Cleaner Tech
Robots and Specialized Software Open New Solar Farm Development Opportunities
Startup Planted Solar is working to speed up the timeline for developing and deploying power plants that harness the sun.
Planted Solar field assembly robots at work.
Planted Solar
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A solar farm development startup just received a boost, lining up $20 million in Series A funding from Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Khosla Ventures. The company promises to cut down on land and labor needed, allowing solar to be built in previously inaccessible locations.
California-based Planted Solar designs arrays to harness the sun that fall like a blanket on terrain typically too challenging to develop. It does this with unique modeling software and robots that help with the construction process.