The company plans to commission the project next year, and Meta announced that it would acquire “the majority” of the electricity generated for use at a data centre in the Arizona city of Mesa, with the remainder being made available to SRP customers in the region.

The company plans to commission the project next year, and Meta announced that it would acquire “the majority” of the electricity generated for use at a data centre in the city of Mesa, with the remainder being made available to SRP customers in the region.

Meta reached net zero emissions across its operations in 2020, and meets the entirety of its energy demand with renewable power, but has continued investing in clean energy projects as its business grows. The company expects to have invested in 9.8GW of wind and solar capacity in the US alone by 2025.

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The value battery energy storage system (BESS) technology can provide will be measured by the flexibility it adds to an energy network, combating associated volatility and grid fluctuations.

That means making thousands of measurements per second in real time and matching them to forecasts of everything from weather data impacts on renewable generation to expected demand for energy, before using that information to make intelligent trading choices for the energy stored in the batteries.

enspired is a leading service provider for the commercial optimisation of power assets, implementing the most technologically advanced, data-driven and fully automated trading strategies to maximise profitability and minimise emissions.

With the primary focus on battery storage, enspired specialises in revenue diversification across relevant markets, taking into account warranty terms such as safety aspects and asset degradation as well as commercial restrictions.

The company’s in-house AI trading platform is the fastest on the European short-term power market, enabling customers to monetise the full potential of their flexibility with minimum time-to-market.

Energy and software expert Jürgen Pfalzer is chief growth officer (CGO) at enspired.

Energy-Storage.news: At which stage of a project can an optimiser step in?

Jürgen Pfalzer, enspired: Ideally, a battery optimiser gets involved as early as possible – that means as soon as project planning starts and before investments, land acquisition and building permits are settled.

Early involvement and consultation with all stakeholders puts you in the best position to evaluate the business case and revenue potential. It allows you to advise the customer on complex matters like warranty conditions, asset sizing, financing and optimisation.

How does the optimiser’s commercial optimisation model work?

Trading strategies are designed to leverage the revenue streams that exist in the markets. Concretely, you access ancillary services, wholesales and balancing mechanisms (plus additional ones if available) to identify favorable market conditions for revenue stacking.

Deciding on a daily basis where to allocate battery capacity, all the while staying within commercial and technical limitations to prevent asset damage, yields optimal results for the customer.

What can a partnership between optimiser and asset owner look like?

“Adding a human element to an otherwise algorithmic equation makes all the difference.” Image: enspired.

Transparency and knowledge sharing are key. An optimiser should maintain an intensive exchange with clients to ensure a thorough understanding of all asset specifications, so that marketing strategies can be implemented in full accordance with customer needs.

A partnership that emphasises joint development and innovation nurtures a successful response system, meaning you can react quicker and better to changes in the market and revenue streams.

Adding this human element to an otherwise algorithmic equation makes all the difference when it comes to customer relations.

What is the optimiser’s approach to the warranty terms and technical restrictions of a battery storage system, including lifecycle, throughput and state of health?

It is of the essence to optimise within the warranty terms and technical asset restrictions defined by the manufacturer. Any additional customer-specific requirements, especially concerning the degradation curve, should also be taken into account.

This brings us right back to the importance of collaborative conduct in a partnership. In the interest of transparency, optimisers must educate clients on the commercial impact of additional technical limitations.

How does the optimiser verify the economic viability of potential revenue streams for an asset?

There are two components to consider here. First of all, it is crucial to note that nothing and no one can predict the future with 100% accuracy. But: if a vast array of long-term data is extensively backtested, trading strategies become highly reliable in their anticipation of market conditions.

Historical data tells us how certain assets behave in certain market environments and situations. Optimisers can ensure a comprehensive data pool, by using a combination of long-term forecasts from third-party providers and their own backtests. From this, trading models can draw accurate conclusions about the market and react accordingly.

The second consideration is the asset’s exposure to the market. In mature markets, we observe a preference for fully merchant batteries because customers profit more if they carry the complete market risk.

In younger markets, on the other hand, customers often inquire about a floor price or tolling agreement to secure revenues in an insurance-like manner. However, this impacts pricing and results in a lower revenue split for clients, which is why most of them opt to go fully merchant and keep a higher share instead.

