What's the Story - Canopy

What makes SunCommon’s Solar Canopy stand out?

The Solar Canopy is a beautiful, functional, and durable way to power your home. A stand-alone structure, the timber-framed Canopy can cover your car, tractor, lawn mower, firewood, or anything else you want to shelter from the outdoor elements. We can even add an EV charger to your Solar Canopy so you can fuel up right there. Other folks use their Canopy to create a whole new functional yard space, like a covered patio.

Made from Pacific Northwest Douglas Fir, each timber beam is sculpted with handheld tools by our friends at New Energy Works in Rochester, NY. The Canopy also utilizes bi-facial panels, which means it absorbs sunlight from above and below, making it our most efficient solar system per square foot.

What are folks saying about their Solar Canopy?

Local solar installation by SunComon in NY with customers Bill & Janice - Solar in Saugerties NY

With a Solar Canopy in the driveway and two Tesla Powerwall batteries in the basement, Bill & Janice are producing more energy than they use on a daily basis and storing it for when they need it. 

“We were trying to figure out what would work best, and when [I saw] the Canopy, there was really no doubt. It would be functional for us, as well as just a beautiful, almost like a, sculpture on our property.”

Janice Lozano

CUSTOMER SINCE 2021


RJ didn’t want to take up valuable yard space with a traditional ground-mounted solar array, but:

“When we saw the design of the Solar Canopy and how beautiful it looked – not to mention its dual purpose functionality – we were sold. Our Solar Canopy will produce more than enough electricity for our home and electric vehicle while serving as our covered patio.”

RJ Thompson

CUSTOMER SINCE 2016

What's the Story Canopy - RJ Thompson

Canopy comes in multiple sizes to suit your energy needs. The Canopy Single, with 24 solar panels, has room for two vehicles underneath and generates enough power for the average home. The smaller Canopy Compact, with 18 solar panels, is great for households with lower electricity bills and has covered space for one vehicle.

What's the Story Canopy - Karen Glitman

CUSTOMER SINCE 2016

Karen Glitman

“That’s what we’ve been waiting for!” Our roof was full from our first solar installation. We liked that the Canopy is a dual-purpose product that shelters the cars, is aesthetically pleasing and produces electricity to power our whole home, including our two electric vehicles.”

CUSTOMER SINCE 2017

Eric Becker

“We fell in love with [the Canopy] immediately. We didn’t have parking, we don’t have a garage, so it creates a little parking space. It looks so natural. We love it.”

CUSTOMER SINCE 2017

Scott Lemon

“Our roof wasn’t a great fit for solar, both in size and aesthetics, so a ground-mounted option was best. But, we didn’t want to use precious yard space, so the dual-purpose Solar Canopy was a perfect fit. A no-brainer.”

Solar Canopy

CUSTOMER SINCE 2019

Ed Dombrowski

“I think the canopy is beautiful. I like the post and beam structure. It gives you utilization for parking. You can get two vehicles under here easily. Right now I’m using it for the tractor. It’s a great second-use storage place for firewood, another vehicle, I can envision putting in a nice stone area to take shelter from the sun. I think this is the future.”

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