Hanwha Solutions Qcells institutional sector (Qcells) said on the 1st it will launch a new business brand, "Qcells New Homes," which provides integrated renewable energy solutions for newly built dwellings in the United States.
New Homes is characterized by enabling builders to internalize and install solar and energy storage systems (ESS) from the stage when dwellings are newly constructed. It offers integrated services covering design, permitting, procurement of equipment and materials, installation support, and maintenance.
The existing residential solar business involved adding renewable energy solutions to dwellings that had already been built. New Homes is designed as dwellings with integrated energy solutions from the early construction stage, improving expense efficiency and installation convenience.
New Homes will begin in California, which is actively pursuing clean energy expansion policies, and plans to expand nationwide in the United States.
California is a region within the United States where demand for dwellings is relatively high and supply is insufficient. Since 2020, it has implemented incentives for residential clean energy, including California's solar mandate.
Qcells plans to link New Homes with residential solar financing business Enfin, leveraging its solar manufacturing capacity in the United States.
Going forward, dwelling builders will be able to receive not only stable supplies of hardware such as solar modules and ESS through a single partner, New Homes, but also bundled EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) support, financing solutions, and long-term monitoring services.
A Qcells official said, "New Homes is a business strategy to respond to structural changes in the U.S. new dwellings market and policies expanding renewable energy," adding, "We will support solar and ESS solutions to become basic infrastructure in the U.S. new dwellings market."