The hires will be made at 10 offices, some of them new, in the states of Arizona, California, Nevada and Hawaii. The jobs will be in sales and field operations, the latter including installers, electricians and site technicians.

San Francisco-based Sunrun moved beyond selling and financing solar systems with its purchase earlier this year of REC Solar, a downstream installer.

Privately held Sunrun is among the fastest growing US solar companies, and installs more rooftop systems than SunPower and Vivint Solar, according to GTM Research.

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