The future of renewable energy is taking shape right now—and you can meet the companies driving it forward at the Startup Pavilion, located on the exhibit hall floor during Intersolar & Energy Storage North America’s Flagship event, taking place February 18-20, 2026.
This dedicated exhibit space brings together the most promising emerging companies in solar and energy storage, showcasing technologies that are solving real-world challenges and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in clean energy. From breakthrough innovations in battery systems to next-generation solar solutions, these startups represent the cutting edge of the industry.
Get to know the innovators below, then visit them in person at the Startup Pavilion.
Booth #4608
257 is a venture-backed data and AI company transforming how residential solar, energy storage, and HVAC companies find and acquire customers. By creating digital energy twins for all 130 million U.S. homes, 257 provides detailed insights that power predictive models to identify who’s most likely to buy solar and storage solutions next—driving down customer acquisition costs across direct mail and digital campaigns.
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Key Offering
PINK, the only AI agent purpose-built for residential energy companies. It puts the industry’s largest and most accurate home energy dataset into a simple, chat-style interface, enabling targeting across 130 million homes by property, people, energy use, solar, HVAC, EVs, tariffs, incentives, and more.
Who Should Visit Their Booth?
“We work most closely with marketing teams and agencies responsible for customer acquisition. We also partner with manufacturers and distributors to help their co-op marketing budgets go further, and who want to give their installation partners beneficial access to Pink. Also, the espresso machine will be running so stop by to get a demo of PINK!”
What They Want You to Know
“We are not a data broker and we don’t sell lists. We use our proprietary models to create audiences which can be deployed directly into your marketing channels, increasing your velocity and reducing internal effort. 257 does all of this on a performance model. We only make money when you do!”
Booth #4606
WattChop is a free energy intelligence platform for commercial and industrial solar + storage. EPCs can create unlimited projects, upload interval data — or synthesize a load profile from monthly utility bills when smart meters aren’t available — and see their building’s complete energy fingerprint, all at no cost. When they’re ready, the Tariff Smart optimizer finds the exact battery size that maximizes savings, with the math to prove why bigger isn’t always better. That’s $250 per project, and the first one is free.
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Why Exhibit at IESNA?
“Commercial storage is at an inflection point. It’s no longer just about whether to install storage, it’s about proving the economics up front and delivering on those projections once the system is live. That’s the full problem WattChop addresses.”
“This is also the right moment because we just launched a freemium model that removes every barrier to trying the platform. Any EPC at the show can sign up in 30 seconds, load a real project, and see the energy fingerprint before they leave the booth. No credit card, no sales call, no commitment. IESNA brings together exactly the people who need this — EPCs, developers, distributors, and manufacturers who are in the middle of that shift from ‘should we add storage?’ to ‘how do we prove the ROI and keep delivering it?'”
Who Should Visit Their Booth?
“EPCs and developers working on commercial and industrial solar + storage — whether you’re trying to speed up your proposal process, looking for a way to offer ongoing optimization after commissioning, or just want to see what your projects look like through a tariff-smart lens. Even if you don’t have smart meter data for your customer’s building, we can work with what you have.”
“We’d also love to connect with distributors and supply houses interested in offering lifecycle optimization tools to their installer networks, and manufacturers looking for a channel-ready platform that helps their storage products deliver measurable results long after the sale. If you’re involved in C&I storage at any stage — proposal, construction, or operations — come see a demo. The platform is free to try, and you can sign up at the booth.”
What They Want You to Know
“See everything. Pay for the answer. The energy fingerprint is free. The data synthesizer is free. Unlimited projects, no credit card. When you’re ready, we solve the riddle — the exact battery size that maximizes savings, with the math to prove it. First one’s on the house.”
Booth #4602
Outflier has developed automated drone inspection software that inspects all types of solar plants and detects visual and thermal anomalies using contextual intelligence. The technology helps companies make informed maintenance decisions and support insurance claims through high-definition inspections, reducing downtime and improving asset performance.
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Key Offering
Outflier provides an end-to-end software solution: a flight application integrated into drone remote controllers for seamless data collection, a web platform for asset monitoring and analysis, and a mobile app for maintenance planning and execution.
Who Should Visit Their Booth?
“We are looking to connect with drone pilots, installers, EPCs, independent power producers (IPPs), and O&M and maintenance companies.”
What They Want You to Know
“As drones become the new standard for industrial inspections, Outflier’s automation enables anyone to perform professional-grade inspections in a single day. Our Contextual Intelligence technology goes beyond traditional databases, detecting all types of anomalies—including emerging issues not yet catalogued in standard references.”
