Member News: AAEA welcomes Silicon Ranch
Arkansas Advanced Energy Association (AAEA) is thrilled to welcome it's newest member, Silicon Ranch. The full-service solar and carbon solutions company was in the news most recently for its agreement with Microsoft to build 100 MW renewable energy projects, three of which will be in Arkansas.
Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Silicon Ranch is not new to the state of Arkansas. Completed in 2015, the Aerojet Rocketdyne Solar Farm was the first utility-scale solar facility in the state of Arkansas. Located in Camden, Arkansas, the project has won multiple state and national awards, but the greatest triumph for the project is its strategic role in Aerojet Rocketdyne’s decision to invest in the expansion of its local operations and to add more than 400 high-skilled jobs.
Founded in 2011, Silicon Ranch is a fully integrated provider of customized renewable energy, carbon, and battery storage solutions for a diverse set of partners across North America. The company is one of the largest independent power producers in the country, with a portfolio that includes more than four gigawatts of solar and battery storage systems that are contracted, under construction, or operating across the U.S. and Canada. They are known for their innovative solution called Regenerative Energy.
“We created this platform called - we call it Regenerative Energy, that allows us to use regenerative agricultural techniques, typically with livestock grazing and the sheep behind us, to drive more value to sequester carbon in the soil, to improve soil health, to promote biodiversity.”
Silicon Ranch owns and operates every project in its portfolio and has maintained an unblemished track record of project execution, having successfully commissioned every project it has contracted in its history. In recognition of its holistic approach to land management, which the company has trademarked Regenerative Energy®, Silicon Ranch was named 2020’s “Most Forward-Thinking” company by Solar Power World.
Welcome, Silicon Ranch!