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2011
Founded
200+
Employees
150+
Facilities
15
States
5+ GW
Solar Contracted, Under Construction, or Operating
100%
Track Record of Successful Project Execution
HQ
Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee
*As of February 1, 2023
About Silicon Ranch
Founded in 2011, Silicon Ranch is a fully integrated provider of customized renewable energy, carbon, and battery storage solutions for a diverse set of partners across North America. The company is one of the largest independent power producers in the country, with a portfolio that includes more than five gigawatts of solar and battery storage systems that are contracted, under construction, or operating across the U.S. and Canada. Silicon Ranch owns and operates every project in its portfolio and has maintained an unblemished track record of project execution, having successfully commissioned every project it has contracted in its history. In recognition of its holistic approach to land management, which the company has trademarked Regenerative Energy®, Silicon Ranch was named 2020’s “Most Forward-Thinking” company by Solar Power World. In 2021, Silicon Ranch acquired Clearloop, a carbon solutions platform helping businesses of all sizes reclaim their carbon footprint by supporting the development of new solar projects and expanding access to renewable energy.
Co-Founders
Philip Bredesen
Founding Chairman
Philip Bredesen served as Tennessee’s Governor from 2003 until 2011 and Mayor of Nashville from 1991 until 1999. He is known for his bipartisan approach to problem-solving and his careful fiscal management. Among those who have served in senior elected positions, Governor Bredesen has a unique depth of healthcare experience in both the private and public sectors.
Prior to entering public service, Bredesen worked in the healthcare industry. Between research trips to the public library, he drafted a business plan at his kitchen table that led to the creation of HealthAmerica Corp. in 1980, a Nashville-based healthcare management company. The company eventually grew to more than 6,000 employees and was traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The company was sold in 1986. Additionally, Gov. Bredesen is considered a serial entrepreneur, having helped start and mentor several successful companies, many of which subsequently became publicly traded on various stock exchanges.
Matt Kisber
Chairman of the Board
Matt is a co-founder of Silicon Ranch and served as CEO of the company until becoming Chairman in July 2019. As Chairman, Matt works closely with the company’s executive leadership to set and implement its ambitious growth strategy. Under his leadership, Silicon Ranch has grown from an idea to become one of the top solar companies in America, with a reputation as a pioneering, innovative, and principled industry leader. Matt brings a unique background to Silicon Ranch having been a business owner and having served eight years as Tennessee Commissioner of Economic Development. He has also worked with industry leaders from across the U.S. and around the globe to bring investments and jobs to Tennessee. A graduate of Vanderbilt University, Matt served 10 terms in the Tennessee House of Representatives.
Reagan Farr
President & Chief Executive Officer
As Co-Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Silicon Ranch, Reagan is responsible for ongoing operations and execution of the company’s strategic growth plan. Under his leadership, Silicon Ranch has grown from an idea to become one of the largest independent power producers in the United States, while successfully commissioning every project the company has contracted since it began operations in 2011. From developing the initial ambitious plan for Silicon Ranch to growing a company that has earned a global reputation as one of the premier solar energy providers in the industry, Reagan has been instrumental to the company’s growth. Reagan also serves on Silicon Ranch’s Board of Directors.
Reagan grew up in Baton Rouge, LA. He graduated from Louisiana State University in 1993 and from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in 1998 with a law degree. He worked for both KPMG and Ernst & Young in the area of state and local taxes from 1998 until 2003, when he joined the Bredesen administration as Deputy Commissioner of Revenue. He became Commissioner of Revenue in 2006, and when Bredesen left office in 2011 joined with him and Matt Kisber in forming Silicon Ranch.
Select Media Coverage
- Solar Power World: Transforming solar sites from liabilities to assets
- Nashville Business Journal: Silicon Ranch's ambition after $775M raise: Become the HCA Healthcare of the solar industry
- Suncast Podcast: Reagan Farr & The Silicon Ranch Story: How To Start And Scale A Major Solar Development Business (A 2-Part Episode)
- The Wall Street Journal: Solar Power Booms in Georgia, Where It Isn’t Mandated
- Nashville Business Journal: Billion Dollar Ranch Hands, How Silicon Ranch became a homegrown powerhouse
- USA Today: Solar company merges energy production with sheep grazing to restore soil, biodiversity
- NPR: How the Push for Renewable Energy is Changing Southwest Georgia
- Solar Power World: U.S. solar industry prepares for solar panel supply issue
- Wall Street Journal: The U.S.’s Struggle to Wean Itself From Chinese Solar Power
- Canary Media: Silicon Ranch raises $600M for its holistic take on solar development
- Nashville Business Journal: Silicon Ranch didn't want lack of money to be an excuse. So it's raised $1.6B in two years.
Awards
Most Forward Thinking Company
Solar Power World
2020
Top Solar Contractors
Solar Power World
2022, 2021, 2020, 2019
Middle Market Fast 50 List
Nashville Business Journal
Green Power Leadership Award in Green Power Market Development
Center for Resource Solutions (CRS)
2018
Energy/Industrial Best Project
ENR Southeast
2017
Renewable Energy Project that Best Demonstrates Financial Innovation
Novogradac
2016
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