Slovakia-based solar energy provider Solargis has released the next generation of its Evaluate software. Evaluate 2.0 provides high-resolution solar and meteorological data, a 3D PV power plant designer, a PV component catalog and energy yield simulations.
Solargis has launched a new cloud-based solution for the design and evaluation of PV projects.
Evaluate 2.0 is the next generation of the PV data company’s Evaluate solution. It says the new solution – designed to serve developers, technology providers, investors and technical advisors – is the most advanced and comprehensive project design and evaluation platform to date in the solar energy market.
The platform includes high-resolution solar and meteorological data, a 3D PV power plant designer, a PV component catalog, reliable energy yield simulations and analytical reporting. It also uses 15-minute Time Series data over 30 years, and can simulate 1,051,200 (30 x 8,760 x 4) data values per parameter, which Solargis says is 120 times the granularity of the current standard.
The company added that this information includes all factors relevant to the simulation and analysis of PV energy yield, including air temperature, wind, pollution, snow loss and albedo data. This allows all short- and long-term variability effects to be taken into account, including extreme weather events.
Evaluate 2.0’s advanced ray tracing technology and anisotropic sky model provide a more realistic representation of reflected radiation compared to traditional methods based on the isotropic sky model, Solargis said. It also delivers more reliable PV performance simulations, ensuring bifacial systems meet performance expectations and financial targets.
In addition, the software introduces a PV component catalogue. The catalog – visualized as a web platform of modules, inverters and other PV components – addresses long-standing issues with inconsistent and unverified component specifications, Solargis said.
Marcel Suri, CEO of Solargis, said the launch of Evaluate 2.0 marks the beginning of a new era in which solar professionals can work with data and software at an unprecedented level of confidence and detail.
“Relying on traditional, industry-standard methodologies is holding the industry back,” Suri added. “There is a growing disconnect between the high-quality solar data now available and the capabilities of current software to process it. While simple empirical models and low-resolution data were sufficient in the past, new technologies such as bifacial modules, intelligent trackers and battery storage require more sophisticated tools to ensure reliable results.”
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