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Privacy Notice (Privacy Policy) This Notice last changed on 17th August 2021. Who we are ​ OpenSolar Pty Ltd. (“OpenSolar”, “we” or “us”) always respects your privacy and values the trust you place in us when you share your personal information with us. ​ This Privacy Notice ("Notice") sets out how we collect, hold, use, disclose and otherwise process your personal information, why and with what legal reasoning we process it, with whom and for what purposes we share it, the rights to which you may be entitled and your choices about our use of your personal information. ​ This Notice covers our use of personal information when we provide services to you or your organisation, engage you to provide services to us, when you browse our website, you log-in to our platform or our mobile application, or otherwise interact with us (collectively, the "Services"). If any of these apply to you, please read this Notice carefully. ​ This notice does not cover any information that is stored on our platform or mobile application by the installer with whom you are contracting for your solar project. In operating the platform and mobile application OpenSolar will be a data processor in respect of the personal data that is stored by the installer or you. The installer will be the controller in respect of that personal data. You should therefore ensure you read your installer's privacy notice carefully. However, OpenSolar is the data controller in respect of the personal information listed in this notice. ​ We will display this Notice or the links to this Notice on the Website . ​ When we refer to "you" in this Notice, this includes you and/or your organisation. ​ OpenSolar's contact details are as follows: ​ Address: Energy Lab, 4-12 Buckland Street Chippendale NSW 2008 ​ If you have questions, please contact the Privacy & Security Officer at: ​ E-mail: privacy@opensolar.com ​ Post: Energy Lab, 4-12 Buckland Street Chippendale NSW 2008 ​ Children ​ We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 18 and our Services are not aimed at them. If you are under the age of 18, you may not submit any personal information to us or register for the Services and if you want to use our Services, please rely on a parent or guardian to assist you. ​ 1. Data collection and usage ​ We will collect store and use your personal information: ​ to conduct our business; to allow access to and to use our Website; to allow you to register your interest or engage us in receiving our Services or so that we may receive services from you; If you are a user, to allow you to log-in and access our Services; to allow access to and use of our mobile application ("App"); to meet our legal obligations; to fulfil any purpose we make known to you when we collect your personal information; and to fulfil other purposes set out in more detail in this section. We have identified below the types of information we may collect or receive, how we will use it and why we will use it. ​ Account registration and operation: in order to create an account to access the Services, to take the benefit of our Services or for us to operate our Services we will ask you (or a third party on your behalf) to provide certain information which may include: your email address, password, name of organisation and country location (collectively referred to as “Account Information”). We use Account Information to set you up as a user of our Services, to grant you access to our Services, to encourage you or others to use the platform, to provide technical assistance where required, to manage our relationships with you and other third parties in relation to the Services and to conduct analytics of usage of the Services (e.g. to assess how many times you visit certain pages on our platform, to obtain feedback, and to understand how you use our Services so that we can improve our Services). We are controller in respect of Account Information used for these purposes. The installer with whom you are contracting with for your solar project will be Controller in respect of any other information you provide in the course of the provision of the services to you which may be stored on our Services. Operating the Website: we use business contact information and device information to ensure our website continues to operate efficiently and in order to understand how we could improve our Website and our Services. We generally do this by using cookies. Further information is set out in our Cookie Policy . Responding to requests: in order to submit a request on our Services we will ask you to provide your email address and information relating to your request. We use this data in order to correspond with you and respond to your request. Data insight, trend analysis and forecasting: subject to applicable laws, we may anonymise, aggregate or otherwise de-identify your personal information (in a way that it is no longer possible to identify you) to carry out data and trend analysis regarding solar energy projects and demand and to share data regarding the solar and energy market with third parties for the purposes of product and service development. Engaging you to provide services to us: we may collect your contact details including your name and your email address in order to engage you to provide services to us or a third party on our behalf. Marketing: We use Account Information to send you marketing which we think you may be interested in. Where required by applicable law, we will not send you marketing without first obtaining your consent. Connecting you with third parties: If you choose to provide us with your name and contact details in order to allow us to connect you with service providers, we will share your data with any service providers who we consider may be able to provide you with the services you require. Recruitment: we will collect the information you provide to us as part of any recruitment process (e.g. information