About PVFARM
PVFARM was founded to give developers, EPCs, engineering firms, and OEMs a decision intelligence layer that improves design for utility-scale solar and energy storage. Launched in 2024, PVFARM has been integrated into the workflows of more than half of the top U.S. utility-scale EPCs.
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Who We Serve
PVFARM serves four groups across the utility-scale solar and storage space:
Developers and IPPs can compare parcel quality, capacity, yield, constructability, CapEx, and LCOE while the project is still in development.
EPC contractors can improve estimating predictability, expose risk earlier, and align engineering with project execution.
Engineering consultants can deliver faster preliminary design with outputs that stay useful in detailed engineering.
OEMs and technology providers can demonstrate how equipment performs under real world site conditions within the wider project context.
Our Platforms
Detailed Design for Utility-Scale Solar
PVFARM is the holistic design environment for utility-scale solar, where every discipline speaks the same language, unlocking better decision-making based on shared context.
Layout Exploration and Optimization (Solar, Solar + Storage, BESS)
RE STACK enables energy storage design exploration by generating hundreds of feasible layouts at your fingertips in less time than it would take to create one manually.
RE PILOT explores millions of viable solar and solar + BESS configurations to automatically identify the best trade-offs between LCOE, energy, cost, and project value. Shortlisted configurations worth engineering can be carried straight into PVFARM.
All three platforms share a single connected project model: when the layout changes, downstream metrics update accordingly.
Vision
A renewable energy industry where every project decision is grounded in the full picture, from first layout through long-term performance.
Mission
Our mission is to build the decision intelligence layer for utility-scale solar, helping every project team align around shared assumptions, constraints, and trade-offs early enough to shape the project, not just react to it.
Trusted Partners
PVFARM is used by more than half of the top U.S. utility-scale EPCs in their workflows, and our partnerships continue to grow.
Organizations that work with PVFARM include EDF Power Solutions, OMCO Solar, Mission Clean Energy, Estuary Power, and Ulteig.
In a published PVFARM case study, NARENCO reported about a 50% shorter project timeline, a pricing turnaround cut from roughly five weeks to days, and an estimated 5x return on investment within six months. Customer outcomes vary by project and workflow.
You can churn out a DXF that has full wiring, piles, everything in an hour.
Which is not really possible with anything else.
The biggest advantage that we've seen is just being able to process topography and some layout creation on the tracker side.
The most impactful thing for us has been speeding up our decision-making. Being able to analyze land positions quickly is really helpful. We’re doing that assessment in a matter of hours instead of days or even weeks, which allows us to effectively target our land campaigns.
PVFARM is the first solar design tool I’ve found that allows for true customization and optimization within an easy-to-use interface that can handle large-scale projects without slowing down.
PVFARM has allowed our team to streamline the layout design process for our clients. We rely on it daily to provide cost-effective, optimized solutions with the right balance of detail and efficiency.
Throughout our partnership, PVFARM has shown a commitment to working hand-in-hand with us to solve complex design challenges through advanced solutions that balance performance, cost, schedule, constructability, and long-term project value.
Our Partners
Why We Built PVFARM
PVFARM was formed to close the gaps in renewable energy design that the industry had accepted as unavoidable: disconnected systems and incomplete information that lead to redesigns, delays, and avoidable costs.
Co-founders Ben Callam and Maksim Markevich gathered software experts, mathematicians, engineers, and designers around one belief: better outcomes start with better alignment.
Today, PVFARM’s three platforms — PVFARM, RE STACK, and RE PILOT — bring teams together through a shared language for evaluating trade-offs, linking layout, electrical, structural, civil, and financial considerations into one connected model for earlier visibility into every decision’s real implications.
Milestones
June 2023: Ben Callam and Maksim Markevich co-found PVFARM, the company based in Newport Beach, California.
January 2024: PVFARM acquires its first customer.
2025: PVFARM named Solar Power World Top Products, Best in Show (large-scale category).
August 2026: RE STACK launches commercially for utility-scale BESS layout exploration, after a combined RE STACK and RE PILOT beta with more than 80 companies.
September 2026:
- RE PILOT launches commercially for utility-scale PV + BESS optimization.
- CTO Maksim Markevich named a finalist for the Platts Global Energy Awards, Rising Star Individual category.
- PVFARM is awarded the Middle East Energy Renewable Energy Innovation Award.
PVFARM at a Glance
PVFARM, Inc.
Utility-scale solar PV and BESS design software (decision intelligence platform)
2024: PVFARM
2026: RE STACK, RE PILOT
Co-founders Ben Callam (CPO) and Maksim Markevich (CTO); Brian Raboin (CEO)
Solar Power World 2025 Top Products, Best in Show (large-scale category); 2026 Platts Global Energy Awards finalist, Rising Star Individual (Maksim Markevich); 2026 Middle East Energy Renewable Energy Innovation Award
FAQ
What is PVFARM?
PVFARM is a decision intelligence platform for utility-scale solar and battery energy storage (BESS) design. It integrates layout, electrical, structural, civil, and financial data into a single project model, enabling teams to evaluate trade-offs before detailed engineering.
Who founded PVFARM?
PVFARM was co-founded by Ben Callam, Chief Product Officer, and Maksim Markevich, Chief Technology Officer. Brian Raboin is Chief Executive Officer.
What is the difference between PVFARM, RE PILOT, and RE STACK?
RE PILOT optimizes utility-scale PV + BESS configurations before detailed engineering. PVFARM engineers the preferred concepts into buildable projects. RE STACK generates and compares feasible BESS layouts that can guide detailed engineering. All three share one connected project model.
Who uses PVFARM?
Developers and IPPs, EPC contractors, engineering consultants, and equipment manufacturers. PVFARM is used by more than half of the top U.S. utility-scale EPCs as part of their workflow.
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