Design large-scale solar PV is more complex than mere copy-and-paste, but if you look carefully, there is a rhythm. PV plant designs are highly iterative, with critical design decisions required early in the design life cycle. Late equipment and design changes are often impossible, and large designs can take up to 6 months of engineering design effort.
AUTOPV™ is a cloud-based design solution that allows users to conceptualise and configure their projects and, with the assistance of our engineers, produce accurate, constructable designs – including late equipment changes – in days, not months.
AUTO SITE LAYOUTS
With AUTOPV™’s advanced algorithms, detailed designs of large, complex Solar PV installations can be automated quickly. Automating complex engineering calculations allows users to generate highly accurate, detailed designs with minimal effort.
CONSTRUCTABLE DESIGNS:
- Select site architecture.
- Key equipment selection.
- Determine modules per string.
- Select trackers.
- Optimise string grouping.
- Optimise junction box placement.
- Draw optimal cable routes.
- Determine cable lengths & losses.
AUTO DESIGN ITERATIONS
Developed by Energy Engineers,AUTOPV™ facilitates rapid design iterations through numerous design, equipment, and architecture options.
DESIGN ITERATION OPTIONS:
- Central Inverter, String Inverter or String Inverter with AC Combiners.
- Any equipment selection from AUTOPV™’s existing catalogue, which includes modules, trackers, string inverters, DC & AC combiner boxes, cables, central inverters, and transformation stations.
- Basic site parameters include pitch, DC output, and block DC capacity.
AUTO REPORTING
Whether you are developer evaluating alternative projects, an engineering consultant developing a preliminary or detailed design for a client or a contractor wanting to establish accurate quantities as early as possible, AUTOPV™ provides comprehensive design documentation at unprecedented speed. Consistently delivering results larger than the sum of its solar parts, AUTOPV™ also provides estimated yield calculations for a designed site, which will be available in the 3D View and a Design Summary Report.
INCLUDES:
- Up to 85% accurate BoQ
- AC & DC Cablle schedules
- Junction Box Schedule
- Design Summary
- Ability to download reports individually from the in-app displays.
- 3D View of the design facility
AUTOPV™ product features
GENERATE:
- Comprehensive LVAC and DC Bill of Quantities, including Inverters, all LVAC and DC cabling, modules, trackers and pile structure.
- AUTOCAD DXF drawing indicating all components referenced in the Bill og Quantity.
- 3x seperate configurations.
CONFIGURABLE COMPONENTS:
- Central Inverter, String Inverters or String Inverter with AC Combiners.
- Any equipment selection from AUTOPV™’s existing catalogue includes modules, trackers, string inverters and transformation stations.
- Basic site parameters include pitch, DC output, and block DC capacity.
AUTOPV™ packages
SCOPE:
- Basic design configuration
- Basic string group sorting
- Design summary report
- 85% accurate BoQ
- AutoCAD General Arrangement drawing
- Estimated Yield
- 3 x design iterations
DESIGN:
Everything in Scope, plus:
- Advanced design configuration
- AC Cable Schedule
- DC Cable Schedule
- Junction Box Schedule
- Trench Segment schedule
- GIS compatible CSV
- Advanced string group sorting and junction box placement