Does the optimiser have access to all revenue streams needed to build a viable business case, and can they ensure BESS availability?

Jürgen Pfalzer, Chief Growth Officer at enspired, comes from an educational background in management and entrepreneurship, with 25 years of experience in the energy and software industries. Image: enspired.

Creating access to all relevant markets for the identification of lucrative revenue streams is in the very job description of an optimiser and route-to-market provider.

Historically speaking, ancillary services were the main source of revenue for batteries, but now that we can tap into the wholesale market, balancing mechanism and other revenue streams, we can implement superior diversification strategies. Asset availability as such is the responsibility of the asset owner and operator.

What is the optimiser’s geographical market reach, and what are some of the key differences in these markets?

Being able to branch out across different countries solidifies an optimiser’s market expertise. Current markets of interest in Europe include the UK, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Austria.

It is also important to proactively scout emerging new battery markets. Going forward, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Italy and Poland look very promising.

Of course, none of these countries are one and the same when it comes to BESS marketing. Different markets have different revenue streams you can stack, typically between ancillary services, wholesales and balancing mechanisms. For the customer, it’s an added value if the optimiser can seamlessly apply existing technology to new revenue streams with country-specific parameters.

How does the optimiser benchmark returns and asset performance against those of competitors?

Due to the increasing demand for algorithmic trading services, more and more providers are surfacing on the market landscape, and it is crucial to compare them. We at enspired have a proven track record of outperforming the traditional revenue stacking approach by 30-60%, and this is the standard we aim for.

A networking event held by enspired near the company’s HQ in Vienna, Austria earlier this year. Image: enspired.

How does the optimiser ensure asset independence in trading strategies?

Employing algorithms and operating fully digitally without human interaction guarantees that every asset is individually optimised against the market.

Trading strategies for different assets must be mutually unaware to eliminate the possibility of preferential treatment of a specific client. Moreover, asset marketing depends heavily on the technical restrictions agreed upon with the customer. These variables affect how the trading strategies behave and react in the markets.

How important is the technological setup of an optimiser?

Very important. It makes a huge difference whether optimisers use third-party software or their own platform. Having this whole infrastructure in-house allows you to offer a fully integrated service and continually optimise it, which benefits the reactivity to new revenue streams, the deployment of new features and the adaptation to new countries and market designs (e.g. different types of intraday auctions).

Since these things can take third-party software developers six to 12 months or even longer to implement, working with an independent service provider with an in-house platform is in your best financial interest.

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Both companies’ energy storage system design consists of an underground shaft, in which a heavy weight is lifted to the top of the shaft using electricity as the system ‘charges’. When discharging, the weight is lowered, driving generators.

Gravitricity to leverage ABB’s hoisting experience

Gravitricity has signed an agreement with ABB to explore how the global engineering and electronics company’s experience and knowhow with hoisting equipment could be applied to gravity storage.

Headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland, Gravitricity has to date built one functioning commercial-scale demonstrator, a 250kW project near its offices which uses two 25-tonne weights and went into operation in 2021.

The company claims its technology GraviStore is suitable for both short-duration, high power energy storage applications and long-duration, high energy applications. By using existing or new mine shafts dug into the ground, the amount of land needed at surface area is limited and Gravitricity claims GraviStore has an expected 50-year operational lifetime with no degradation or limits to cycle life.

ABB has deployed mine hoists at more than 1,000 sites globally and the company will make R&D, design and engineering teams available to collaborate with the startup on design, engineering and operations of mine hoists and the associated mechanical, electrical and control technologies required for hoisting.

The pair will work on feasibility studies for applying existing hoisting technologies to gravity storage, with Gravitricity’s own experts contributing knowledge of grid compliance and control systems. ABB meanwhile will also work to identify suitable sites for GraviStore facilities.

Gravitricity has to date been in discussions for potential projects in Czechia, the US and Germany, while the UK government granted the company some funding to investigate sites for a possible demonstration project in India. The company expects a typical project site to be around 20MWh storage capacity.

How Gravitricity’s technology works, and its claimed advantages. Image: Gravitricity.