contained in your CV, a copy of your ID, and information contained in our interview notes) to assess whether you are suitable for a role with us. 2. Legal bases for data processing For the processing of your personal information, OpenSolar needs a lawful basis. The lawful basis for our processing depends on the purposes of the processing. Whenever we collect or otherwise process your personal information, we do so on the following legal bases: ​ Where required by law, your consent to such collection and processing (for example, we may need your consent in order to process your personal information for direct marketing activities or when using technology such as cookies); Out of necessity for the performance of a contract with you, such as your agreement to our Service Agreement, our User Terms and Conditions and other agreements; For the purposes of our legitimate business interests provided that, in each circumstance, we will weigh the necessity of our processing for the purpose against your privacy and confidentiality interests, including taking into account your reasonable expectations, the impact of processing, and any safeguards which are or could be put in place. In all circumstances, we will limit such processing for our legitimate business interest to what is necessary for its purposes. Where we process personal information on the basis that the processing is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate business interests, such interests include: the promotion of our Services, improvement of your experience when interacting with us; analysing data obtained through your use of our Services to generate trends, intelligence, insights and analysis that we can share with third parties on an anonymised and aggregated basis; product development and enhancement, where the processing enables us to enhance, modify, personalize, or otherwise improve our Services and communications for the benefit of our customers, and to better understand how people interact with our Services; intra-organization transfers for administrative and other legitimate business purposes; fraud detection and prevention; defence or establishment of legal claims; enhancement of our, our employees and third parties' security (including cybersecurity, including improving the security of our network and information systems); general business operations and diligence (for example, to develop and maintain relationships with vendors, partners and other organizations and dealing with individuals who work for them); and providing our Services to you. Where the processing of your personal information is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation; for example, statutory tax retention periods, response to requests from government agencies (such as courts), customs authorities for customs clearance purposes. If you would like to have more information about our legitimate interests to process your personal information, please contact us as set out below. ​ We do not make automated decisions which has significant legal effects regarding you. However, if this changes in the future, we will ensure that such decision making is compliant with the applicable laws and that you are informed of such decision making in line with the applicable laws. ​ 3. Ways we collect your data and sources of data Your personal information is either (a) provided by you (e.g. via our Website or your use of our Services); or (b) obtained from third parties (such as other users of our Services). ​ We may collect your personal information if you or your company (if applicable) are supplying products and/or providing Services to us or if we are supplying products and/or providing Services to you or your company. ​ In addition, we may also collect personal information about you directly and indirectly from activity on the Website. For example, When you visit our websites, platforms and download information from them, our Internet Service Provider (ISP) makes a record of your visit and records the following information: * your Internet address; * your domain name, if applicable; and * the date and time of your visit to the website. Our ISP also collects information such as the pages our users access, the documents they download, links from other sites they follow to reach our site, and the type of browser they use. However, this information is anonymous and is only used for statistical and website development purposes. In addition, like many organisations, we use "cookies" which are small text files a website can use to recognize repeat users, facilitate the user's ongoing access to and use of the site and to track usage behaviour of, for example, the webpages you visit. Please see our Cookie Policy for further information. 4. Legal and other requirements As explained above, some of the personal information we request is required to provide the Services and if it is not provided, we may not be able to provide the relevant Services to you or provide information you have requested from us. ​ Your personal information may also be processed if it is necessary on reasonable request by a law enforcement or regulatory authority, body or agency, or in order to investigate, prevent or take action regarding suspected illegal activities or fraud, to enforce or apply our User Terms and Conditions and other agreements, to protect the rights, property or safety of group companies, customers, clients and others or in the defence of legal claims. We will not delete personal information if relevant to an investigation or a dispute or until applicable law allows for it to be deleted. It will continue to be stored until those issues are fully resolved and it can be lawfully deleted. Any personal information you supply to us through our Website or use of the Services must be complete and accurate. Please note that we can contact you to verify your personal information, if we need to. ​ 5. How long we keep your information We will keep your information for as long as