Enphase Acquires Next Phase Solar to Scale Its O&M Service Business
By Eric Wesoff
Tomorrow, Enphase will announce that it has jumped into the operations and maintenance (O&M) business in a big way with the acquisition of Next Phase Solar, a provider of O&M services for the PV solar industry. NPS has a portfolio of more than 400 megawatts, split about 70 percent commercial solar and 30 percent residential.
Founded in 2009 and helmed by Adam Burstein, Next Phase has “a staff of trained field service engineers and technicians spread across America.” The firm has about 30 employees, a strong East Coast presence and thousands of PV sites under contract for field services including asset management, warranty compliance, solar array cleaning and system commissioning. The transaction price of the deal was not disclosed.
