Bankable Yield Reports in 3 Days Instead of 3 Weeks

The Challenge

Iberia Solar Developments was losing financing windows because bankable yield reports took 3 weeks to prepare. The process involved terrain surveys in CAD, layout optimization in a separate tool, yield simulation in PVsyst, and report compilation in Excel — with handoffs between 4 different engineers.

The Switch to SurgePV

The team consolidated the entire workflow into SurgePV: terrain import from GIS shapefiles, tracker layout optimization, central inverter selection, and yield simulation — all in one platform. The final report exports directly to the PDF format their independent engineer expects.

The Results

Report preparation time dropped from 3 weeks to 3 days. The team closed financing on 2 projects that would have missed their funding windows under the old timeline. Independent engineer review time also shortened because SurgePV reports follow standard bankable report formatting.

Key SurgePV Features Used

• GIS terrain import (SHP/KML) with elevation modeling
• Single-axis tracker layout with terrain-following logic
• Central inverter database (Sungrow, SMA, Power Electronics)
• P50/P90 yield simulation with Meteonorm 8 TMY data
• Auto-generated bankable report with loss table and PR breakdown