it is reasonably necessary and to deal with claims. We will also retain your information as necessary to comply with legal, accounting or reporting requirements. ​ There are also certain types of information which require to be retained for a certain period by law. In general terms, the criteria we use to determine the retention periods is as follows: whether there are contractual or legal obligations that exist that require us to retain the data for a period of time; whether you have interacted with us recently; whether there is an ongoing legal claim that relates to any business (or otherwise) relationship you have with us, or that is otherwise related to your relationship with us; and whether any applicable law, statute, or regulation allows for a specific retention period; These criteria may also mean we adjust the period of time we retain the categories of personal information detailed above. We will remove your personal information if we no longer need it for the purposes set out above. Please note that the length of time for which your personal information is held on our Services by the installer you have engaged with is determined by that installer as a Controller. Please contact them or see their privacy notice for further details. ​ Our retention practices in respect of certain personal information are as follows: ​ Marketing: We will retain a copy of your contact details if you object or opt-out of receiving direct marketing communications from us. We will add your details to our suppression list to ensure you do not receive any future marketing communications from us. Disputes: We will not delete personal information if relevant to an investigation or a dispute. It will continue to be stored until those issues are fully resolved. Where relevant, we will also retain your personal information for the length of any applicable limitation period for claims which might be brought against us later (e.g. generally between six to ten years depending on the applicable jurisdiction). This will enable us to exercise any legal rights we may have or to defend any legal claims that may arise. In certain circumstances, personal information may need to be retained for a longer period of time, for example, where we are in ongoing correspondence with you or there is a continuing legal claim or regulatory investigation. The period we retain your personal information for will depend on the duration of such claim or investigation and any need for us to ensure we retain necessary data in order to exercise any legal rights we may have. Please contact us at on the contact details above for more information on the specific retention periods that apply to your personal information. ​ 6. Information we share There are certain circumstances where we transfer your personal information to third parties such as our service providers and law enforcement agencies. These are as follows: ​ We share your information with our authorised business partners, resellers or service providers such as marketing/digital agencies, cloud service providers, technical support providers, cybersecurity service providers, website and cookie providers, professional service providers (e.g. legal service providers, accountants etc. They may process your personal information for us, for example, if we use a cloud service provider (such as AWS) or partners engaged for business continuity. Our suppliers and service providers will be required to meet appropriate standards on processing information and security. The information we provide them, including your information, will only be provided in connection with the performance of their function. They will not be permitted to use your information for any purposes other than those outlined in this Notice. We will share your personal information with the following third parties to the extent necessary to provide the Services: we may share your Account Information with other users of our Services if you have instructed us to do so as part of the Services Your personal information may be transferred to other third party organisations in certain scenarios: ​ if we discuss selling or transferring part or all of our business – the information may be transferred to prospective purchasers under suitable terms as to confidentiality; if we are reorganised or sold, information may be transferred to a buyer who can continue to provide services to you; if we're required to by law, or under any regulatory code or practice we follow, or if we are asked by any public or regulatory authority – for example the Police or customs authorities; if we are defending a legal claim your information may be transferred as required in connection with defending such claim Your personal information may also be shared if it is made anonymous and aggregated, as in such circumstances the information will cease to be personal information. ​ 7. Where your information will be held The information that we collect from you may be stored at a destination outside the European Economic Area (EEA), including Australia and the US which does not have equivalent data protection laws to those applicable to Europe. It may also be processed by staff operating outside the UK and/or EU who work for us. ​ When we transfer your personal information outside the United Kingdom and/or European Economic Area (the EEA), we will take relevant measures to protect the information in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. However, regardless of the differences of destination countries of information transfer, we will protect such information at a level not lower than the data protection level of the country in which the personal information was originally collected. ​ For transfers outside the United Kingdom and/or EEA, we will typically use the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) as a way to ensure adequate safeguards are in place. The European Commission has approved these model contracts. If you would like to obtain copies