Planted Solar

Planted Solar, founded in 2020 and headquartered in Oakland, California, is developing ground-mount solar infrastructure aimed at expanding the supply of power generation capacity, including for large electricity consumers such as data centers. The company provides an integrated hardware and software platform that combines terrain-following solar arrays, field automation and robotic installation, and development planning software with energy yield modeling. It sells to solar developers, EPCs and independent power producers.

The company's terrain-following arrays preserve site topography and reduce grading requirements, supporting construction on slopes of up to 27% and land that conventional ground-mount methods cannot use. Planted Solar reports that its arrays reduce land use by up to 50%, while its automated field installation equipment accelerates deployment by up to 5x and cuts steel requirements by 70%.

Planted Solar is venture-backed, with investors including Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Khosla Ventures and the U.S. Department of Energy. Its stated focus is on helping the industry build solar projects faster and more cheaply in order to scale generation in line with rising electricity demand. Further information is available at https://plantedsolar.com/.