PVFARM has announced the launch of the commercial version of its platform for utility-scale solar + energy storage project optimisation, Re Pilot. 

Together with PVFARM and Re Stack, Re Pilot forms an expanding suite of tools for utility-scale renewable energy design that enable teams to explore a wide range of project configurations before progressing into detailed engineering.

The key platform enables developers, EPCs and storage specialists to evaluate thousands of utility-scale solar and co-located solar-plus-storage configurations in a single workflow. 

The platform tests layout, storage sizing, and placement against energy production, project economics, and grid constraints simultaneously.

The key features of the platform include:

*Single-workflow decision-making for solar and storage

*Utility-scale solar and colocated solar + storage design

*Layout and storage sizing optimization

*Energy production and economics modeling

*Grid constraint and point-of-interconnection analysis

PVFARM said input from more than 150 hours of interviews with specialists at over 60 organisations directly shaped the capabilities of its Re Pilot platform. Together with RE Stack, beta testing involving more than 80 companies highlighted the critical design considerations that project teams face, the company said in a statement.

Launched by a team of builders, PhDs, engineers, and software experts, PVFARM is building the decision intelligence layer for utility-scale solar. 

This extensive engagement ensured Re Pilot can solve real-world project challenges while reflecting the latest technology and market dynamics, it added.

Cam Connolly, Design Manager, McCarthy Building Companies, said: "Early in a solar or solar + storage project, teams need to identify the best direction for several key parameters such as system configuration, equipment selection, and site conditions."

"Using Re Pilot, we are able to rapidly evaluate this wide range of alternatives and identify promising concepts aligned with the client's priorities that can be carried into PVFARM for deeper, multidisciplinary engineering and validation. Throughout our partnership, PVFARM has shown a commitment to working hand-in-hand with us to solve complex design challenges through advanced solutions that balance performance, cost, schedule, constructability, and long-term project value," stated Conolly. 

"Teams need to evaluate energy, economics, and reliability together. Decisions around battery sizing, facility location, and grid constraints are deeply connected, yet they're often evaluated separately in different tools and spreadsheets," said Maksim Markevich, Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer of PVFARM.

"With Re Pilot, we're giving developers and EPCs one workflow to answer the questions that used to take weeks: what's the optimal solar and storage configuration, what's the best layout, and what's the right storage size," he added.

As solar-plus-storage colocation becomes standard practice across utility-scale development, project teams face a widening set of interconnected decisions including battery sizing, facility placement, grid constraints, and economics, stated Markevich.

These traditionally required separate tools and manual back-and-forth, but Re Pilot closes that gap, giving developers and EPCs a single place to pressure-test thousands of configurations before committing to detailed engineering, he added.-TradeArabia News Service