of the regulator-approved SSCs please contact us on the contact details below. ​ 8. Your Rights You have certain rights in relation to your information. Some of these rights will only apply in certain circumstances. If you would like to exercise, or discuss, any of these rights, please contact the Privacy & Security Officer on the contact details above. ​ Access: you are entitled to ask us if we are processing your information and, if we are, you can request access to your personal information. This enables you to receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you and certain other information about it. Correction: you are entitled to request that any incomplete or inaccurate personal information we hold about you is corrected. Erasure: you are entitled to ask us to delete or remove personal information in certain circumstances. There are also certain exceptions where we may refuse a request for erasure, for example, where the personal information is required for compliance with law or in connection with claims. Restriction: you are entitled to ask us to suspend the processing of certain of your personal information about you, for example if you want us to establish its accuracy or the reason for processing it. Transfer: you may request the transfer of certain of your personal information to another party. Objection: where we are processing your personal information based on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) you may challenge this. However, we may be entitled to continue processing your information based on our legitimate interests or where this is relevant to legal claims. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal information for direct marketing purposes. Consent: where we are processing personal information with consent, you can withdraw your consent. You also have a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State in the European Union where you are habitually resident where we are based or where an alleged infringement of Data Protection law has taken place. ​ 9. Security We are committed to keeping your personal information safe. We've got physical, technical and administrative measures in place to prevent unauthorised access or use of your information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be totally secure, so please keep this in mind when deciding to provide your information to us (personal or non-personal) through our sites and products. ​ 10. Links to third party website Our Website, Services, marketing communications and other communications may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of others including third parties who purchase Services from us. ​ The personal information that you provide through these websites is not subject to this Notice and the treatment of your personal information by such websites is not our responsibility. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own Notices which will set out how your information is collected and processed when visiting those sites. For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and processing in connection with social sharing features, please visit the Notices of entities through which you choose to share. ​ 11. Changes to this Notice This notice may be changed from time to time. ​ If we change anything important about this notice (the information we collect, how we use it or why) we will highlight those changes at the top of the notice and provide a prominent link to it for a reasonable length of time following the change. ​ Once this notice is posted on our Website, it will automatically come into force. The latest version of this notice will prevail over all previous versions. ​ If you would like to access previous versions of this notice please contact the Privacy & Security Officer. ​ 12. How to contact us If you would like more information about the way we manage personal information that we hold about you, or are concerned that we may have breached your privacy and wish to make a complaint, please contact us as set out above. We will do our best to resolve your complaint. ​ Cookie Policy General Information ​ This cookie policy describes how we use cookies and similar technologies on our websites and apps. ​ This cookie policy was last updated on 17th August 2021. ​ OpenSolar Pty Ltd Ltd. (OpenSolar, we, us, our) uses cookies and similar technologies as described in this cookie policy. ​ Please review this cookie policy carefully. It describes our use of cookies and similar technologies as well as our use of other methods to collect and share data regarding the usage of our website, mobile sites and mobile apps. For details on our use of data collection methods, please see our Privacy Notice . ​ Details of our use of cookies and similar technologies and how to control some of these are outlined below. ​ What are cookies? ​ A cookie is a small text file that is stored by your browser or app, and allows it to remember information between web pages and browser/app sessions. OpenSolar uses a number of "first party" cookies - generated by the OpenSolar websites and apps – and some "third party" cookies – deployed on our sites by third parties. ​ We generally only use cookies to remember you when you have logged in and to help us to understand user behaviour within our websites and apps. ​ Cookies can only store text, which are generally anonymous but may contain any identifiers such as your name or email address. ​ Cookies are secure – they can only store information that is put there by the browser, which is information the user has entered into the browser or that is included in the page request. They cannot run code. If a website encrypts the information in the cookie, only that website can read the information. ​ There are two different types of cookies: Session and Persistent. They are used for different things and contain different information. ​ Session cookies contain information that is used within your current browser session. These cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser. Nothing from these cookies persists on your device after the time you spend on the website. ​ Persistent cookies are used to hold information that is used between visits. This data allows websites to recognise that you are a returning customer and react accordingly. Persistent cookies have a lifetime value that is set by the website, which can vary between a few minutes or several years. ​ For additional information about cookies, please visit: www.allaboutcookies.org ; www.youronlinechoices.eu ; and www.cookielaw.org/media/1096/icc_uk_cookiesguide_revnov.pdf . Why use cookies? ​ Cookies are used by the website to monitor your session as you progress through the website, including to keep track of your journey on the website and whether you've logged in to your user account on the website. ​ Web analytics cookies, including from our partners Google, allow us to track user interaction within the website. This gives us valuable insights which enable us to improve the website and the products and services we offer. ​ Turning off and deleting cookies ​ For our websites and apps that use non-essential cookies or cookies that are not required for the provision of the services you have requested, you can change your cookie settings in your web browser. All web browsers allow you to limit cookie behaviour, turn off cookies or delete them within the settings or options of the browser. The steps to do this are different for each browser, you can find instructions under the Help menu of your browser. Disabling other types of cookies will also affect the monitoring of your progress through the website, but may not stop the analytics code from recognising your visit. ​ What do those cookies do? ​ We have categorized the cookies and tags on the OpenSolar website as follows: Cookie Policy So that you have more details, we have set out below information regarding the cookies on the OpenSolar website. The list below is not an exhaustive list. You acknowledge that where we allow third parties, as identified above, to drop cookies, you should refer to the third party's privacy policy for information on what information they collect and how they use it. ​ Specifically, we may use Google Analytics ("Analytics Providers") to collect demographic and interest-level information and usage information from users that visit the website, including information about the pages where users enter and exit the website and what pages users view on the website, time spent, browser, operating system, and IP address. ​ Cookies allow Analytics Providers to recognize a user when a user visits our website and when the user visits other websites. Analytics Providers use the information they collect from our website and other websites to share with us and other website operators’ information about users including age range, gender, geographic regions, general interests, and details about devices used to visit our website and other websites and purchase items. ​ For more information regarding Google’s use of cookies, and collection and use of information, see the Google Privacy Policy (available at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en ). If you would like to opt out of Google Analytics tracking, please visit the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on (available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout ). ​ Changes to our Cookie Policy ​ This cookie policy may be updated from time to time. ​ If we change anything important about this cookie policy we will notify you of the change. You may review the cookie policy by visiting our website and clicking on the Cookie Policy link. ​

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< Back to all news articles OpenSolar and Plenti launch partnership to help make renewable energy more accessible for Australian homeowners SYDNEY, NSW, February 1, 2021 - OpenSolar and Plenti today announced an exciting new partnership that will integrate solar finance with powerful sales software, to help Australian solar retailers accelerate their business. Plenti is the first consumer lender to partner with OpenSolar, the pioneering solar software provider, offering OpenSolar users (solar companies) and their customers direct and efficient access to market-leading, transparent renewable energy loans. ​ Head of Renewable Energy Finance Louis Edwards launched the partnership stating, “This partnership goes a long way to removing the barriers many Aussie families have with investing in green energy for their home. By connecting finance solutions of Plenti with OpenSolar’s platform means an installer can now accurately breakdown monthly repayment costs over an affordable time whilst highlighting the immediate potential electricity bill savings.” ​ Edwards adds “We need large-scale solar battery adoption if we are going to effectively cut our carbon footprint and ensure grid sustainability for future generations. OpenSolar’s customisable platform and Plenti’s low-cost finance are a perfect match to help make Australia’s clean energy ambitions a reality.” About Plenti Plenti is a leader in renewable energy technology finance, having pioneered a regulated loan offering in partnership with the Clean Energy Finance Corporation. Plenti is dedicated to helping Australia achieve its clean energy future. The Plenti renewable lending business has funded over 11,000 loans for solar power purposes since inception. Contact Ben Milsom Plenti media Email: media@plenti.com.au Maaike Gobel Head of Partnerships, OpenSolar Email: maaike@opensolar.com See the original press release Previous Next

