Elevating solar yields: Where precision meets innovation in yield calculation
A paradigm shift in the solar industry's yield calculation standards. Our cutting-edge, state-of-the-art software raises the bar, delivering accuracy (99.9%) beyond comparison. Redefine success with SolarFarmer's validated methodology, setting a new standard for precision and innovation in solar yield calculation.
- Trusted methodology: Built on a reliable and trusted continual validation of 2.4GW years of operational data
- Advanced modelling: Irregular terrain and 3D shade modelling along with bifacial, fill sub-module electrical mismatch, sub-hourly and multi-year simulations of any time resolution and length
- Benefit from the latest tracker technologies: Facilitating supplier collaboration with direct import of tracker performance time histories
Streamline, automate, succeed: SolarFarmer leads the way
Empower users to create their own robust workflows and automate processes, saving valuable time and resources. With the ability to perform complex calculations and trace the results.
- Boost efficiency: Automate data import and export to reduce manual effort and avoid transcription errors
- Design-in traceability: Create your own scripted workflows, catering to the unique need of your projects and stakeholder communications
- Simplify decision-making: Easily evaluate the impact of different layouts and component suppliers on yield by exploring hundreds of design choices quickly
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Get started quickly: SolarFarmer is an advanced software tool that makes PV design and modelling simple and intuitive. Even if you're new to it, you can easily learn and master the skills through step-by-step workflows, detailed documentation, and the opportunity to share knowledge and collaborate with industry experts.
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SolarFarmer is a reliable and comprehensive desktop software application for solar photovoltaic plants project yield assessment, utilizing DNV's methodology and drawing on extensive operational data to address the challenges of the rapidly expanding solar industry.
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- Site selection analysis including mapping, terrains, solar resources and environmental restrictions
- Create horizon lines from terrain data, or import your own
- Import and/or draw site boundaries and exclusion regions with options to rectify directly on to site imagery and maps, and to handle slope exclusions automatically
- Build huge sites quickly with inverter block replication
- Advanced modelling algorithms: Regular and irregular terrains, 2-D and high–efficiency 3-D shade modelling
- Model any module technology: Silicon, thin film and HIT; mono- and bifacial
- Sub-hourly and multi-year climate time series input: Freedom to calculate any irradiance time stamp, either horizontal or plane-of-array data.
- Full electrical mismatch calculation for any size site
- Design from conceptual model to finance quality yield assessment
- Multi-scenario-design iteration: Explore 100+ of design choices with automation
- Built-in industry standard tracking & backtracking algorithms, and tracker time history import for novel & proprietary algorithms.
- Create your own workflows and batch calculations with the in-app script editor
- Run your yield calculations in the cloud to leverage larger computing capabilities and speed up the design process
- Integrate 2D and 3D yield calculation API into your own workflows* ( contact us for further information on API)
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Is there an academic licence?
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Yes, we offer discounted licences for researchers.
Is SolarFarmer compatible with other third-party software?
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SolarFarmer is compatible with many file formats and its scripting capability provides a convenient way to interface with other formats, including your own in-house formats.
- Download of SRTM terrain data and background images from multiple providers
- We support many solar resources, please see the documentation
- Many standard formats for GIS data via vector, raster and contour data imports
- COLLADA 3D objects
- Tracker position time histories
What are the hardware requirements to run SolarFarmer desktop software?
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Recommended system requirements:
Operating system: Windows 10
Processor: 3GHz processor or above
RAM: 16GB or more
Graphics card: Graphics acceleration is only used for data cleaning
Resolution: 1920 x 1200 at 100% DPI, SolarFarmer is designed to utilize wide screen monitors
Mouse: Mouse with scroll wheel
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How much support is included with the SolarFarmer licence?
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Unlimited email support at renewables.support@dnv.com. Straightforward software installation and usage queries are generally answered the next day within European working hours. More complex and domain-related questions often take a little longer, for example where we need to draw on domain experience from the hundreds of experts and professionals across DNV.Are the licences transferable between team members?
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Our support team can transfer a licence between team members up to four times per year.Contact us:
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Contact usWhy SolarFarmer from DNV?
DNV is constantly innovating to meet its customers' changing needs. We transform ideas into services and solutions co-created with our customers.
We are committed to providing the solar industry with the most accurate prediction of future project energy output. SolarFarmer draws on DNV's expertise and continuous validation methodology to improve analysis transparency, project assurance, and project bankability.
DNV Solarfarmer is not just software; it is a commitment to a renewable energy future. Software leverages cutting edge technology, including solar resource yield assessment, analysis and cloud-based accessibility to shape the future of solar energy, making it more accessible, efficient and sustainable than ever before.
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