Honest math.
We show every number that goes into your estimate. If solar doesn't pay off at your address, we say so and tell you to wait.
◈ About
Locally engineered.
Independently owned.
Solarpunk Solutions designs and installs solar, battery, and off-grid energy systems for homes across Western North Carolina. Based in Weaverville, serving Buncombe and surrounding counties.
Principles
How we work.
Considered equipment.
Sunplus N-type 445W panels. GSL Energy LiFePO4 wall storage built on REPT prismatic cells (UL 1973 + UL 9540A, 15-year warranty). Solara, Solis, and SRNE hybrid inverters depending on system size. We don't substitute components to inflate margins.
Built by humans.
Real engineers. Real installers. Real phones answered by real people — no chat-bot phone trees, no offshore call centers.
Designed to last.
We engineer for outages, weather, and the next 25 years — not just the first sunny month after install.
◈ Who runs this
Two people. One shop.
Founder
Vance Mullis
Vance founded Solarpunk Solutions out of Weaverville, North Carolina, building the company around the belief that a working home solar array is a piece of considered infrastructure — not a sales pitch. He runs design and installation, and he's the one on the racking with the rake.
Partner · EVP, Business Operations
Michael Hutchison
Michael runs business operations and customer relations. He also operates Crooked Creek Organics, a regenerative farming operation grounded in the same philosophy: soil, sun, food, and the freedom to power your own land.
Solarpunk exists because power bills across our region keep climbing, and most solar companies are too busy upselling 30-panel systems to people who need twelve. We slow down and look at the actual numbers.
Through direct relationships with our equipment manufacturers — GSL Energy on batteries, Solara Power and Solis on inverters, Sunplus on panels — our equipment cost runs below what the regional installers can quote. We pass that on to homeowners. We also tell people when solar is the wrong call: north-facing roof, heavy shade, planning to move in two years. A system that doesn't pay off isn't a sale we're proud of.
Every install ships with monitoring, so you see exactly what your system is producing in real time. Every install carries a written workmanship warranty in addition to the manufacturers' warranties.