By Megan Kjar, Marketing Director — Sunformance
Powered by Sunstall’s 15+ years of field expertise, Sunformance is the dedicated performance recovery partner for commercial and utility-scale solar owners who need more than standard O&M.
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The solar industry has spent decades perfecting the build. The install crews are faster. The panels are cheaper. The financing is accessible. But somewhere between commissioning and year five, a quiet problem sets in: the system isn’t producing what it should — and the owner often doesn’t know why.
According to Sunformance, the performance recovery division of Sunstall, the overwhelming majority of solar assets they encounter are underperforming relative to original projections. The culprits are rarely dramatic. They’re the compounding effects of installation shortcuts that were never caught, electrical design decisions that made sense on paper but fail in the field, and aging or mismatched components slowly degrading system-wide output.
“The root cause isn’t usually equipment failure,” said Jonathan Adzouko of Sunformance. “It’s a design decision, an installation shortcut, or a problem that was present from day one and simply never diagnosed. Owners are losing revenue every month without knowing exactly why — or that it’s fixable.”
The gap between projected and actual production
For commercial and industrial asset owners, the math is unforgiving. A system operating at 85% of its modeled output isn’t just a technical issue — it’s a financial one. Multiply that shortfall across a portfolio of assets over a 10- or 20-year asset life, and the cumulative revenue loss is significant. Yet many owners accept degraded performance as inevitable, attributing it to panel aging when the real cause is something far more addressable.
Sunformance was built to close that gap. The company offers solar asset owners a single accountable partner for the full range of performance recovery work: system-wide diagnostics to identify the root cause of underperformance; repair and remediation of equipment and installation defects; repowering to replace aging or failed components with modern technology; and redesign and retrofit services to unlock more production from existing infrastructure — without starting over.
What “powered by Sunstall” actually means
Sunformance operates as a dedicated division of Sunstall, one of the most experienced solar installation companies in the United States. With more than 15 years of field experience across commercial and utility-scale projects, Sunstall brings a depth of hands-on knowledge to Sunformance that distinguishes it from general solar service providers.
Critically, Sunformance crews are trained specifically in performance recovery work — diagnosis, repair, and repower — rather than new construction. That distinction matters. A crew that has evaluated thousands of systems recognizes the patterns: They know what to look for because they’ve seen it, repeatedly, across systems of every vintage and configuration.
Who Sunformance serves
The company’s client base spans the full spectrum of solar ownership and management. Commercial and industrial asset owners with systems that are underperforming or aging. Independent power producers and developers managing portfolios where some assets have quietly slipped below model. O&M providers who need a capable field partner for remediation work outside the scope of standard service agreements. Lenders and insurers that need transparent, credible on-site assessment and documentation when a system’s condition is in question.
For insurance carriers in particular, Sunformance offers a specialized capability: insurance remediation support for assets impacted by natural disasters, severe weather, or other covered events. The combination of rapid field mobilization, clear diagnostic reporting, and experienced crews makes Sunformance a dependable partner when an insurance claim requires credible technical engagement on site.
Transparency as a baseline
One consistent theme across Sunformance’s work is a commitment to transparent reporting. Asset owners, project managers, lenders, and insurers receive field photos, written findings, and specific recommendations — not vague assessments. The goal is to give every stakeholder a clear picture of what’s happening on site, what’s causing the underperformance, and what fixing it will actually require.
That transparency extends to the scope of work. Sunformance doesn’t recommend “invasive surgery” repowering when a targeted repair will do. They don’t redesign systems that just need remediation. The diagnostic process is designed to match the solution to the actual problem — which saves owners money and builds the trust that drives long-term partnerships.
For solar asset owners who have accepted underperformance as a given, Sunformance’s core message is straightforward: most of what’s costing you production is identifiable, documentable, and fixable. The first step is finding out what’s actually happening.
Book a free discovery call and find out what your solar asset is actually worth.
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