Designed for multi-use application, our custom-engineered Solar PV carports are meticulously designed and constructed to meet the parameters of your site specifications and your power capacity requirements.
Our
Carport Products
Parking spaces have historically been overlooked as plausible energy generation surfaces. We see them as an ingenious solar canvas and in response, designed and manufactured a resilient range of high-quality solar carports.
Our various types of carports can be custom engineered to suit:
- Circulation of the site
- Height limitations
- Direction of the parking
- Geotechnical circumstances of the site which inform our founding method
- Physical cadastral limits of the site
- Structural limits and slab details which influence the decision on the most appropriate founding method
- Services that run below the site and ways of navigating around them
Each of our ranges save projects time and money while delivering a well resolved, well-articulated design methodology.
PremierPort
Our Flagship Carport
From the founding method and constructability to the final look and feel, the PremierPort design is expertly crafted to be a leading class product in any setting. We make this system with graded steel and aluminium, and can either make the entire system from steel or aluminium but in most cases, we produce a hybrid using alu purlins and structural steel girders and struts.
EconoPort
Our Economical Carport
The EconoPort is a highly cost-effective Solar PV carport solution manufactured by Caracal that is often used in industrial and certain commercial facilities. While still well designed, this product is plainly functional and we consistently work with the different finishes or materials to accommodate different corrosive rates.
Herringbone
Our Heavy-Duty Carport
Although almost brutalist by design, the Herringbone is clean and simple to suit more discerning applications. It is ideal for the likes of commercial and residential estates, hotel complexes, industrial and petrochemical plants, where there is a need for a single foundation.
Louvered
Our Nextgen Carport
Our louvered carport line is one of the more interesting designs in our Caracal Solar Carports range.It offers a fixed louver design that combines the benefits of shading and solar energy generation without moving parts and has a fixed height above ground which can be set by the end user.
Ideal use for
Community
Initiatives
Great as part of community solar programmes, allowing customers to participate in renewable energy generation for your company’s adjacent communities.
Healthcare
Institutions
Helpful for hospitals and medical centres to reduce energy costs and offer shaded parking for patients, visitors and staff.
Transport and
logistics hubs
Keep moving with the likes of airports installing solar carports to reduce operational costs and provide shaded parking.
Commercial
Enterprises
From retail and offices in shopping centres and malls to hotels and resorts, our carports provide shaded parking while powering the facilities.
Recreational
Facilities
Hit it out the park with teams of sports clubs generating energy for clubhouse operations while giving members and guests covered parking.
From our all-aluminium cantilever solution to our all-steel products and our all steel 4 post system,
we've got you covered.
Why use our
carports?
Sustainable Energy
Clean, renewable energy generated from the natural power of the sun.
Customisable Designs
Design can be customised to meet specific needs, including different panel orientations, tilt angles, and integration with other renewable technologies.
Vehicle Protection
Cooler vehicles needing less air conditioning with added weather protection.
Efficient Space Usage
Dual functionality parking and energy generation structure for many different locations.
Green Building Certification
Supporting LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification and other green building standards.
Grid Independence
Providing a level of energy security by reducing reliance on the grid, especially during peak demand times or grid outages.
NOTE
We facilitate the greater rollout of solar carports and their components, but we do not hold responsibility for shading distances, the integrity of the pre-existing parkades or services below the surface of the ongoing maintenance of the system (post our construction liability period).
Manufacturing
Notes
Our solar carports balance function and aesthetic, each maximising Solar PV generation while providing shade protection while being ergonomically sound.
We think about carport placement to maximise or repurpose neglected space.
At Caracal, we work to the limitations of the end user and solar module manufacturers and then to our own requirements, channelling our years of solar design experience to strengthen the product form with rigorous material selection and adaptation of new material specifications.
Our focus is on delivering long-lasting form through our manufacturing process – complete with the goal to deliver professional first impression design to make your public space a modern and environmentally aware point of presence.