Image: PlantedSage
Autonomous machine that installs foundation posts for Planted Solar racking
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How it works on your site
Sage is Planted Solar's announced next-generation field installation machine for utility-scale solar, and Planted describes it as autonomous. Its job is installing foundation posts for Planted's own fixed-tilt, terrain-following racking; crews attach the modules. Sage is pre-commercial with zero deployments of its own, and Planted says it enters the field in late 2026; the current fleet it follows, Caterpillar-based machines with an operator in the cab, is committed through 2027.
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Will it work on your site
- Autonomy Level
- Claimed autonomous, unverifiedCurrent fleet has an operator in the cab
- Fleet Management
- Reported next generation: "coordinating as a fleet"Press report; link to Sage is inferred
- Array Slope Limit
- 27% in any directionPlanted racking spec; not the robot's limit
- Compatible Modules
- Most standard framed utility-scale modulesc-Si and First Solar Series 6/6+ (racking fit)
- Racking Type
- Fixed-tilt, terrain-followingBlack & Veatch assessed the racking only
As the maker states it.
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