Partner Services F or Enterprises Selling to Solar Contractors We offer deep integrations onto the OpenSolar platform for hardware distributors, solar lenders and other service providers, in order to support the solar contractor in their daily workflow - designing, selling, project managing and collecting payment. Talk to an expert Hardware Distributor Integrations ​ Our hardware distributor partners understand that they must create the easiest, fastest and most accurate hardware ordering experience available for their solar contractor customers. That’s why they took advantage of OpenSolar’s hardware catalog integration capability. Now their contractors can create a hardware order straight from the systems they’ve sold right on OpenSolar, eliminating the need to transfer data from their design platform to their distributor. What’s more, they can provide real-time pricing and stock availability as their contractors are designing systems on OpenSolar, thereby ensuring systems are only designed and sold using kit at an acceptable price and that’s in stock. This service is available for major distributors with sophisticated e-commerce software that they wish to see integrated onto OpenSolar, gaining access to the largest solar contractor network in the world. ​ Discuss your distribution business with us > Solar Lender Integrations ​ Our solar lender partners have a vast array of competitive loan products that broaden the appeal of solar and storage to more homeowners and b usiness owners. They use the lender integration capability on OpenSolar to seamlessly integrate their products into customer proposals, with automatically calculated payments for their customers. Applying for finance right from the proposal creates higher sales conversion for the lender and reduces customer support and account management overheads. This service is available to major solar lenders who wish to integrate their products onto OpenSolar, gaining access to the largest solar contractor network in the world. ​ Discuss your solar lending business with us > Other Strategic Integrations ​ For major high-profile enterprises, we can provide other custom implementations and strategic uses of our globally available technology. These services are for large enterprises requiring a strategic implementation of our technology. ​ Discuss your business with us > Get started

Features > Finance > Plenti Plenti integrates seamlessly with your sales process, helping you close deals quicker. The integration of OpenSolar and Plenti allows customers to access their solar proposals alongside application and approval of Plenti Green Loans and Zero-Interest payment plans for their solar systems, all in one place. ​ Some of the benefits include: ​ Allow your customers to apply and get automatic, conditional approvals for Plenti payment plans directly from your proposal - no need to jump to other windows or applications​​​ ​ Automatically pull in the latest Plenti rates and pricing, so you’re always showing your customer up-to-date information​ ​ ​ Allow your customer to review your contract and e-sign right there in the proposal​​ Get Started Learn More Watch this end-to-end walk through of the Plenti finance integration with Christian Plenti is a leader in renewable energy technology finance, having pioneered a regulated loan offering in partnership with the Clean Energy Finance Corporation. Plenti is dedicated to helping Australia achieve its clean energy future. The Plenti renewable lending business has funded over 11,000 loans for solar power purposes since inception. For more information, please visit www.plenti.com.au.

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Features > Fully Integrated Financing Help your customers secure financing effortlessly Leading finance providers can be fully integrated into your customer proposals ​ Present your customer with a curated list of financing solutions for them to consider, including monthly and annual cashflow charts and tables Enable your customer to apply for financing, and get approved, directly from their proposal Automatically pull in the latest rates and pricing, so you’re always showing your customer the most up-to-date information Allow your customer to review your contract and e-sign right there in the proposal Select your chosen finance provider to learn how to activate them on OpenSolar Finance providers What is Integrated Finance and why does it work so well? Integrated finance is changing the way solar professionals sell. Roofio founder J.D. De La Rosa discusses using integrated finance on OpenSolar. What our Pros have to say Kyle | Meta Solar | California, USA "The hardest part of the sale often isn't selling solar at all. For us, it's getting the customer an easy, simple way to pay. We used to have to make our customers jump through hoops just to get their system financed. They had to use three or four apps, sign into different accounts - it was crazy. Now our customers just apply for finance and get approved right from their proposal. It's a breeze."

< Back to all news articles OpenSolar and Phoenix Financial launch new partnership to deliver UK's first residential solar finance integration, helping cut energy costs for British homeowners LONDON – 18 Oct 2022 – OpenSolar Pty Ltd, a software company focused on empowering solar installers with the world’s most accurate and entirely free solar design and sales platform, and Phoenix Financial, a UK-based financial consultancy that provides bespoke financing solutions, have partnered to provide UK solar professionals the ability to seamlessly offer residential customers access to low cost and interest-free credit solar financing. The integration of Phoenix Financial on OpenSolar supports the accelerated adoption of solar across the country by making solar energy considerably cheaper than continuing to pay spiraling prices for grid electricity. “This partnership fully aligns to our mission of accelerating the adoption of solar and supporting homeowners across the country to reduce their dependence on a volatile energy market and high energy costs,” said Andy Rose, Head of UK at OpenSolar. “We're proud to be putting the world's best solar design technology in the hands of solar installers around the UK and empowering them to provide their customers with