Eight sites in New South Wales to be scoped out for Green Gravity

Green Gravity meanwhile has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with mining company Wollongong Resources to study the application of gravity-based energy storage at eight potential sites in Australia.

The facilities could host up to 100MWh of storage in the Illawarra, a coastal region of the greater Sydney metropolitan area of New South Wales (NSW).

The Illawarra is earmarked for one of the state’s Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) developments, a multi-gigawatt, multi-technology clean energy hub.

In 2022, the NSW government received a “tremendous” level of interest from prospective developers of solar PV, wind, battery storage, pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) and green hydrogen at the Illawarra REZ. Green Gravity said its gravity storage projects could support the REZ’s development.

Green Gravity and Wollongong Resources will work together to size and design gravity storage systems for eight decommissioned and inactive mine shafts in the region. The partners will also assess how repurposing as energy storage could be a path forward for coal mining operations as they are decommissioned.

Green Gravity has a similar agreement in place elsewhere in NSW, with another coal mining company, Yancoal, while the startup recently began working in Romania to investigate how storage systems could be placed in mine shafts at the country’s Valea Jiului mining region.

Green Gravity formed a technology partnership last year with engineering services company GHD, aimed at developing new applications for the Green Gravity technology and accelerate its commercialisation.

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Recycling will likely be a huge part of that and so the prospects of that industry – within which Li-Cycle is arguably the most visible representation in the US – should be on the radar of anyone with a long-term view of the BESS market.

Li-Cycle pauses construction, reduces workforce

Li-Cycle was listed on the NYSE in August 2021 via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) transaction, raising US$615 million and valuing it at US$1.67 billion, which was quickly followed by US$100 million and US$200 million convertible note investments from Koch Industries and Glencore, respectively. Then in February this year, it got a US$375 million loan commitment from the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office.

The firm has been building ‘spoke’ facilities across the US which are turning end-of-life lithium-ion batteries and battery scrap into black mass, to be eventually sent to a new ‘hub’ in Rochester which would use hydrometallurgical processes to separate it into the critical metals needed for battery production, namely lithium, nickel and cobalt.

While many point to the need to place more emphasis on re-use or re-deployment rather than recycling, the US government has given the sector big backing as part of efforts to kickstart a domestic battery supply chain. The DOE/LPO have also provided a US$2 billion loan to Redwood Materials, US$480 million in grants to Ascend Elements and recently announced US$192 million for a range of battery recycling projects.

However, the outlook around Li-Cycle has changed significantly in the past few months. On 23 October it announced a pause in construction of its Rochester hub, which was meant to start operations before the end of the year, citing ‘escalating construction costs’.

Specifically, subcontractor agreements for things like mechanical equipment, structural steel, electrical, instrumentation for measurement and process control devices came in higher than expected, exacerbated by a major ramp-up in other construction projects around the same time.

In its Q3 results on 13 November, it revealed those projected costs had increased to between US$850 million to US$1 billion from US$560 million in previous forecasts, and that it was writing down its non-cash assets by US$95 million relating to this. It has already spent US$301 million of that budget and has US$100 million cash left overall. It is also reducing activity at its spoke locations.

On the same day, the firm announced it had appointed investment bank Moelis & Company to “evaluate financing and strategic alternatives”, later saying it had started a “robust process that includes both existing stakeholders and potential new investors”. Glencore put out its own statement in response saying that if it converted its convertible note into equity it would hold 11.27% of Li-Cycle’s shares.

Li-Cycle’s share price is down 86% from a year ago, sitting at US$0.79, equating to a market capitalisation of around US$140 million. It has said it won’t comment further on the process and will only make announcements in accordance with disclosure obligations.

As with many other SPAC-listed companies in the energy storage space, Li-Cycle is now also subject to various class action lawsuits for allegedly misleading investors.

AquaMetals is another company looking to scale up lithium-ion battery recycling but is doing so at a much smaller scale financially and with a proprietary recycling technology, which the firm discussed in a Q&A with Energy-Storage.news.

