Silicon Ranch to power Denso factories with four Tennessee arrays

• Silicon Ranch will build four PV plants to supply Denso’s Tennessee manufacturing sites, locking long-term price visibility for a major automotive supplier.

Corporate clean power keeps spreading through U.S. manufacturing. Silicon Ranch will deliver four dedicated solar projects to serve Denso’s Tennessee facilities, a multi-site deal that gives the auto supplier line-of-sight on energy costs while shrinking Scope 2 emissions. The partners have already switched on the first plant near Maryville; the second is slated for December 2025, with the third expected in Q2 2026.

Multi-site portfolios like this are catnip for developers: one creditworthy buyer, standardized designs, repeatable construction, and consolidated O&M. For grid operators, plants sited near substations reduce losses and ease congestion. For factories, the match between daytime loads—HVAC, process equipment, refrigeration—and PV output is almost tailor-made. Unsurprisingly, more industrials are negotiating similar deals, often adding behind-the-meter batteries to shave peaks and keep lines running during grid disturbances.

As supply chains for modules and inverters stabilize, the gating items are transformers and protection gear, which must be reserved early. With those lined up, Denso’s Tennessee footprint becomes a case study in how C&I buyers can stitch together regional clean power while maintaining operational reliability.