings to 25 states.

Palmetto Solar Review: A Strong Choice for Going Solar

In this review, the This Old House Reviews Team looks into Palmetto services and protection plans to help you decide if the company is the right solar provider for you.

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Palmetto CEO & Founder Chris Kemper joins Bloomberg Technology to discuss the global climate challenge, Palmetto's proprietary clean energy technology platform, and his mission to scale residential solar.

Social Capital-Backed Startup Scales Residential Solar

Palmetto Partners with climate advocacy group Protect Our Winters to discuss the most common barriers of solar adoption and offer an exclusive deal to its members.

Clean Energy is for Everyone Presented in Partnership with Palmetto

A consortium of high-profile figures from entertainment and media have invested in the clean energy startup Palmetto.

LeBron James, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Drake Join Investors Backing Clean Energy Platform Palmetto (EXCLUSIVE)

Emporia Energy, announced a new partnership with Palmetto to provide a special offer to customers on new solar energy systems. Home owners can now combine Palmetto’s solar systems with Emporia’s energy management technology.

Smart Home Energy Company Emporia Teams With Palmetto

Palmetto Founder & CEO, Chris Kemper, recently joined The CEO Sessions Podcast to discuss starting his first business at 8 years old, risk-taking as an entrepreneur, why he journals once per day, and more. Listen here.

Chris Kemper, Founder & CEO of Palmetto on Making Your Business Sustainable and Profitable

Best Company's Sustainability Award publicly recognizes and congratulates companies that go the extra mile to be sustainable. Making the world and environment a better place, investing in local communities, and mitigating climate change is what drives us every day.

Palmetto Named a Receipient of Best Company's 2022 Sustainability Award

Palmetto Clean Technology, a home solar and energy company, raised about $375 million in a funding round led by Chamath Palihapitiya’s Social Capital.

Palihapitiya’s Social Capital Leads $375 Million Palmetto Round

Palmetto is pioneering a digital-led approach to delivering low-cost solar and other clean technology products to homeowners throughout the United States.

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The power of the sun is free and is projected to last for a least a billion years or more. All humans have to do is harvest it and put it to work running our factories, our transportation networks, and our built environment.

Palmetto Maps 107 Million Roofs In US While Opposition To Rooftop Solar Grows

The company’s Mapdwell division has captured the photovoltaic potential of 107 million rooftops.

Palmetto maps roughly 75% of U.S. rooftops

Solar panel installation isn’t a particularly straightforward DIY project. However, we recommend exploring our list of the 10 best solar panel installation companies.

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Chris Kemper is deeply passionate about the climate crisis. And as the founder and CEO of Palmetto, a company helping bring solar energy to the masses, he’s helping do something about it.

20 Questions: Chris Kemper

Palmetto, a rapidly growing platform technology we recently featured in the pages of Solar Builder, extended its relationship with Exelon Utilities and will continue powering Exelon’s customer-facing solar calculator with Mapdwell a technology Palmetto acquired in April 2021.

Palmetto's Mapdwell division extends partnership with Exelon

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Palmetto's Mapdwell software will now serve all Exelon utility brands in five states and Washington, D.C.

More Exelon utilities to integrate Palmetto’s solar calculator

Distributed solar installation numbers remain steady across the country, but the solar installation business model itself is in flux

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Palmetto has announced a new ‘Get Solar, Give Solar’ program focused on providing underserved communities with access to solar energy systems.

Palmetto pledges $5 million to women’s solar training in Africa

Palmetto has announced a new ‘Get Solar, Give Solar’ program that aims to give underprivileged communities access to solar energy systems.

Palmetto Pledges $5 Million To Women’s Solar Training In Africa

Audited Management Practices Confirms Palmetto as a Recognized, Trusted Brand

Palmetto Announces SOC2 Type1 Certification Completion

Solar Sister Honored as First Recipient; Awarded $5 Million Multi-Year Commitment

Palmetto Launches New ‘Get Solar, Give Solar’ Program to Bring Solar Energy to Underserved Communities

Partnering with local companies can be the best of both worlds. You can shop online for solar panels, inverters and more. Companies like Palmetto take care of everything in-house. That way, you have a resource available that walks you through each step, keeping you informed and comfortable along the way.

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BP, Shell bolster their venture capital arms as they seek to reduce dependence on fossil fuels

Oil Giants Turn to Startups for Low-Carbon Energy Ideas

Palmetto is launching a 12-month incubator-style program to help aspiring clean energy entrepreneurs get their own solar installation businesses off the ground. This Build+ Program is open to solar and electrical professionals with a minimum of five years of solar installation experience.

Palmetto wants to help launch your solar installation business (apply now)

Palmetto announced the launch of the Build+ Program, a 12-month incubator-style initiative aimed at helping aspiring clean energy entrepreneurs launch their own solar installation businesses with Palmetto.

Palmetto creates solar business incubator program for aspiring entrepreneurs

Clean energy technology company Palmetto launched a new service it claims can generate a solar proposal with a system design within 60 seconds of entering a homeowner’s utility information.