The firm is also publicly listed after a US$33 million IPO back in 2015 to which it added a US$20 million placement in July 2023. Despite clearly being dwarfed by Li-Cycle’s financial clout, its market cap is two-thirds of Li-Cycles at around US$90 million at the time of writing (though AquaMetals’ share price hasn’t performed well this year either, being half where it was six months ago).

A spokesperson for the company explained that AquaMetals’ process uses electrons as sustainable reagents via electroplating to extract the valuable metals from black mass using electricity. The cost and carbon footprint of its process therefore all comes down to the electricity it procures.

Standard hydrometallurgy meanwhile is chemical-intensive, leveraging a series of chemical reactions and pH adjustments to separate valuable metals, with each step consuming chemicals and producing a byproduct that must be treated, stored, and ultimately shipped to landfill, they added.

The cost to build its first commercial-scale facility is also substantially lower than for hydrometallurgy, based on Li-Cycle’s recent revelations, although AquaMetals added the caveat that it is “difficult to compare apples-to-apples for operating costs”.

Li-Cycle’s projected potential US$1 billion cost for its 35,000 tonnes/year facility equates to US$28,000 per tonne of capacity, they say, whereas Aqua Metals’ 10,000 tonnes/year facility will only cost US$100 million, or US$10,000 per tonne of capacity – a 60% lower upfront cost.

“It is difficult to compare apples-to-apples for operating costs, as only a couple of recyclers are operational at meaningful scale in North America,” they add.

“There are no commercial hydrometallurgical facilities producing battery grade products in the Western hemisphere today. The operating costs of AquaRefining are projected to be much lower because chemical supply and storage costs are minimized and replaced with stable and predictable utility electricity pricing. These cost savings translate directly into margin for each tonne of material recycled using AquaRefining.”

Energy-Storage.news will be publishing the full Q&A with AquaMetals later this week, in which it discusses the cost and technology angle as well as its view of the ESS market and how it plans to mitigate against the volatile prices of the critical battery metals which will determine its long-term revenue.

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Under a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with state-operated utility Eskom signed last year, the project will deliver 150MW of power to the national grid between 5am and 9:30pm. The project was awarded under the Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (RMIPPPP). 

The project had an investment of nearly US$1 billion and was Scatec’s largest project commitment, with the debt provided by a group of lenders which includes the Standard Bank Group, acting as lead arranger, and British International Investment (BII). The Norwegian state also backed it with a US$102 million financial risk reduction package.

The combination of solar PV with battery storage will allow for dispatchable power to be supplied during peak demand from the battery and improve grid stability, an issue that has been persistent in South Africa for years.

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Alfen will provide its TheBattery Elements grid-scale storage product as well as its transformer substation solution, the Diabolo 40H, and the project is expected to be completed in Summer 2024.

The company said its integrated solutions include two identical battery subsystems with a total of 56 battery racks, and the subsystems contain two outdoor transformers and two inverters as well as auxiliary equipment.

The wind plant has been operational since 2021 and has seven turbines totalling 32.4MW of power. It is owned by local firms Promill and Coöperatie Deltawind.

The energy storage market in the Netherlands has been slower than neighbouring Belgium to get off the ground, with a congested grid and ‘double-charging’ of energy storage by treating it as both a consumer and producer of electricity. Grid operator TenneT wants 9GW of new BESS online by 2030 but many in the industry have called for more from the Dutch government to help the country get there.

Most recently, Dutch utility Eneco in June announced a project in Belgium and called for the “…Dutch government to learn from policies in Belgium and Germany so that the Netherlands can actually achieve a climate-neutral electricity supply by 2035”.

This hasn’t stopped Alfen from growing its energy storage activities substantially however, with activities in the Netherlands and abroad helping it grow its storage segment revenues by 500% in the first half of 2023.

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The state’s Regional Joint Development Assessment Panel (JDAP) recommended at the end of November that the project application be approved subject to conditions, finding that it was consistent with objectives of local land zoning. The proposal would also not jeopardise future development prospects for the region, and potential impacts would be adequately managed, the JDAP determined.

The 340MW Collie Power Station is the single biggest generator in the South West Interconnected System (SWIS), Western Australia’s main electricity grid. Isolated geographically and electrically from Australia’s other main networks, renewables with energy storage have been identified as the best means to maintain electricity supply reliability as coal retires.