extremely competitive financing all in one place. British homeowners are responding to the energy crisis with a renewed determination to reduce their reliance on the grid and do their bit for the planet, and we’re delighted to play a leading role in that.” OpenSolar delivers a seamless digital experience with customers being able to browse through dynamic online proposals, calculating in real time the savings of their financed solar installation and the ability to apply and get approved instantly, all from their mobile device or computer. “The partnership with OpenSolar represents an exciting move into the future for Phoenix Financial where massive demand for home solar and accessible finance options can unite to support homeowners in gaining clean energy independence,” said Guy Warman, Managing Director at Phoenix Financial. UK Solar professionals can go to www.opensolar.com/phoenix to learn more about this new partnership and coming integration, as well as, create a free OpenSolar account. About Phoenix Financial Phoenix Financial Consultants Ltd is a UK-based financial consultancy that works closely with their clients to gain a real understanding of their financial needs, and provide bespoke solutions based on up-to-the-minute advice and the latest financial products available. From financing home improvements or vehicle repairs to buying a new home or re-mortgaging your existing property, Phoenix Financial’s highly professional and experienced staff are more than qualified to support its private and commercial customers. Phoenix Financial Consultants Ltd is registered in England & Wales, Registered number: 07436334. Registered office: Suite 2.8 Monument House, 215 Marsh Road, Pinner, England, HA5 5NE. Phoenix Financial Consultants Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (Financial Services Register no. 539195) and acts as a credit broker introducing loans from a panel of lenders. Contact OpenSolar Andy Rose Andy@opensolar.com Phoenix Financial Guy Warman guy@phoenix-fc.co.uk See the original press release Previous Next

< Back to all news articles OpenSolar Raises US$15 Million to Expand its Software Platform and Global Footprint Equity financing for the leading international software platform will accelerate the deployment of solar and storage by contractors globally Telstra Ventures led the Series B raise; with sustainability fund 2150 and existing investors also participating OpenSolar’s free-of-charge software provides the world’s fastest and most accurate design and sales platform for solar contractors, and connects them to more than 75 providers of hardware, finance and services San Francisco, December 15, 2022 - As solar becomes the cheapest source of energy with global solar PV capacity set to almost triple over the 2022-2027 period, and as millions of businesses gear up to participate in the energy transition away from fossil fuels, OpenSolar announced today that it has raised US$15 million to expand its free product offering to solar contractors who use the platform in more than 130 countries. The funding round was led by one of Australia’s largest venture capital funds, Telstra Ventures, with participation from sustainability fund 2150 and existing investors including Jeff Tannenbaum’s Titan Grove and solar entrepreneurs Alec Guettel and Howard Wenger. OpenSolar Co-founder and CEO Andrew Birch (Birchy) said, “We started OpenSolar in Australia which is the most advanced solar market in the world, where you pay an extremely low price per watt and get your system installed within one to three weeks. With a leading position now in the Australian market, we’ve introduced much of that speed and efficiency to the rest of the world through our software.” Mr. Birch pointed out that by speeding up the process from accurate solar design to proposal and sale, and from permitting to install, OpenSolar is becoming the number one choice for installers around the globe. By integrating leading providers of hardware, finance and services, OpenSolar eliminates the barriers to a smooth and efficient workflow for the installer, which is critical to a healthy and profitable solar business. Co-founder and CTO Adam Pryor said the company had developed an efficient growth model, leveraging over 250 years of combined solar experience within the OpenSolar team, with the platform now supporting over US$2.5 billion in annual system sales by contractors selling on OpenSolar. The funding announced today will support continued investment in the free-of-charge software platform, to ensure that OpenSolar’s end-to-end functionality acts as the backbone for contractors’ businesses, saving them many thousands of dollars every year and freeing them up to deliver more solar electrification to homes and businesses more efficiently. OpenSolar provides the world’s fastest and most accurate solar design tool, independently verified by the United States National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and PV Evolution Labs (PVEL). With its worldwide database of tariffs and incentives combined with its unique approach to 3D site modeling, shade analysis, and energy production, the platform can produce extremely accurate and compelling solar proposals, created by solar contractors for their customers. With a built in Customer Relationship Management system, contracting and permitting tools, and embedded services such as finance and hardware ordering, the platform operates at the core of the solar contractor’s workflow. Telstra Ventures Partner Albert Bielinko said, “We’ve been extremely impressed by OpenSolar, which we believe is the world’s leading solar design and sales platform. The software significantly accelerates how installers can electrify the world. We are firm believers in this unique business model that’s free to the installer and also highly valuable to hardware and service providers. OpenSolar’s clients are raving fans who use their open platform to dramatically increase the number of