SOLV Energy builds utility-scale solar, battery energy storage, and high-voltage infrastructure across the United States - over 20 gigawatts of installed capacity and counting, ranking #2 nationally in both solar and battery EPC. The threat surface here is operational: construction sites sprawling across remote geography, high-voltage systems with zero margin for error, and a proprietary platform called Sunscreen that manages the speed and complexity of renewable builds at scale. When you're deploying 500+ power plants worth of infrastructure, your attack vectors aren't theoretical - they're physical, digital, and intertwined.
For cybersecurity practitioners, the interesting problem is convergence. You're securing OT environments where a misconfigured access control doesn't just mean data loss - it means a substation goes dark or a battery array enters an unsafe state. The construction management platform introduces IT/OT boundary challenges, integrating supply chain data, workforce coordination, and real-time project telemetry. The engineering domains span solar generation, energy storage, and high-voltage transmission - each with distinct control system architectures and regulatory requirements.
SOLV Energy operates entirely within the United States, building critical infrastructure for the clean energy transition. The security posture required for a firm at this scale - #2 in both solar and BESS EPC - demands practitioners who understand that renewable energy infrastructure is now part of the national critical infrastructure conversation, and that protecting it means bridging the gap between traditional cybersecurity and the physical realities of energy systems.