The Collie site itself was identified as an ideal spot to host large-scale battery storage due to its existing transmission network infrastructure and local workforce with relevant electrical industry skills.

Synergy already owns the brownfield site, around 200km from Western Australia’s capital Perth.  Subsidiary Synergy Renewable Energy Development (SynergyRED) will deliver the asset, which will have an expected lifetime of 30 years. Commissioning is expected by October 2025.

Western Australia could need 17GW/96GWh of storage by 2050

In September, Western Australia’s government announced the award of supply contracts for Synergy’s Collie BESS and 200MW/800MWh Kwinana 2 BESS projects.

China-headquartered CATL, currently the world’s largest lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery manufacturer, will supply its EnerC containerised lithium iron phosphate (LFP) BESS solution to both projects, while US company Power Electronics will supply inverters and power conversion system (PCS) equipment.

Synergy began construction on Kwinana 2 in the middle of this year, located at its former Kwinana Power Station site in southern Perth. Kwinana 2 follows on from the 100MW/200MWh Kwinana Battery Energy Storage System 1 (Kwinana BESS 1) which entered its commissioning phase earlier this year.

SynergyRED said that the Collie BESS project could later be expanded to 1,000MW/4,000MWh if market forces make that viable.

French renewable and energy storage developer-independent power producer (IPP) Neoen has proposed its own large-scale BESS project for the Collie region, which would be an initial 200MW/800MWh but could also rise to 1,000MW/4,000MWh.

While most development activity of large-scale BESS in Australia has focused on the National Electricity Market (NEM) which covers the majority of eastern and southern states, as a grid without interconnection to others, the SWIS need for battery storage is perhaps even more urgent.

Modelling from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) found that Western Australia’s Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM) – the SWIS equivalent to the NEM – requires about 12GW-17GW/74GW/96GWh of energy storage by 2050 to meet national and state goals on renewable energy and climate.

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Where are we now?

At the end of 2023, Lithuania has the most operational capacity with the energisation of four 50MW installations owned and operated as a single battery park by Energy Cells. Hungary has a small number of installations just above 30MW, while Poland and Romania have little more than 10MW of operating capacity.

Currently operational Front of the Meter energy storage projects in Eastern Europe (MW capacity and number of projects). Source: LCP Delta STOREtrack.

One of the largest barriers has been the lack of policy development and slow implementation of the Clean Energy Package to open ancillary services to market structures that would drive the development of storage. As a result, current capacity is dominated by pilot projects with strong network operator involvement.

This is particularly highlighted by Lithuania, where the project was driven by the Lithuanian TSO to support the national transmission network. Similarly, financing of these projects is often public (either national or EU level). Energy Cells, the operating company of the Lithuanian projects, is 100% owned by EPSO-G, whose sole shareholder is the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania.

The location of Energy Cells’ projects in Lithuania. Each project has a 50MW capacity. Source: LCP Delta STOREtrack.

Poland has made significant progress this year, with the announcement of major reform to the balancing markets encouraging greater participation of battery storage in the capacity market. Last year’s auction awarded contracts to 4 storage projects with around 150MW of capacity, most of which were awarded to local developer Columbus Energy and Sweden-based developer OX2.

The delivery year for these projects will be 2027. Hype for the upcoming capacity market auction in Poland in December is building with over 16 GWs of storage assets pre-registering for the auction. Total volume and price range will be announced this coming Thursday (14 December), with more detailed results most likely in Early January.

As of October 2023, around 9GW of projects have received grid connection offers from Poland’s Transmission System Operator PSE. Only 6 projects with a total capacity of around 1.5GW, have agreed on the proposed terms with the TSO, with an expected connection date post-2027.

These are mainly standalone projects including the massive Zarnowiec project developed by PGE in Pomerania Province. The list includes 9 projects co-located with PV and storage developed by Alseva and Fotowatio Renewable Ventures.

The location of the projects with a grid connection offer by PSE, the Polish Transmission System Operator. Source: LCP Delta STOREtrack.

What will the future bring for other countries in the region?