Booth #4600
Auto PV LLC is a solar and energy storage design and engineering firm serving commercial, industrial, and public-sector clients. They deliver permit-ready designs, coordinated structural and electrical engineering, and utility interconnection support—reducing project friction and helping solar companies overcome compliance and plan-quality challenges.
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How They Define Success
“Success means becoming the go-to engineering partner for commercial solar and storage teams that demand reliability and repeatability. We expect to deepen relationships with national EPCs, expand multi-state permitting coverage, and support larger, more technically sophisticated projects including integrated PV, storage, and EV charging infrastructure.”
Why Exhibit at IESNA?
“This event provides the ideal environment to engage with organizations seeking dependable partners who can support repeatable, high-quality execution across multiple jurisdictions. It allows us to demonstrate how professional engineering integration can directly improve timelines, reduce risk, and enhance project bankability.”
Who Should Visit Their Booth?
“We are looking to connect with organizations that require dependable, scalable engineering capacity, including: EPC contractors managing multi-site portfolios; developers advancing commercial and industrial projects; energy storage integrators; EV infrastructure providers; electrical contractors expanding into renewables; and manufacturers seeking qualified design partners.”
Booth #4610
Solesca is a solar design and engineering platform that bridges early-stage layouts and bankable, interconnection-ready designs. It enables a continuous workflow from concept through simulation, engineering, and stamped interconnection packages—eliminating rework, reducing errors, and helping solar teams move projects forward faster.
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Key Offering
“We’ll be showcasing Solesca’s address-to-design-to-engineering workflow, including pre-CAD site layouts, AI-powered obstruction detection, automated stringing, integrated bankable production simulations, BOM outputs, and auto-generated, stampable plansets—delivering a seamless path from concept to interconnection-ready design in a single, web-based platform.”
Who Should Visit Their Booth?
“Solar developers and EPCs performing feasibility, value engineering, and interconnection—along with storage, software, and hardware partners seeking deeper early-stage integration. If your team still spends hours on manual early designs or interconnection applications, Solesca can help streamline the process.”
What They Want You to Know
“Solesca isn’t ‘just another design tool.’ We’re not trying to replace CAD or be a prettier layout editor. Solesca is a project-advancement platform. Design, simulation, engineering, and interconnection all live in one place so teams stop re-doing work as projects mature. Once people see that, the value clicks instantly.”
Booth #4620
The electrical grid is becoming more unreliable. Extreme heat and cold make outages even worse, but what if your home didn’t have to lose power? Micro-Grids builds the Powershed, an extreme-weather outdoor battery cabinet designed for whole-home backup power that integrates with solar. It’s insulated, fire-resistant, and built to thrive in hot and cold climates while delivering reliable whole-home backup power.
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Key Offering
“Powershed is a patent-pending, self-standing system that installs away from the home and creates a highly insulated, temperature-controlled internal environment for the batteries. This design allows it to perform reliably in extreme heat and cold while supporting larger, safer whole-home backup systems.”
Why Exhibit at IESNA?
“It’s the right platform to introduce Powershed to an audience focused on practical whole-home backup power solutions that perform reliably in extreme climates.”
Who Should Visit Their Booth?
“Solar and electrical installers, project developers, and industry partners looking for a plug-and-play outdoor battery system that performs reliably in extreme heat and cold. We’re also interested in connecting with potential investors who recognize the growing need for resilient energy storage solutions designed for real-world conditions.”
Booth #4616
Kriya Partners turns sold solar and storage systems into buildable, approved, and profitable projects. They help prevent costly stalls caused by utility requirements, fire codes, structural constraints, and rapid shutdown regulations by delivering code-compliant system designs, utility-ready interconnection packages, stamped structural and electrical engineering, and AHJ-optimized permitting.
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Key Offering
“We’ll be showcasing our quality-first, utility- and AHJ-savvy approach to solar and storage design, engineering, and permitting. Attendees can learn how our dedicated account management, scalable pricing, and interconnection expertise help reduce revisions, speed approvals, and enable residential and C&I teams to expand into new markets without rebuilding internal teams.”
Why Exhibit at IESNA?
“Intersolar brings together the exact companies facing the pain we solve—installers, EPCs, developers, and technology providers trying to scale without being crushed by approvals, redesigns, and delays. The industry needs engineering partners, not just hardware and software, this is where those partnerships start.”
Who Should Visit Their Booth?
“We are looking to connect with residential and C&I solar installers, EPCs and storage integrators, sales organizations needing engineering support, developers and asset owners, and manufacturers seeking real-world deployment partners. Whether you’re scaling or stuck, we can help.”
