Planted Solar
About
About Planted Solar
Planted Solar combines purpose-built field robots, software and a simplified foundation design to construct utility-scale solar projects. Its operating model is intended to reduce installation labour and accelerate deployment across uneven or constrained sites.
The company reports that its robot fleet is committed through 2027. It is scaling completed deployment from more than 10 MW in 2025 toward 100 MW in 2026 and plans to introduce its next-generation Sage robot later in 2026.
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Operations
- Solar Capacity Installed Recent Period
42 MW installed in six months - 2026-06-05 - Planted reported installing 42 MW of solar capacity during the preceding six months. - source posture: Company Disclosed
Source
Funding
- 2026-09-15 - Series B - $31.8M - Planted Solar raises $31.8M to scale field-robot deployments
Planted Solar completed a Series B to expand its solar-construction robot fleet and develop Sage. - source: plantedsolar.com
Investors
- Breakthrough Energy Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-09-15
- Gigascale - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-09-15
- Google - Participant - Corporate / CVC - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2026-09-15
- Khosla Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-09-15
- Piva Capital - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-09-15
- RA Capital Planetary Health - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-09-15
Team
- Nate Beckett - Chief Operating Officer - Leads operations as the company expands its robot-enabled project fleet.
- Eric Brown - Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer - Leads the company and its autonomous solar-deployment platform.
- Richard Erb - Co-founder - Co-founded the integrated solar design, array and robotic-installation business.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-09-15 - Funding - Planted Solar raises $31.8M to scale field-robot deployments
Piva Capital and RA Capital Planetary Health co-led the round, with Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Gigascale, Google and Khosla participating. Planted says its existing fleet is fully committed through 2027 and deployment is scaling from more than 10 MW in 2025 toward 100 MW in 2026. The company plans to launch Sage in late 2026 while pursuing a disclosed project pipeline exceeding 20 GW.
Source - 2026-06-05 - Production Milestone - Planted Solar reports 42 MW installed in six months
The total included a 28 MW behind-the-meter data-centre project in the southeastern United States. Planted said the 28 MW project moved from first customer contact to a completed array in 10 months. The company reported a project pipeline exceeding 20 GW, largely linked to data-centre demand.
Source - 2025-09-16 - Deployment - Planted Solar completes automated installation for ENFRA project
Mechanical installation was completed in August 2025. The project uses Planted’s high-density terrain-following arrays and automated installation system. The site forms part of a broader Energy-as-a-Service contract led by ENFRA.
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Context
Comparable profiles
- Gritt
comparable profile - Solar Construction Robotics
- Charge Robotics
comparable profile - Solar Construction Robotics
- Built Robotics
comparable profile - Solar Construction Robotics
Shared workflows
- AES Corporation
workflow adjacency - Solar Installation Robotics
- TrinaTracker
workflow adjacency - Solar Installation Robotics
Context tags
- Solar installation robotics - Workflow - https://www.plantedsolar.com/ — current official evidence supports this bounded profile context.
- Solar construction robotics - Peer Group - https://www.plantedsolar.com/ — current official evidence supports this bounded profile context.
- Utility-Scale Solar - Customer Environment - https://www.plantedsolar.com/ — current official evidence supports this bounded profile context.