AUSTIN, TEXAS: 5B, a pioneer in prefabricated, rapidly deployable utility-scale solar solutions, today showcased its powerful 5B Maverick™ solution at the CLEANPOWER2021 conference in Utah while flagging the expansion of its US footprint.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: 5B today announced it will acquire IXL Solar’s manufacturing business in Adelaide, Australia, to accelerate its mission to deploy massive scale, ultra-low cost solar power globally. IXL Solar has been a manufacturing partner of 5B for its 5B Maverick solution since 2018. Twenty manufacturing specialists and staff will join 5B as part of the acquisition and will expand 5B’s presence to include IXL Solar’s facility in Adelaide.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: 5B today announced it is establishing a 15,400sqm clean technology campus in Mascot, Sydney as it continues to ramp up its team, research and development facilities and advanced manufacturing capability to meet accelerated global demand for solar energy.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: 5B today introduced the powerful new 5B Maverick™, with a higher capacity 48-50kWDC solar array and plug-and-play wiring designed for faster, easier and safer on-site deployment.

Optimised for the 540-550W module class - the workhorse of the utility-scale solar industry - 5B Maverick is an Australian-designed prefabricated, ground-mount, self ballasted array, enabling rapid deployment for mining, commercial and industrial, and large-scale solar power generation.

"In an interview for Energía Estratégica, Eden Tehan provides details on [Maverick] technology, which he assures “it raises a paradigm shift from in-situ construction project to project of solar plants, towards the rapid deployment of a standardized solution from a chain centralized supply"
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"Solar panels developed by Sydney-based 5B could be deployed in Sun Cable’s planned giant solar farm in the Northern Territory to supply Darwin and Singapore with low cost and zero-emissions electricity."

"An Australian technology firm backed by Malcolm Turnbull and with ties to billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes is betting a massive expansion of renewable energy will spur demand for its novel solar panels and trigger a bonanza of manufacturing jobs."