Our Story

As the renewable energy requirements increase and electric infrastructure strives to keep up with the needs of the new century, Petra Solar is committed to serving energy providers with innovative approaches to renewable energy generation through distributed solar solutions supporting electric grid reliability and smart grid communications and management.

Founded in 2006, Petra Solar revolutionized the distributed solar and smart grid industry by pioneering Smart Solar technology that combines distributed solar energy generation with smart grid communications and improved grid reliability features to create a utility grade solution that delivers high economic value for solar power.

While building a smart grid communications infrastructure, Petra Solar’s innovative SunWave™ Smart Solar system provides distributed clean energy that ties directly into the electric grid, and does not require an upgrade to either the current transmission or distribution infrastructure,eliminating grid interconnection issues faced by traditional solar systems. One of the key advantages of the Petra Solar solution is its flexible grid integration architecture that enables installation on existing assets that can hold one or more solar modules such as utility and streetlight poles, rooftops, and other available structures.

In addition, the SunWave distributed solar and smart grid technology prevents instabilities caused by intermittent renewable energy sources, which enables utilities to maintain high power quality for electric customers as solar deployment growth accelerates.

Petra Solar’s SunWave systems are the culmination of more than 19 years of research and development, and are being deployed in the largest distributed solar electric project in the world today.