Freedom Solar News
Austin Solar Firm Lights Up The Lives Of Haitian Orphans
More than 7 million Haitians lack access to electricity. Residents of one orphanage there are now no longer a part…
Apartment Complexes Becoming Hot Market For Solar In San Antonio
Over the past year, at least three luxury apartment complexes systems have added a combined half megawatt of solar to…
This West Texas Sculpture Comes To Life At The Full Moon
From Texas Standard. The next full moon falls on June 27. In the west Texas desert near Marfa – if you are…
Stone Circle: The Story Behind Haroon Mirza’s Texas Stonehenge
The solar powered project by the British artist brings light and music to the small town of Marfa, an unlikely…
Freedom Solar Steers Austin Subaru Into Fast Lane Of Sustainability
Freedom Solar Power recently installed a massive 241.2-kilowatt rooftop solar array at Austin Subaru that will drive down its operating…
Austin Company Powers Marfa’s Ambitious New Solar Stonehenge Art Installation
A new art installation that evokes the prehistoric English monument Stonehenge yet incorporates modern technology is energizing the West Texas…
Solar-powered sculpture “stone circle” unveiled in Marfa
Marfa, Texas Is Getting Its Own Solar-powered Stonehenge
OVER THE PAST six months, on a patch of desert ranchland outside Marfa, Texas, one man’s mysterious vision has been…
Northtown Plaza Will Save Owners More Than $1.25 Million with a Rooftop Array
The Northtown Professional Plaza in Laredo has a new rooftop array designed and installed by Freedom Solar that will offset…
Solar Art Day
Intimacy and Time: Reflections on Helping a Haiti Orphanage Go Solar
Freedom Solar Honored with Two Maxeon (previously SunPower) 2017 Awards
Maxeon (previously SunPower) by Freedom Solar was recently honored with the “Residential National Dealer of the Year” award as well…
Freedom Solar Travels to Haiti to Install Donated Solar Project for Orphanage
Texas-based Freedom Solar Power recently installed an off-grid solar system for A Child’s Hope Orphanage in La Montagne, Haiti which…
Freedom Solar Installs Two PV Systems for Texas Candy Company
Alamo Candy, one of the largest candy manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers in San Antonio, has gone solar. Freedom Solar, Texas’…
Freedom Solar Recognized in ABJ Fast 50 for Third Year in a Row
Winners of the Austin Business Journal’s annual Fast 50 contest have been ranked and revealed, putting on showcase some of…
A gift for our customers as we celebrate 10 years
Guido Solar Project Takes Advantage of Flight Path
A new solar power project at Guido’s north side headquarters takes advantage of its location along a flight path to…
Texas Solar to `Explode’ When Paybacks Fall to 5 Years: Q&A with Freedom Solar LLC
The residential solar market, already bustling in the central part of Texas, will boom statewide when the next step down…
Texas Solar Industry Watches as Trade Case Moves Forward
Texas’ solar leaders, including Freedom Solar CEO Bret Biggart, provide their expert opinions and commentary on a federal agency’s potential…
Freedom Solar Snags SolarCity ‘Market Maker’ to Open New Dallas Branch
Freedom Solar Power hired former SolarCity leader Barry Van Wie to head up the company’s growth in the Dallas/Fort Worth…
Lake Shore Baptist Church Goes Green with $180,000 in Solar, Energy-efficient Upgrades
Lake Shore Baptist Church is trying to set an example for others by becoming the first in Waco to use…
San Antonio Funeral Company Producing Clean Profits With Solar
Mission Park Funeral Chapels and Cemeteries is spending about $240,000 on an investment that CEO Dick Tips says will pay for itself…
The Texas Solar Industry Is Growing; Some Fear An International Trade Case Could End That
Cheap, imported solar panels have fueled growth in the solar industry in Texas, and reinvigorated the careers of laid-off oilfield…
Maxeon (previously SunPower) By Freedom Solar Design Center Celebrates Opening In Galleria, July 15
Maxeon (previously SunPower) by Freedom Solar will celebrate the opening of its new design center in the Hill Country Galleria…
CPS Energy Data Offers Glimpse Into Top Solar Companies, Hot Spots
The majority of San Antonio’s rooftop solar rebates are going to 10 companies, while the projects are concentrated in newer…
Hiring the Right People Starts at the Top: Our Inc. Magazine Interview
Bret Biggart, CEO of Freedom Solar Power, discusses the implications of Freedom Solar Power’s growth and how hiring the right…
2016 Fast 50 Awards: Freedom Solar Ranked Austin’s Fourth Fastest-growing Company
They have jobs — and a hard time filling so many of them. They have capital to spend but may…
Auto Dealers Join Central Texas Solar Power Push
The region’s race to grow its solar portfolio got another boost this week, as two Central Texas auto dealerships announced…
Solar Builder’s 2016 Rooftop Solar Project of the Year Nominees
Freedom Solar Power’s commercial project at Strictly Pediatrics Surgery Center, the largest rooftop PV system in Central Texas, is a…
Save the World Brewery Is Celebrating Second Anniversary and New Solar Array
Save the World Brewing, a craft brewery based in Marble Falls, Texas, just west of Austin, announced it will celebrate…
Company Prescribes Dose of Clean Energy to Westlake Medical Center
A 509-kilowatt rooftop solar array was recently installed at Westlake Medical Center, an upscale 15-acre medical complex in West Lake…
Freedom Solar Recognized as Top Local Company for Environmental Responsibility, Sustainability
The 23 companies honored in the Austin Chamber of Commerce’s 16th annual Greater Austin Business Awards share a dedication to…
Freedom Solar Power Ranked on Esteemed 2016 Inc. 5000 List
Our weekly Journal Profiles aim to bring you into close contact with the men and women playing outsized roles in…
Freedom Solar Gains Customers on the New ‘Word of Mouth’
Our weekly Journal Profiles aim to bring you into close contact with the men and women playing outsized roles in…
San Antonio Becomes Home to First Retail Design Center for Solar Power in Texas
As San Antonio’s solar ecosystem continues to grow in complexity, the Alamo City is now home to what is being…
Check out Austin’s Largest Solar Array
Freedom Solar Power plans to debut a massive, 2,500-panel commercial solar installation this Saturday at Strictly Pediatrics Surgery Center in…
Freedom Solar Power Expands Without Outside Capital or Investors
Freedom expects to increase its local workforce from three full-time employees to 10 by the end of the year. San…
Freedom Solar Power Completes Install at ABC Home & Commercial Services in Texas
ABC Home & Commercial Services in San Antonio is now powered by the sun, thanks to a project recently completed…
Maxeon (previously SunPower) and Freedom Solar Bring Clean Energy to Sustainable Food Center in Austin
The completion of a 14 kilowatt solar power system for Austin’s Sustainable Food Center at a ribbon cutting ceremony attended…
Solar Power Firm Making Inroads with Area Realtors
Now that oil prices are lower than most consumers ever dreamed possible and the hangover from the Great Recession has…
Thinkery Goes Green With New Installation Of Solar Panels
The Thinkery, the new Austin Children’s Museum, is turning to solar power to reduce their carbon footprint. The Thinkery recently…