• Green Energy Electrek Green Energy Brief EGEB Solar power rooftop solar This European company’s sleek solar roof just made its US debut European solar roofing companyRoofit.Solarhas completed its first US project, marking its official entry into the North American market with a residential installation in Michigan. • The company, founded in 2016, says it’s now active in more than 30 countries and is pushing to expand its presence in the US through a new partnership with US installer ArcEdge, which installed its inaugural project in Michigan. • Estonia-headquartered Roofit.Solar focuses on building‑integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) - roofing materials that double as solar panels, rather than panels sitting on top of a roof. • A roof and solar array are combined into a single product, so homeowners don’t have to choose between aesthetics and clean energy. • The company markets its systems toward architecturally sensitive properties, historic buildings, and homeowners who want a low‑profile solar setup. • The Kalamazoo, Michigan, installation used Roofit.Solar’s Velario system, which integrates high‑efficiency monocrystalline solar cells directly into standing‑seam metal roofing panels.
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- European solar‑roofing firm Roofit.Solar has entered the U.S. market with its first residential installation in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The project, completed in late 2025, added 12.32 kW of power to a new home using the company’s Velario system-monocrystalline cells integrated into standing‑seam metal panels that received UL certification for fire resistance, electrical safety and weather durability. Roofit.Solar, founded in 2016 and active in more than 30 countries, is expanding in the U.S. through a partnership with installer ArcEdge, which installed the project. The company has completed over 3,000 installations worldwide and sees growing demand for low‑profile, building‑integrated photovoltaics in America.
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