South Carolina has quietly become one of the fastest-growing utility-scale solar markets in the Southeast. The sites built across the Pee Dee, Midlands, and Upstate over the last several years share the same clay soils, rainfall, and aggressive vegetation growth as the neighboring NC Piedmont — and are entering the maintenance phase that decides how well they perform. Here's what SC solar farms need.

Virginia has quietly become one of the largest solar markets on the East Coast, and the utility-scale sites built across the state over the last several years are now entering the phase where maintenance discipline decides how they perform. Here's what VA solar farms need — from a licensed crew based right across the border.