Who We Are
Solar Pile International (SPI) is a partnership between Blade Pile Group (BPG) & BCI Engineering. BPG has accumulated years of piling technology and expertise since starting in early 2007. This coupled with BCI ’s extensive experience and proficiency in high scale procurement, makes SPI a formidable participant in the field of piling. SPI is now positioned to provide new piling technology systems, that on average reduces steel tonnage requirement for piles by 50%, with a corresponding reduction in CO2 emissions in the steel production.
Cutting edge technology for a sustainable future
Our History
Solar Pile International (SPI) is a partnership between the Blade Pile Group (BPG) and BCI Engineering. BPG has accumulated years of piling technology and expertise since its inception in early 2007. Alongside BCI’s extensive experience and proficiency in high scale procurement, the partnership has resulted in a formidable participant in the field of solar farm piling. SPI now supplies solar farm’s throughout Australia and the United States with well over 1000 MW worth of projects supplied between 2018 and 2023.
Brantingham & Carroll International (BCI) was founded in 2005 as an international contract manufacturer and supply chain management company. With factories in China, Korea, USA, Australia and Mexico, and offices worldwide, BCI has the infrastructure and capability to support any manufacturing endeavour. In 2013, BCI entered the solar industry when it began producing tracker systems for global, utility-scale solar farms. In 2016, BCI became the world’s largest manufacturer by volume of solar tracking systems. BCI’s capacity allows for consistent, daily shipments of 40 x forty-foot container loads.
BPG was founded in 2007 on the Gold Coast, Australia. Positioned as a competitive, innovative residential piling company, BPG quickly grew to become Australia’s key steel piling manufacturer, supplier, installer and design engineers, with locations around Australia and New Zealand. BPG was awarded the contract to manufacture and supply over 32,000 of it’s custom designed Solar Blade Piles for the construction of the 70 MW Moree Solar Farm in New South Wales, Australia. The project was a significant milestone for the company and following it’s completion, BPG set its sights on becoming the go-to provider for innovative, specialised solar farm piling products.
Blade Pile Group was awarded the contract to supply 32,500 Solar Blade Piles for the construction of the Moree Solar Farm in New South Wales, Australia.
A partnership was made between Blade Pile Group & BCI Engineering to form Solar Pile International (SPI).
SPI was awarded it’s first solar farm contract to supply 65,000 H-Beam piles for the construction of the Finley Solar Farm in NSW, Australia.
SPI was awarded the contract to supply 117,500 H-Beam piles for the construction of the Darlington Point Solar Farm in NSW, Australia.
SPI was awarded the contract to supply 24,108 Solar Wing piles for the construction of the Lotus Solar Farm in California, USA.
100 truckloads of piles, totalling 52,278 H-Beams were delivered to the project site across a 7-week schedule.
13,572 PV Modules / 6.4 MWdc
28 MW, 8,300 H Beams
36 MW, 10,800 H Beams
117 MW, 35,000 H Beams
4 MW, 1,200 H Beams
5 MW, 1,500 H Beams
33 MW, 10,000 H Beams
330 MW, 100,000 H Beams
In process to May 2024, 6,500 Solar X Blade Piles
Tracking the Future
With our combined resources and expertise, SPI is now positioned to take on new contracts anywhere in the World with a variety of tailored piling products and systems for any site condition or Solar Farm project need, at extremely competitive prices.
SPI is the one-stop-shop for site & project specific determinations, engineered & certified pile designs, on site verification testing, manufacture, supply, delivery and supporting QA Documentation.
The SPI supply chain is unrivalled in the design, manufacture, and supply of piles or standard beams. SPI can procure over 450 x 40’ foot shipping containers per week, which equates to an average of 7.8 million piles per annum, that can support approximately 26,000 Mega Watts of newly built Solar Farms every year.
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