Residential solar company Freedom Forever has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. bankruptcy court for the district of Delaware.
The filing indicates the company owes between $500 million and $1 billion to its creditors, and has assets of between $100 million and $500 million.
The list of creditors indicates the company owes $114 million to solar finance company Mosaic Funding, along with tens of millions more to solar manufacturers such as PT. IDN Solar Tech, JA Solar, Trina Solar, Silfab Solar, Unirac and others.
The filing represents a new setback in what has been a tumultuous period for Freedom Forever, echoing struggles in the broader residential solar market as the industry prepares to weather a predicted decline of one-third in installation volume in 2026 compared to 2025.
According to energy analytics firm Wood Mackenzie, Freedom Forever was the second largest U.S. solar installer in 2025, holding a nationwide market share of 6.1% (Sunrun held the top spot with a 12.7% share), but the company had already shown signs of decline.
In an announcement from August 2025 about its position on the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies, Freedom Forever claimed a workforce of “more than 3,000 employees,” but just six months later, the company’s policy director Ben Airth told Reuters it had abandoned 10 of its state markets and laid off about 20% of its workers.
Data from building permit data aggregator Shovels.ai shows major decreases in the number of new permits Freedom Forever applied for across all of its state markets, especially in large states like Arizona, California, Colorado, and Texas.
Image: Shovels.ai
On April 3, 2026, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton named the company in the announcement of “a major initiative” to crack down on solar companies alleged to have engaged in “fraudulent and deceptive practices.”
While a Chapter 11 filing is officially designated as a “reorganization” bankruptcy that allows a company to pause debt collection, renegotiate contracts and attempt to emerge and continue operations, recent Chapter 11 filings in the solar industry from companies such as Sunnova, SunPower and Lumio have resulted in liquidation.
Freedom Forever has not yet made any public statements or filed any court documents indicating an immediate plan to sell its assets, but the company’s ultimate strategy should become clearer once it submits “First Day” motions and the accompanying declarations from its executives or financial advisors.
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Freedom Forever started my install but did not complete it prior to filling chapter 11. The installers did not seal the holes they put in my roof properly. This unfortunate lack of professionalism cause my roof to leak immediately after it started raining in Chicago. No one is answering the phone and I’m stuck with a leaking roof. This is after my brother and I had the roof repaired and rehab the entire third floor apartment. We’ve spent over 70,000 dollars on fixing up our building to now have this happen as we are now wanting to show potential tenants the apartment.
I’m assuming no one works there anymore. They fired all of their employees 4/15. At least in the Schaumburg, IL location.
I have some issues with the solar system that has been installed. Who will fix them? I have 22 panels with solar power, 8.8 kW. But, the real solar power is only up to 4.18 kW.
Now I know why this install has failed the last (4) inspections. (6) months and not operating. I can’t get a mortgage refi because of this. Florida.
My solar system stopped communicating with the power grid. When I called Freedom to schedule a service call I had to wait eight weeks for an appointment.
They are supposed to come here next week. What should I do now?
I am wondering if you could pay one of their techs under the table to come fix the software or inverters, etc when they break! sure like to know if there are any “independent contractors” familiar with the freedomw forever installations!!! Im in CT
I really feel for the customers in this situation, being a family of an employee of the company…receiving an email at 3am on a scheduled workday and payday (4/15/2026), and showing up not having checked work email prior to work hours…my husband showed up expecting a full day of work as an electrician. Instead he was blindsided with the news of the shutdown, ZERO PAY since 3/16/2026, and informed there is no ETA for any payments. That is a loss to our family of a month of income. That is a massive hardship.
We had a solar system installed in March of 2026, while installing the crew broke a pipe in my attic and flooded my home. Ive trying to contact leadership for weeks to find out next steps to fix the house. Now I understand the delay. Server Pro emailed me saying Freedom is refusing to pay their bill from drying the house. Freedom had a bad reputation before all this, imagine what its going to look like now. Communication before all this was horrendous. Don’t ever do buisness with these guys. Watch out they may pop up under a new name.
What I am wondering about is if Freedom Forever has dib financing. With such a gap between assets and liability, there is a good posibility that the company is liquidated.
I had 26 panels installed in May of 2025 and has been working fine. However, we are in the process of replacing the entire roof and need to remove and install the panels again and it must be done only by Freedom to honor the warranty. The roofers are ready to start the process and they have another Solar company that would perform the work. I do not know if Freedom will continue after bankruptcy and if they do there is no timeline. Should I have the other Solar company remove and re-install the panels since the Freedom situation is in the limbo ?
Please help.