Articles from Silicon Ranch

Silicon Ranch, owner and operator of one of the nation’s largest fleets of solar facilities and a community-focused energy infrastructure company, officially launched its breakthrough CattleTracker™ energy and cattle grazing technology today on the Christiana Solar Ranch in Middle Tennessee. The landmark facility represents the first-ever commercial deployment of Silicon Ranch’s patented cattle-compatible agrivoltaics platform, designed to produce renewable energy and regenerative grazing outcomes on the same property in a way that is good for solar generation, good for the land, and good for the animal.

Silicon Ranch, owner and operator of one of the nation’s largest fleets of solar facilities and a community-focused energy infrastructure company, will partner with Columbia-based Central Electric Power Cooperative to build a 100-megawatt solar farm that will support Meta’s first data center in South Carolina.

Silicon Ranch, the developer, owner, and operator of one of the nation’s largest fleets of solar facilities, today announced a strategic investment in Swap Robotics, a pioneer in utility-scale solar robotic operations through its leading solar robotics platform. As part of the investment, Silicon Ranch Co-Founder and CEO Reagan Farr will join the board of directors at Swap Robotics.

United Power, Inc. (United Power), an electric cooperative serving Colorado’s northern front range, announces the signing of a power purchase agreement for its latest solar resource, the 150-megawatt (MW) Byers Solar Farm. Located in Adams County, 10 miles northeast of Byers, the new solar installation is being developed in partnership with Silicon Ranch, one of the nation’s largest independent power producers and a community-focused renewable energy company.

Silicon Ranch, one of the largest independent power producers specializing in solar energy, agrivoltaics, battery storage, and carbon solutions in the U.S., today announced that its Scotford Solar Farm has reached commercial operation near Edmonton, Alberta in Canada. The 58-megawatt (MWAC) facility—the largest behind-the-meter solar project in Canada—has the ability to supply Shell’s Energy and Chemicals Park, Scotford with enough renewable energy to power approximately 20% of the refinery’s energy needs for the next 25 years and provide 100% of its electricity needs at peak capacity.

Nashville-based Silicon Ranch, one of the nation’s largest independent power producers specializing in solar energy, agrivoltaics, and carbon solutions, and Middle Tennessee Electric (MTE), the largest electric cooperative in the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) region and the second largest in the United States, today announced a landmark solar agreement under TVA’s newly expanded Generation Flexibility Program. The two middle Tennessee businesses have agreed to partner on the 110-megawatt (MWAC) Copeland Solar Farm, which will be the largest solar facility to serve a local power company (LPC) directly in the Tennessee Valley.

Silicon Ranch, one of the nation’s largest independent power producers specializing in solar energy, agrivoltaics, and carbon solutions, officially unveiled its new 26,000 square-foot lambing barn at its 68-megawatt (MWAC) Houston Solar Project in Houston County, Georgia. The company designed and constructed the barn to support animal welfare for the project’s resident flock and to improve the genetics and increase production of both the Georgia flock and the national flock, with a goal of helping to rebuild and strengthen the sheep industry in the United States.

Silicon Ranch, one of the nation’s largest independent power producers specializing in solar energy, battery storage, and carbon solutions, and Tract, a developer of master-planned data center parks, today announced an exclusive collaboration agreement to marry advanced renewable projects with entitled, shovel-ready sites to enable data center operators to build green campuses more quickly while reducing development risk.

Silicon Ranch, one of the nation’s largest independent power producers and a community-focused renewable energy company, and Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative (SSVEC), a not-for-profit, member-owned distribution cooperative, today announced the completion of the 20-megawatt (MWAC) McNeal Solar Farm. The innovative project includes an 80 megawatt-hour (MWh) battery energy storage system (BESS), enabling SSVEC to meet increasing load demand and the power needs of more than 3,000 households across southeastern Arizona.

Today, CDE Lightband, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and Silicon Ranch, one of the nation’s largest independent power producers and a community-focused renewable energy company, broke ground on two solar farms totaling 6.75 MWAC in Clarksville, Tennessee. Clarksville has experienced historic economic growth over the past decade and with it a rapidly growing population. These two solar projects will generate enough reliable, low-cost energy to help serve more than 1,000 households annually.

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: META) today announced seven new solar projects in Georgia and Tennessee totaling 720 megawatts (MWAC) to support its regional operations with 100% renewable energy. Silicon Ranch, one of the nation’s largest independent power producers, is partnering with Walton Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to supply the renewable power to serve Meta’s data centers in Georgia and the Tennessee Valley, respectively. As part of the agreements, Silicon Ranch will fund, build, own, operate, and maintain the solar facilities over the life of each of the seven projects, bringing significant investment to rural communities throughout the region.

Silicon Ranch, one of the nation’s largest independent power producers, and First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR), America’s largest solar manufacturer, have expanded the 4 gigawatt master supply agreement (MSA) that the partners announced in April 2022. To support its growing portfolio of contracted solar projects, Silicon Ranch has secured an additional 700 megawatts (MW) of advanced, responsibly produced, thin film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules, designed and developed in the United States.

Green Power EMC, the renewable energy supplier for 38 Georgia Electric Membership Corporations (EMCs), and Silicon Ranch, one of the nation’s largest independent solar power producers, were joined today by statewide elected officials and leaders from Houston County to dedicate the new 68-megawatt (MWAC) Houston Solar project near Perry, Georgia. Located just off I-75, the Houston Solar site is one of the most visible solar energy projects in the state and showcases how Georgia’s electric cooperatives are working together to meet the renewable energy demands of Georgia’s residents and businesses.

The Tennessee Valley Authority, Meta (formerly the Facebook company), Jackson Energy Authority (JEA), and Silicon Ranch broke ground on a new 70-megawatt (MWAC) solar facility in Madison County, Tennessee. The McKellar Solar Farm will help support Meta’s regional operations with 100% renewable energy.