Solar-ready commercial carports
A solar carport is a covered parking structure that also holds solar panels. Superior Steelworx builds the steel structure: engineered to carry the panel load, fabricated in our Porter, Texas shop, and installed on your schedule. Your solar contractor supplies the panels and the electrical.
Best for
- Property owners adding shade and solar in one project
- Solar contractors and EPCs who need a steel structure partner
- Schools, hospitals, offices and municipal lots
- Sites planning EV charging under cover
What to expect
- Structure engineered for the added panel weight
- Layouts coordinated with your panel size, tilt and array plan
- Room for EV charger locations planned into the column layout
- Steel finished galvanized, painted or powder-coated
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Questions about solar-ready carports
What do you supply on a solar carport?
We design, fabricate and install the steel structure. The solar contractor supplies and installs panels, inverters and electrical.
What should a solar contractor send us?
The panel datasheet, array layout and tilt, the parking plan with stall lines, the site location, any EV charger locations, and the engineer of record's load requirements if they exist.
Can an existing carport be made solar-ready?
Sometimes. It depends on the existing frame and foundations. Send drawings or photos and we will tell you what it takes.
Send us your plans. We'll send you a bid.
Upload drawings or tell us the location and number of stalls. Our estimating team reviews it and replies.
Get a Bid Call 281-577-4066