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Vivint Solar, Inc. is an American solar energy company. Vivint Solar went public in 2014 with an IPO starting at $16/share. Vivint Solar is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. It was launched in 2011 by its parent company Vivint, Inc.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Home Security Firm Enters Solar Market With $75M Fund )〕 as a solar electricity provider that designs, installs, and maintains the residential photovoltaic system. Vivint Solar operates in 12 states (Arizona, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Utah), and Washington, D.C.,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vivint Solar Coverage Area )〕 with expansive marketing programs in those markets.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vivint Solar Offers Affordable Solar Energy Solutions in Two New California Markets )〕 According to GTM Research, Vivint Solar was the number two residential solar installer in the United States in 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vivint Solar, No. 2 US Solar Installer, Sets IPO Terms to Raise $370M )〕 It has installed over 40,000 solar panel systems as of the end of March 2015.〔 The company is considered a green home technology company and is the fastest growing solar energy company in the U.S. which uses the power purchase agreement (PPA) model. It uses fleet vehicles carrying the traditional Vivint orange coloration. Vivint Solar is a separate company from Vivint, Inc. and has its own management, offices, and staff. Its current CEO is Greg Butterfield,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vivint Solar Names Greg Butterfield as Chief Executive Officer )〕 who joined the company in fall of 2013. Vivint Solar undertook groundbreaking in January 2015 on its new Corporate Headquarters, located just north of Provo, Utah near Thanksgiving Point. Vivint Solar is rated A+〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vivint Solar BBB Business Review )〕 by the Better Business Bureau (BBB). ==Approach== The company installs solar panels at no cost to the homeowner, usually via a power purchase agreement (PPA).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vivint Solar's Popularity Grows in New Jersey, Saves Customers Money )〕 Vivint Solar owns, installs, and maintains solar panels on customers’ homes in exchange for customers agreeing to purchase the solar energy their panels produce. Customers do not pay for installation; in lieu of this the company makes its money by selling back to the customers the energy produced,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Todd Pedersen, CEO of Vivint on Bloomberg )〕 for the life of the contracts, at rates that are initially substantially lower than their previous electric utility charges.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vision of Vivint Solar )〕 Vivint Solar’s customers purchase energy or lease solar energy systems based on one of two types of long-term contracts—a PPA or a lease. In the PPA structure, customers pay a fee per kilowatt hour based on the amount of electricity the solar energy system actually produces. In the lease structure, the customer’s monthly payment is fixed based on a calculation that takes into account expected solar energy generation. The lease includes a production guarantee under which Vivint Solar agrees to make a payment to the customer if the leased system does not meet the guaranteed production level. The company is similar to other solar companies such as SolarCity, SunRun, and Sungevity. Its innovation in the field is the use of microinverters for each separate solar panel, allowing maximum production when some of the panels are in the shade,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Solar Equipment )〕 as well as a quick installation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vivint Solar timelapse )〕 Most of Vivint Solar's growth has come from door-to-door sales.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=VivintKnock! Knock! Solar company wins converts going door to door )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vivint Solar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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