Palmetto looks to streamline residential solar proposals with new service

Using data from Mapdwell, Palmetto can now generate and design a residential solar system proposal in a minute.

Palmetto launches Instant Proposal service

Palmetto launched a new Instant Proposal tool, said to generate a PV proposal with design within 60 seconds of entering a homeowner’s utility information into the Palmetto system.

Palmetto debuts Instant Proposal solar design tool

An international clean energy company is looking a little closer to home these days as it tries to change the narrative around renewable energy sources.

Behind the new startup lab in Charleston aiming to innovate, educate around clean energy

Palmeeto launched a new solar energy monitoring program - Palmetto Protect.

Palmetto launches residential solar monitoring program

Palmetto announced it has launched a new solar energy monitoring program called Palmetto Protect. The monitoring tool is available through the Palmetto App, accessible via Android and iOS, to all solar customers regardless of installer.

Palmetto announces new installer-agnostic solar monitoring and O&M program

Clean energy technology company Palmetto launched operations in Southern California this week, specifically in service areas covered by Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric.

Palmetto's renewable energy marketplace now open for Southern California

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In the age of Covid-19, the work-from-home phenomenon has become a reality for anyone who can do their job with decent internet.

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ArcTern's recent ivestment in Palmetto, a residential solar and energy services platform, is about a whole lot more than putting more panels on more rooftops.

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Mike Switzer interviews Chris Kemper, founder and CEO of Palmetto in Charleston, SC

Expanding Clean Energy From SC

Palmetto, a Charleston, S.C.-based software company focused on home energy spend, landed $29 million in Series B funding from investors including Evergy Ventures, Arctern Ventures, Shell Ventures, Greycroft, Lerer Hippeau, Box Group, Falkon Ventures and the Leto Family Office. Greycroft led Palmetto’s Series A round in 2018. Palmetto is a software and fulfillment platform focused on helping consumers understand their energy finances. The startup pairs homeowners with solar power and energy storage providers and looks to improve the ease of financing and installation.

Palmetto lands $29 million for residential solar sales software and home energy spend

Charleston-based Palmetto, a software, energy-focused company, said it has completed a $29 million Series B raise with investors from a range of sectors including energy, financial technology and software.

Charleston Firm Continues To Innovate To Address Climate Change

Backers include Greycroft Partners, which was part of previous round of funding in 2018. Will Szczerbiak, a principal with the New York-based firm, said in a statement that Palmetto has “the best platform to bring renewable energy products and services to market. 'The potential for rooftop solar and the electrification of homes in the U.S. is huge and the competitive landscape is fairly fragmented with just a few dominant players,' said Robert Linck, chief investment officer at Shell Ventures.

Charleston Solar-Tech Business Raises $29M to Fuel Future Growth

Palmetto Solar LLC raised $29 million to expand to every U.S. state and help transition itself from a solar platform to an energy management and utility platform...As Palmetto transitions into operating under an energy management model, they plan to focus on establishing consumer trust early on and developing strong brand awareness.

Palmetto Solar Raises $29 Million to Expand to Every U.S. State

People are inherently averse to change, yet here we are in uncharted territory where the only constant is change. We are in the midst of a global pandemic and an economic downturn.

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Palmetto has seen strong growth during the pandemic, says CEO Chris Kemper. Its customer base surged 40% from January to April. One thing that’s helped: Palmetto shifted to a gig economy model well before the crisis, Kemper says. Early on the company’s “members,” as they’re known, primarily had sales experience within the solar industry. In March, Palmetto began marketing itself to new recruits.

This Won’t Be U.S. Solar’s Best Year Ever—But It’ll Be Close

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One of Charleston's most mature startup companies closed another round of funding in early 2020 and marked its 10-year anniversary.

A Decade in, Charleston solar-focused 'forever startup' pulls in new financing

Pursuing a joint vision to make renewable energy technology affordable and accessible, US company Palmetto has partnered with Solar Sisters to expand the delivery of clean energy to homes across Africa.

A New Partnership Pursues Democratic Renewable Energy

Palmetto, is partnering with Solar Sister to help kickstart businesses that bring solar technology to rural African communities.

Africa is Awash in Sunshine -- Energy That Will Help Empower the Continent

Energy Impact Partners (EIP), a utility-backed energy investment firm, announced that it has provided up to $20 million in financing facilities to Palmetto Clean Technology, a solar and platform technology and fulfillment company focused on the distribution and democratization of clean energy products.

Energy Impact Partners invests $20 million in Palmetto Clean Technology

For homeowners that want to go green, but have trouble figuring out how to do it, Palmetto Clean Technologies has the answer. The company has an army of salespeople to pitch the benefits of solar power and energy efficiency, and will connect would-be clean energy consumers with financing options, installers, and software to monitor and manage their equipment.

Palmetto gets $20 million credit line for its solar and energy efficiency installation marketplace

Today Palmetto announced it has raised $6 million. The round was led by Greycroft, with participation from Lerer Hippeau, Box Group and NBA commissioner emeritus David Stern.

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