Other markets in the region are set to kickstart growth with more targeted support for storage through auctions, or grants for specific projects. There are 3 types of support that we see being offered or planned: 

Storage auctions: Hungary is set to have its first storage auction for around 900MWh of new electricity storage by the end of 2026.

Renewables auctions, with a specific requirement for storage: This is an option currently explored in Bulgaria, to help fund 1.4GW of renewables along with 350MW of storage.

Specific grants for strategic or pilot projects: For example, some storage projects in Estonia have received funding from the Environmental Investment Centre, an Estonian state-funded financing institution.

In addition, at the EASE Energy Storage Global Conference State Secretary for Energy and Climate Policy Attila Steiner revealed that Hungary is also looking at support for long-duration storage.

Targeted support mechanisms can open the market for battery storage, especially when providing revenue certainty, a common barrier for storage in less open markets. In the longer term, policy makers should focus on opening balancing markets to storage assets, in which owners would be able to monetize their inherent flexibility.

There is often a significant gap between announcing the intention to implement support schemes and their implementation which will delay growth until the latter half of the decade.

Defining a legal framework for storage, identifying funding sources, and getting EU approval for state aid are frequently cited as causes of delays. Romania is currently facing challenges in implementing its €79 million (US$85 million) Recovery and Resilience Plan support for storage. Similarly, the Greek storage auction had a long journey from first announcement to implementation.

Early development in these countries has been dominated by two types of local entities: utilities and renewable energy developers. This is typical in early-stage markets as the local base allows an easier navigation through a potentially challenging development cycle.

As these markets mature, we expect them to attract more interest from international players looking to expand into new markets. These players will likely be on the lookout for mature or construction-ready projects, which will allow them to accelerate their market entry. 

The accelerating deployment of renewables to simultaneously reduce the electricity grid’s carbon footprint while reducing dependency on gas creates the drivers for the region’s long-term storage outlook.

Poland will likely lead deployment in the region, with pockets of opportunity to be found across all other countries, but we are still at least a couple of years away from seeing significant capacity coming online.

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Delivered through an intuitive web based interface, users can easily interrogate both individual country and aggregate pan European trends, identify key players from role-specific leaderboards, track project evolution, and target business development opportunities.

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Scatec has begun producing and supplying electricity to the South Africa national grid from its three Kenhardt plants in Northern Cape Province.

The project, one of the world’s first and largest hybrid solar and battery storage facilities, has an installed solar capacity of 540 MW and a battery storage capacity of 225 MW. The plant delivers 150 MW of dispatchable power 16.5 hours per day, year-round to the national grid.

“Today, we embark on an exciting journey into a new era of energy solutions. The Kenhardt project symbolizes not only a technological triumph but a commitment to shaping a sustainable future,” says Terje Pilskog, CEO of Scatec. “This is more than just a power plant; it’s a testament to the limitless potential of integrating solar and battery storage to meet the evolving energy needs of today and tomorrow.”

“This isn’t just about powering homes; it’s about empowering communities,” adds Scatec’s Jan Fourie. “The Kenhardt project showcases the resilience and reliability of renewable energy, proving it to be a steadfast source of electricity capacity for the grid. Dispatchable renewables are the future.”

Scatec holds 51% of the equity and H1 Holdings owns the remaining 49%. Project debt is provided by a group of lenders which includes The Standard Bank Group as lead arranger and British International Investment.

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Scanifly has integrated its software platform with varied remote data sources as part of its new preliminary design solution, Scanifly Prelim.

The software offers contractors a remote design solution that includes the features of Scanifly3D while also offering internal proposal and financing tools, as well as consolidation design solutions. Scanifly also says it added Nearmap data coverage, satellite imagery and the United States Geological Survey’s publicly available LiDAR data. 

“The addition of Nearmap, satellite imagery providers, and LiDAR data positions Scanifly to be a comprehensive platform for many stages of a residential and commercial solar project’s life,” says Scanifly CEO Jason Steinberg. 

“All of Scanifly’s customer-facing people previously worked for solar contractors or construction companies, including as solar surveyors, designers, and installers. We are eager to support our fellow solar professionals and build technology that improves the quality of workmanship, safety, and speed for contractors of all sizes.”

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