Pedal Steel Solar is a solar development company headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Partnership
We believe forging strong bonds with customers, communities, landowners and counterparties is vital to the success of our projects and business. We value transparency and trust in our team. We strive for connection and collaboration with all stakeholders and are intent on working with partners that share our values. Building strong and lasting relationships helps advance the mutual success of all parties involved.
Stewardship
Caring for the land and environment is a core principle in everything we do. Our development philosophy is to consistently implement innovative, site-specific solutions that harness, augment and protect the resources and natural beauty of the region. Being a good steward requires flexible and adaptable land management plans that focus on improving soil health while harvesting the sun’s natural energy. With our projects, we seek to cultivate the mutual benefits of solar energy and agriculture through co-locating pollinator habitat to support pollinators, integrating animal grazing to keep farmland in production and boosting biodiversity by planting native grass species.
Entrepreneurial Spirit
Empathetic Ecosystem
Our goal is to put empathy at the center of the decision-making process. Our work serves an ecosystem that encompasses our team, clients, communities, the land that hosts us and the myriad other organizations that are affected by our decisions and actions. We treat all our stakeholders with respect and compassion, leverage connection to multiply our impact, and are led by care in all we do.
Our Team
John Bridge, Founder and CEO
Elisabeth Bates, Manager of Business Development
Elisabeth leads business development at Pedal Steel Solar. She previously led distributed generation development, finance and policy efforts at an Arkansas-based ESCO. Elisabeth holds a B.S. in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles. Being born and raised in Arkansas, Elisabeth moved back to her home state to assist in the furtherance of the energy economy in the Heartland. At Pedal Steel Solar, Elisabeth focuses on partnership development and special projects.