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Deployment Options
- Web Browser (Cloud - Based)
Good Option For
- Freelancers (1 person company)
- Microbusiness (2-10 people)
- Small Business (11-50 people)
- Medium Business (51-250 people)
- Large Business (250+ people)
Deep dive
Core Features
PVcase Prospect brings land, grid, and regulatory information into a single mapping environment. Its principal capabilities are focused on site screening, preliminary feasibility, and project pipeline management.
Automated Site Selection: Searches land parcels against development criteria, including plot size, location, distance from substations or transmission lines, and other geographic conditions. Users can filter potential sites, examine property boundaries, and access available landowner information to support acquisition and development decisions.
Grid Connection Intelligence: Maps substations, transmission lines, and distribution infrastructure. Advanced capabilities assess potential points of interconnection, injection and offtake capacity, network constraints, and estimated upgrade costs. Available US market datasets also support analysis of locational marginal prices and electricity price basis risk.
Buildable Area and Environmental Analysis: Creates constraint maps using geographic datasets covering terrain, environmental restrictions, setbacks, and other development limitations. The software calculates usable land area and provides permitting information to help identify unsuitable sites before detailed engineering work begins.
Preliminary Solar Layouts: Generates initial solar panel arrangements within suitable parcels and estimates associated system capacity and energy yield. These preliminary calculations help developers compare site potential but do not replace detailed engineering design or specialist energy modelling.
GIS Data Integration and Reporting: Combines built-in geographic layers with imported datasets, including shapefiles and KMZ files. Users can produce site assessments, landowner reports, constraint maps, and GIS exports for internal review, land acquisition discussions, and further technical studies.
Closing Insights
PVcase Prospect originated from Anderson Optimization, the US-based site-selection software company acquired by PVcase in 2023. PVcase Prospect is available in Essentials, Professional, and Premium packages, with pricing provided upon request. However, functionality and data coverage vary by subscription and country. Advanced grid capacity modelling, for example, is currently restricted to US project sites. Prospective users should therefore confirm local data availability and other deployment needs with the company.