Universities are almost perfectly shaped for solar: their load peaks on weekday daytimes — exactly when the sun delivers — and they own large, unshaded rooftops.
Step 1: Load study
We analyse 12 months of utility bills plus, ideally, interval meter data. The target is to cover the campus's minimum weekday daytime load without export penalties, then size up if net metering allows.
Step 2: Roof audit
Structural capacity, waterproofing age, shade from water tanks and future buildings, and walkway routing. A 100kWp plant needs roughly 600–700 m² of usable roof.
Step 3: Engineering
String inverters (not one central unit) for redundancy, DC/AC ratio around 1.2, LVRT-compliant grid protection, and SCADA monitoring that faculty can pipe straight into engineering coursework.
Step 4: The finance case
Institutions can buy outright (best IRR), lease, or sign a power-purchase agreement where a developer owns the plant and sells power below grid tariff. We support all three structures.
The bonus nobody budgets for: a live generation dashboard in the lobby becomes a recruiting asset and a teaching lab in one.