installations they can perform. It lets them achieve more with less. OpenSolar has a product led growth motion, a truly global footprint and a delightful user experience. The company has an experienced team of all-stars with deep domain expertise who have shown they can execute.” Rahul Parekh, Principal at investment firm 2150 said, “2150 seeks out technology companies with the potential in the coming decades to benefit billions of people, creating substantial value along the way and lowering gigatons of emissions. We’re thrilled to be partnering with OpenSolar, its mission-driven leadership team, and the existing investors. We believe that OpenSolar’s platform can proliferate and bend the curve of solar adoption around the world.” In addition to the opportunities to expand the capabilities of the platform, OpenSolar will further increase the number of partnerships it has around the world, earning fees in exchange for connecting solar contractors to the products and service providers they need to run and grow their businesses. Over three trillion dollars of value is expected to be created in the transition to solar electrification between now and 2030, and OpenSolar is well positioned to participate in this opportunity. OpenSolar’s extreme design accuracy means that a contractor can design a system to meet a home or business owner’s current and future electricity needs. Mr. Birch said, “OpenSolar’s mission is to achieve a world powered by sunshine by 2050. We are assembling the greatest team of technologists and customer experience specialists in the solar software industry, with the aim of helping contractors sell more solar - and we won’t stop until every compatible roof is generating clean energy to power the electrification revolution." “The world’s transition to solar energy represents one of the greatest wealth creation opportunities in history, and our commitment to help local solar installers participate in that change is stronger than ever. This funding allows us to double down on developing an ever-expanding set of software tools that increase their growth and profitability," Mr. Pryor said. “We look forward to providing greater levels of customization, and new capabilities to help electrify homes and businesses.” This latest financing round brings OpenSolar’s total funding to date to $25 million. About OpenSolar https://www.opensolar.com/about Contact Network Four Rick Willis rick@networkfour.com.au +61 411839344 talkTech PR Kristen Grossi kristen@talktechcomm.com +1 310 9946441 PR deadlines David Frost david.frost@prdeadlines.com See the original press release Previous Next

< Back to all news articles Enphase Energy And Opensolar Enable Installers To Create Effective Proposals In Seconds MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan. 14, 2020— Enphase Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENPH), a global energy technology company and the world’s leading supplier of solar microinverters, today announced it has joined forces with OpenSolar, a company that has developed one of the solar industry’s first free, web-based design and sales application tools that enable installers to gain sales efficiency and deliver a better customer experience by digitizing the proposal process end-to-end. The OpenSolar App was created by two solar industry veterans as part of their mission to help accelerate the transition to solar energy globally. The sophisticated, yet intuitive software tool services the complete proposal journey from system design and sales to installation and service. OpenSolar also provides a paid bespoke-software service for solar manufacturers and solar finance companies to better serve their dealer networks. “We are delighted to team up with Enphase in Australia, to better serve the professionals who are educating Australians on the best technology solutions for their homes and businesses,” said Andrew Birch, co-founder of OpenSolar. “Innovative, differentiated solutions are improving the economics of clean energy, and we’re thrilled to help retailers communicate these benefits.” “The increase in sales productivity combined with OpenSolar’s beautifully designed proposals means that we can win business on the merit of our customer service and best-in-class solar solutions rather than just on price,” said Daniel Huppert, sales manager at Total Solar Solutions Australia. “The comparison toolset has enabled us to sell more quality systems like Enphase, as we can better articulate and visualize the benefits of premium solar against multiple system options.” By using the OpenSolar App, installers can access online sales tools and digital product content to create compelling, configurable PDF Enphase proposals with ease. In addition, installers can leverage deep, 3-D modelling tools, manage all quotes in one place and offer side-by-side comparisons for homeowners, to more effectively communicate the value of Enphase to customers. To find out more about OpenSolar’s free design and proposal software, please visit the OpenSolar website . About Enphase Enphase Energy, a global energy technology company, delivers smart, easy-to-use solutions that connect solar generation, storage and management on one intelligent platform. The Company revolutionized solar with its microinverter technology and produces the world’s only truly integrated solar plus storage solution. Enphase has shipped more than 23 million microinverters, and approximately one million Enphase-based systems have been deployed in 130 countries. For more information, visit www.enphase.com and follow the company on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Enphase, Enphase Enlighten, the Enphase logo, and other trademarks or service names are the trademarks of Enphase Energy, Inc. Other names are for informational purposes and may be trademarks of their respective owners. Contact Justin Cohen Marketing Manager, APAC jcohen@enphaseenergy.com +61 438 630 163 See the original press release Previous Next