Solving ground mount solar design challenges. A guide by engineers, for engineers

As we move into 2025, solar professionals are facing one of their toughest years yet. Designing efficient utility-scale projects is a complex task, requiring engineers to navigate through technical, environmental, and logistical constraints, including the scarcity of flat land and strict site requirements.

This has put immense pressure on solar engineers to design smarter and more sustainable solutions, especially for ground-mounted solar projects. While crucial for scaling renewable energy, these projects come with their own challenges, which in turn are made worse by growing political and social resistance. So, how can engineers overcome, or even better — bypass these challenges of ground mount solar design and build better, faster, and more efficient utility-scale projects? 

Continue reading as we overview the key obstacles and provide a solution developed by engineers to engineers — an exclusive e-book, “An engineer’s guide to solving ground mount solar design challenges,” packed with proven strategies from PVcase engineers and tips that’ll help you reduce initial layout by 89% — just as it helped our users.

Engineers face real challenges — here’s a real solution

Who understands these challenges better than the engineers who tackle them daily? PVcase’s team of technical support engineers receives hundreds of daily inquiries from solar engineers struggling with site constraints, data compatibility issues, and electrical layout complexities. Do these sound like your everyday struggles?

That’s why we’ve created “An engineer’s guide to solving ground mount solar design challenges” — a practical e-book written by engineers, for engineers. Download the e-book and dive into a detailed solutions to your most painful challenges. 👇

What you’ll learn

This e-book provides expert insights and actionable solutions to the most common pain points in utility-scale solar design, including:

🎯 Mastering ground mount solar development:

• Why is familiarity with CAD tools like AutoCAD critical for efficient workflows?
• How do you avoid the most common software-related mistakes in project design?

🎯 Overcoming data incompatibility challenges:

• The hidden risks of file format mismatches that disrupt workflows.
• Maintaining unit consistency and preventing costly errors.

🎯 Tackling site constraints & environmental restrictions:

• Navigate hilly terrain, protected zones, and flood-prone areas.
• Strategies to optimize layouts in challenging environments.

🎯 Streamlining electrical design:

• How can errors in stringing and cabling layouts be avoided?
• Best practices for reducing voltage drop and cutting unnecessary costs.

🎯 Taking back your development time:

• Master PVcase’s automated tools, which have demonstrated the ability to save up to 170 hours on detailed layouts for our users.
• Proven strategies to accelerate preliminary layouts by 98%.

This hands-on guide was developed by PVcase engineers, who help solar professionals solve real-world problems every day. With insights gained from thousands of customer interactions, we’ve compiled the most frequent challenges and their solutions so you can streamline your workflow, reduce errors, and create smarter, more efficient solar projects.

Download PVcase’s free e-book today and start getting back your development time by designing more efficient, error-free, and cost-effective ground-mounted solar projects.