Rockford · Northern Illinois
We install new systems, take panels off when your roof needs work, and fix systems other companies walked away from. Based in Rockford since 2021.
Tell us what's going on. If solar doesn't suit your roof we'll say so on the first call.
Where to start
Panels have to come off before a roofer can touch the deck, and they have to go back on without voiding your warranty or your roof.
Find out whether your roof and your bill make it worth doing, before anyone designs you a system.
Offline, underproducing, or the company that installed it is gone. $400 covers the visit and the first two hours. On site within five business days.
Why Braven
Twenty-one solar companies serving Illinois closed in 2025. Twelve more sit on the state's stranded-customer list for jobs they never finished. We started here in 2021 and we're still picking up the phone.
25 years on the panels, 25 on the installation, 12 on the inverter. Every hole we put in a new roof carries a 25-year leak-free guarantee.
Certified on Enphase, Fronius, SMA and SolarEdge. If your installer is gone and the system is down, that's the call we want.
What the system costs, what the incentives return, and when that money lands. Most companies show you a monthly payment instead.
What changed in 2026
If a solar company is still telling you about a 30% federal tax credit on a home system, they are quoting a rule that expired on 31 December 2025. What's left in Illinois still covered most of the system on a recent Braven job.
See what's still availableRecent work
Residential · Winnebago County · 2026
Two Fronius inverters, a split array across house and shed, and $40,609 returned through incentives.
Read the numbersCommercial · Flat roof · 2026
Ballasted, no penetrations, and every figure taken from the proposal.
Read the numbersDetach and reinstall · Stateline · 2026
Twelve modules, all-new hardware, and a schedule that held through the rain.
Read the numbersGoogle reviews
4.7 stars across 14 Google reviews. Each one is shown as the customer wrote it.
★★★★★
We have a whole electric house with an average bill of $385 a month.After installing ground mounts are electric bill is $26 which is the cost of using Com-Ed's meter. Dan our salesman was great to work with and guided us through the process! Tyler who supervises the whole process was there to answer all our questions! Braven saved me a lot of money!!!! I have enough energy to lease an EV which I would never have done before. Thanks, Dan and Tyler
★★★★★
Dan my (my salesperson) explained everything so a simple guy like me could understand how everything works. The own Tyler was polite and quick to respond to any of my questions as well. They know their stuff
★★★★★
braven solar performed the detach and reset for me to get a new roof after a storm damaged the roof. braven showed up the day before the roof got done and detached the system. upon the reset braven solar showed up the next day after thr roofer finished there work braven enhanced the performance and enhanced the astectic of my home.
★★★★★
The staff at Braven were extremely knowledgeable and informative about the process of going solar. Tyler was very responsive and installed not only my solar system but also my parents and my grandparents. Each install was done professionally and in a timely manner. Thank you all for making the switch to solar so simple!
★★★★★
Tyler with Braven Solar was amazing. We were in the process of signing with sunrun and we thought we were purchasing a system however they were trying to force us into a lease. Tyler assisted us in purchasing our system and now we have a $15 electric bill! Highly recommend Braven Solar!
Service area
We're based in Rockford and we work across Winnebago, Boone, Stephenson and DeKalb counties, and east through McHenry and Kane. If your address is on the edge of that, send it and we'll tell you straight whether we can serve you properly.
Whether that's a quote, a second opinion on someone else's quote, or a system that stopped working, you'll get a straight answer and a real next step.
Tell us what's going on. If solar doesn't suit your roof we'll say so on the first call.
