The expansion of agricultural tourism and its potential effects
Agricultural tourism, often called agritourism, is a subset of the travel industry that allows visitors to participate in farm life and rural practices firsthand. This type of tourism includes a wide range of activities, such as farm stays, pick-your-own produce events, vineyard tours, and educational workshops focused on sustainable farming practices.
According to a study by Straits…
PVcase in the race for the BNEF Pioneers Award
It's with great pride that we announce our nomination for the 2024 BNEF Pioneers Award. PVcase has earned a spot among the top six contenders in the Challenge 1 category, focused on “Relieving Bottlenecks in the Deployment of Clean Power.”
BloombergNEF organized the BNEF Pioneers competition to identify critical challenges in establishing a net-zero economy and highlight innovative…
Siting of PV power plants. How to adapt solar designs to complex terrains?
Selecting the right site for a solar project is challenging, considering the risks it brings if chosen incorrectly. Poor site selection can lead solar developers to a cascade of issues: reduced energy output, increased construction and maintenance costs, potential system failures, and legal and/or environmental complications.
However, if chosen carefully, a viable site location ensures…
Complex MV Designs
PVcase allows to easily create MV Circuits in a linear or loop fashion. When more complex designs are needed with multiple interconnection bays at the POI, MV Junction Boxes or Y branches at certain Transformers, then some workarounds need to be used.
1. Multiple MV bays at Grid Connection Point
One Grid Connection point cannot directly host multiple MV branches. The workaround in this…
Genera 2022: Changes in Spanish Market
Solar in Europe is gaining popularity at exponential speed, especially impacted by both the current political situation and the ongoing concern about climate change. But not all is doom and gloom when it comes to renewable energy - as this year Genera showed, there’s plenty to look forward to in the Spanish market. Spain set a target for itself to reach 39.2GW by 2030, an important goal after…
Case study on ground grading
Terrain following trackers (TFT) versus traditional single-axis trackers (SAT) has become a popular discussion topic in recent years among developers, construction, and asset management teams. As TFT increase their popularity among more prominent developers, the challenges to accurately design and the ability to compare the cost benefits when implementing one type of tracker versus the other…
How can automation help the environment?
Although once thought of as a futuristic impossibility, automation has become the norm for businesses everywhere. Studies show that more than 30% of enterprises use automation in five or more departments, and this amount is expected to increase year over year. One survey revealed that 80% of companies will adopt intelligent automation — automation powered by artificial intelligence — into…
Ground Mount
Reduce project uncertainty and remove design errors with realistic, terrain-based PV layouts. Optimize your design and evaluate potential near-shading challenges. CapEx can make or break a great solar design. Use the high-quality site design to evaluate your project costs confidently early on. Own your electrical design by streamlining string mapping, device placement and cabling.…
Inflation Reduction Act layers
In a significant stride toward a cleaner and more sustainable future, the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) have recently updated two crucial datasets: Coal Closures and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)/non-MSAs.
These datasets now serve as selectable layers within the PVcase Prospect platform, enabling solar developers to easily access and…
What the solar industry will look like in 2023
2023 will bring some big and exciting changes into the already-thriving solar energy landscape. Keeping in mind that in 2022 this industry was one of the fastest-growing segments within the energy space, we are more than thrilled about 2023. So let's see a few key near-future predictions for the solar market.
The solar industry will definitely grow
While 2022's supply chain issues,…