Planted Secures $31.8 Million to Scale Autonomous Solar Deployment
California-based solar technology company Planted has raised $31.8 million in a funding round led by Piva Capital and RA Capital Management Planetary Health, with participation from Google, Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV), Gigascale Capital, and Khosla Ventures. The capital will be used to expand the firm’s robotic fleet and launch Sage, its next-generation robot for autonomous solar deployment. Planted aims to address global challenges in scaling renewable energy by transforming power plant construction into a manufacturing process using robotics and automation. Its system combines planning software, high-density terrain-following arrays, storage, and field robots to enable faster project delivery on smaller land footprints compared to traditional methods. The company recently completed an 11-MW solar project for Cultivate Power in Illinois and is set to begin another with Aligned Climate Capital. Planted’s development model has already demonstrated success, including a recent 28-MW behind-the-meter installation at a neocloud data center that was delivered within ten months. The company plans to scale from over 10 MW deployed in 2025 to an ambitious target of 100 MW by the end of 2026.
Tickers: $GOOG
Topics: renewable_energy robotics solar_power