Solar farm geolocation

A Brazilian company that builds solar farms throughout the country improved and automated the process of identifying the best available land parcels for farm construction. An optimum land parcel is flat, with little or no wetlands, showing minimum incline, and accessible to local infrastructure.

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Challenge

Disparate data sources and multiple variables

A lot of time is spent navigating the complex data and systems involved in determining how qualified a land parcel is for a solar farm. Varied factors like solar irradiance, relief, economic aspects, local policy and flooding risk need to be considered.

Solution

Locating the most feasible land parcels

RapidCanvas worked with solar farm developers to develop a viable solution.

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Determine key data points and sources for parcel identification.

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Create an algorithm to create ranked parcels list and an opportunity matrix for promising parcels

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Update the qualification criteria used to generate qualified land parcels

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Create a pipeline of qualified land parcel leads that can be quickly evaluated

Results

Improved opportunity identification

Through this process, the best available parcels for solar farm construction are located and a rank-ordered list of these parcels are generated.

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