Getting started
Understand PV8, screen a first site and move from a public signal to a private workspace.
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What PV8 doesA practical map of screening, evidence, financial modelling and engineering handoff.→Screen your first siteUse an address, coordinates or Google Maps link to identify promising routes before registration.→Choose the right engineMatch the business question to the PV8 route that can answer it.→Create a reliable Asset ProfileBuild the common plant record every engine can reuse.→Data centre co-locationTest IT capacity, power, fibre, cooling, footprint, heat and commercial structure.→EV charging hubConfigure charger mix, demand, layout, grid supply and owner economics in one scenario.→
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Portfolio and assets
Build reliable asset records, organise a portfolio and keep decisions attached to the right plant.
View all 3 guides →PV8 engines
Choose the right route and understand the inputs, outputs and decision boundary of each engine.
- Repowering & battery storage
- Agrivoltaics, greenhouses and irrigation
- Grid value and connection strategy
- Direct-wire energy supply
Maps, data and evidence
Work with boundaries, public layers, owner evidence, confidence grades and connectivity overlays.
- Work with map layers
- Understand evidence grades
- Import boundaries and layouts
- Connectivity and PoP layers
Financial models and decisions
Edit assumptions, compare cases and interpret economics without losing their evidence basis.
View all 3 guides →Engineering handoff
Take a screened option into AutoCAD, PVcase and detailed engineering without rebuilding the brief.
- Build an Engineering Handoff Package
- Continue in AutoCAD, PVcase and GIS tools
- Single-line diagrams in PV8
Collaboration and sharing
Invite colleagues and external reviewers while keeping asset access and decision records controlled.
View all 3 guides →PV8 Watch
Monitor regulatory, market, grid and asset signals and turn a change into a next action.
View all 2 guides →Account, security and FAQ
Manage access, understand data handling and resolve common workflow questions.
View all 2 guides →Product updates
See what changed in PV8 and which workflow or result is affected.
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