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Solar

Power your solar business

Deploy solar panels faster with advanced solar data and rooftop imagery.

API

Improve operations

Design solar panel arrays from anywhere.

Increase conversions

Create high quality proposals customers can rely on.

Scale your business

Access data in 40+ countries and 472M+ buildings.

See what Solar can do

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Accelerate solar deployment

Minimize site visits

Remotely complete tasks that used to be done in person, like taking measurements for solar panel arrays.

Increase proposal accuracy

Base your installation quotes on data that’s as good as, or better than, in-person measurements.

Deliver proposals faster

Use rooftop measurements, shading analysis, and solar production estimates to create customer proposals more efficiently than ever.

Key features

Aerial imagery

Create detailed installation plans using highly-accurate images of each customer’s roof.

Rooftop analysis

Gather key rooftop data, like measurements, elevation, shading, and building outlines.

Building analysis

Quickly identify the best solar opportunities for your business.

Solar panel array design

Design solar panel arrays faster with suggested placements that cover the sunniest parts of the roof first.

Shading Analysis

Get an hourly breakdown of sunlight and shade on a roof, based on year-round weather data.

Solar Energy Potential

Estimate rooftop solar energy potential and savings.

How you can use it

Create high-quality solar designs from anywhere

Use solar panel array suggestions, along with rich data, insights, and imagery, to create accurate proposals and designs without ever visiting a site.

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Help homeowners make informed choices

Provide detailed imagery, designs, insights, and solar production estimates to homeowners considering solar.

Reach customers in new areas

Create reliable proposals in 40+ countries, with the backing of Google infrastructure and support.

See Solar in action

Create a custom solar estimate

Select a location, and see the data and insights available to create custom solar quotes and proposals.

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Mona Lee Solar is disrupting the solar installation industry by using AI to create optimal solar designs to match homeowners’ needs. Solar API is a key data input allowing us to do this remotely & instantly, with greater cost savings, better customer experience, and faster growth for our business.

Wallid Halty

Co-founder and CEO, Mona Lee Solar

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Suncle's free online solar energy simulations bring renewable energy closer to consumers. This is made possible by the Solar API, which calculates and provides every roof's solar energy potential so that we can provide these insights instantly to homeowners interested in going solar.

Masami Jenkins

Director, Environment & Social Business Design Lab, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings

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