Drawings of the plan for laying photovoltaic panels on terraced fields

How can pvcase help you design a solar farm?

PVcase Ground Mount and Roof Mount tools can help you to streamline your design process and improve the speed and accuracy of your solar farm designs. Setting up a solar power plant involves several steps: planning, procurement, installation, and commissioning. Here are the general steps of the process.

How to design a large-scale PV power plant?

Designing a large-scale PV power plant requires infrastructure that can handle such an installation. For instance, the location must be selected carefully to avoid shading from buildings, trees, or other obstructions.

What types of mounting systems can be used for PV power plants?

There are several different types of mounting systems that can be used for PV power plants, such as fixed-tilt support structures, single- or double-axis tracking structures, marine-grade support structures that prevent corrosion, and so forth.

What is a site plan for a solar permit?

The first of many solar permit drawings, a site plan clearly defines the property’s characteristics such as size, orientation, and roof shape.

How to design a PV array?

The PV array design will be dependent on the inverter style and the chosen system layout. Safety requirements, inverter voltage limits, federal regulations, and the maximum and a minimum number of modules per string will need to be calculated.

What types of transformers are suitable for solar power plants?

There are two main types of transformers that are suitable for solar power plants: distribution transformers and grid transformers. Distribution transformers help increase the output voltage for the plant collection system, and if the plant is connected to a distribution network, power can be exported directly to the grid.