Practical engineering guides for ground-mount solar screening — written for EPCs, developers, and civil teams. Concepts only; no substitute for project-specific survey or bankable studies.
Project Setup → SiteIQ → TerrainIQ → LayoutIQ → YieldIQ → RevenueIQ → unified PDF + ZIP.
All modulesWhat you can decide early — and what still requires field survey or bankable models.
Solar resource, flood flags, regulatory pointers, and capacity bands.
SiteIQOSM constraints, setbacks, and the buildable polygon LayoutIQ uses for packing.
SiteIQComposite weights, grid proximity bands, verdict scale — reference tables in PDF annex.
SiteIQIndicative Favorable / Possible / Limited fit from grid proximity — not a battery design.
Best public elevation source per location; GLO-30 fallback. Not one global dataset.
TerrainIQWhy satellite posting (~10–30 m) differs from your 5 m analysis grid spacing.
TerrainIQWhen average grade misleads tracker projects — and what to check instead.
TerrainIQHow to use summary indices in executive conversations without over-interpreting them.
TerrainIQImporting UTM surfaces, contours, and parcel linework into civil workflows.
Fair SAT/FT side-by-side — each config at recommended pitch; YieldIQ uses real LayoutIQ MWp.
LayoutIQPhysical row width at max rotation, schematic ±°, and what appears in the PVMath PDF.
LayoutIQFixed tilt or tracker rows on buildable area — sweep table, 3D preview, BOM.
LayoutIQHow every tracker string is classified for wind exposure across the full azimuth range — method, accuracy and engineer override.
LayoutIQBalanced / high-energy / land-optimized modes, custom GCR, row alignment.
LayoutIQDraw a map polyline for row direction; compare Fixed Tilt & Tracker in one sweep.
LayoutIQFull boundary vs buildable polygon, manual no-build zones, prune isolated blocks.
LayoutIQModule & inverter selection, string sizing, Voc margin, DC/AC cable take-offs.
LayoutIQInternal roads, row/column blocks, and gap presets for utility-scale footprints.
LayoutIQUTM-georeferenced layout CAD, A1 top view PDF, BOM CSV, import layout DXF.
CAPEX, expected case, payback (profit-based), IRR, NPV, LCOE, and viability from layout + yield.
RevenueIQCountry CAPEX multipliers, O&M labour bands, Agri-PV, terrain uplift, overrides, and US ITC screening.
RevenueIQWhat the WACC (%) field means, where the default comes from, and how it drives NPV, IRR, and payback.