Drilling

Solar panels require a strong, durable foundation; contractors have often used piles for solar panel foundations. However, when the soil is extremely rocky, dense and full of caliche, driving piles into the ground becomes a significant challenge.

Instead of driving piles to build the solar panel racking foundation, Meyer explains that Choudhary King has developed a completely different technique using ground screws instead. The ground screws' spiral thread system and pinpoint tip are used to cut through the most challenging soil conditions, allowing the ground screws to be installed more than twice as fast compared to the driven pile method. Not only that, ground screws are able to maintain the required tolerances.