View’s Plant Design and Engineering Report includes comprehensive design, engineering, energy modeling and financial analysis. Several Add-ons may also be available to download (some require a fee depending on user agreement with HST) if chosen prior to running the optimization. The downloadable Add-ons to the Core report will also be provided in HTML format. Currently the following Add-ons are available:
- Basic Sensitivity Plots (Sensitivity Plots Package A): These plots illustrate the sensitivity of the optimization goal to key financial parameters, including Loan Rate, PPA Price, Module Cost and Total Project Cost. For each sensitivity plot, all design and financial parameters, except the one being analyzed, are held constant and equal to the value of the parameter as entered by the user or provided in the Core report. Note that Sensitivity plots will increase the total processing time of an optimization run.
- Advanced Sensitivity Plots (Sensitivity Plots Package B): These plots illustrate the sensitivity of the optimization goal to key design parameters including Tilt, Row Spacing, DC:AC Ratio, Azimuth, and AC System Size. For each sensitivity plot, all design parameters, except the one being analyzed, are held constant and equal to the value of the parameter as provided in the Core report. Note that Sensitivity plots will increase the total processing time of an optimization run.
- Cost Estimate: This report provides a more detailed cost breakdown of the Project Installed Cost Summary that is provided within the Core report.
- CAD (.dwg) Drawings: Array Layout in DWG format
- Energy/ Revenue Spreadsheet: This CSV formatted file provides an 8760 x N year energy and revenue estimate, where N represents the number of years in the lifetime of the plants operation. For year of operation, 8760 hourly values are provided for both energy yield at the point of delivery and revenue generated.
- Financial Model: An Excel formatted file, complete with cell formulas, providing the annual cash flows and financial calculations used in the report.
- Optimization Log: A CSV formatted file showing key design, financial, energy and cost metrics for each design iteration tested within the optimization process. Note this file is only available when at least one design parameter is searched over.