Cleaner Tech
Gates-Led Fund Backs Robots to Automate Solar Panel Installation
Terabase Energy aims to save costs and tackle labor shortages.
Photographer: Joshua Lott/Bloomberg
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A Berkeley, California startup that automates solar panel installation has raised $44 million in a funding round co-led by Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures.
Terabase Energy has already developed software to design solar panels and improve their efficiency in changing weather conditions. It plans to use the new funding to scale up its system for mass installation, aiming to reduce the cost of developing utility-scale solar projects.