High-Clearance, Sun-Tracking Solar Solutions

Sun Rancher USA develops high-clearance, solar-tracking solutions that maximize energy production while ensuring the land below remains intact, protected, and productive. Scalable, hassle-free, low-cost power for an energy-hungry nation. 

High-Clearance, Sun-Tracking Solar Solutions

Sun Rancher USA develops high-clearance, solar-tracking solutions that maximize energy production while ensuring the land below remains intact, protected, and productive. Scalable, hassle-free, low-cost power for an energy-hungry nation. 

SunTracker high clearance solar

High Clearance

Compared to conventional land-choking solar, our systems stand 10+ feet, allowing the land to remain in standard operation.

Abundant energy

Passive Revenue

When the sun shines so do our systems, providing a steady stream of energy – and revenue – for land owners.

Sun Tracking

Our sun-tracker cabling system allows our solar arrays to follow the sun and maximize energy (and revenue) production.

SunTracker land protection

Land Health

We use terrestrial anchors and high-clearance cables, meaning less material, no razing, and virtually no disturbance of the land.

High clearance

Herd Shielding

Arrays provide shelter from the hottest part of the day, allowing livestock to shelter and land to retain water.

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Fully Scalable

System architecture allows for flexible scaling to meet the needs of any project or user.

“Agrivoltaics provide a rare chance for true synergy: more food, more energy, lower water demand, lower carbon emissions, and more prosperous rural communities.”

Chad Higgins, Oregon State University

“In an agrivoltaic system … the environment under the panels is much cooler in the summer and stays warmer in the winters. Plants don’t get as stressed out.”

Greg Barron‑Gafford, University of Arizona

“When you look at the combination of solar panels and agriculture, you really can get the best of both worlds.”

Carl Bernacchi, University of Illinois

“There’s a wonderful space here where we can all work together and we can do this to the mutual benefit of the land and of energy.”

Stacie Peterson, NCAT Energy Services Director

“Agrivoltaics are the missing link in the whole system, because they allow growers to dual-crop, so to speak: harvest the sun and harvest plants or graze livestock under the panels.”

Elizabeth Ryan, Hudson Valley Farmhouse Cider & Stone Ridge Orchard

“Agrivoltaics provide a rare chance for true synergy: more food, more energy, lower water demand, lower carbon emissions, and more prosperous rural communities.”

Chad Higgins, Oregon State University

“In an agrivoltaic system … the environment under the panels is much cooler in the summer and stays warmer in the winters. Plants don’t get as stressed out.”

Greg Barron‑Gafford, University of Arizona

“When you look at the combination of solar panels and agriculture, you really can get the best of both worlds.”

Carl Bernacchi, University of Illinois

“There’s a wonderful space here where we can all work together and we can do this to the mutual benefit of the land and of energy.”

Stacie Peterson, NCAT Energy Services Director

“Agrivoltaics are the missing link in the whole system, because they allow growers to dual-crop, so to speak: harvest the sun and harvest plants or graze livestock under the panels.”

Elizabeth Ryan, Hudson Valley Farmhouse Cider & Stone Ridge Orchard

Our Process

Our Process

1. Property Assessment

We assess a number of factors, including solar exposure, proximity to utility infrastructure, local energy demand, land feasibility and, most important, existing land operations.

2. Permitting & Authorizations

Once the land is deemed appropriate for a high-clearance solar installation, we submit all necessary applications to local administrators and utilities for required permissions.

3. Leasing Agreement

We sign a leasing agreement with the landowner for a mutually agreed upon period of time. The lease will include monthly payments and, in some circumstances, a percentage of energy revenue sharing.

4. Development & Maintenance

We install the high-clearance solar array and maintain the installation. Note that you will have access to the land beneath the panels for the life of the agreement.