Needle Movers First: Making High-Impact Decisions Early in Design

In utility-scale solar design, the early stage is short — but that’s where the most influential decisions are made. This webinar focuses on how to identify and act on high-leverage layout and electrical design choices before detailed engineering begins. It’s not about perfecting every detail upfront — it’s about knowing which early moves shift cost, performance, and constructability in meaningful ways.

We’ll focus specifically on how early-phase decisions around DC collection and electrical wiring can significantly influence total system cost. From string and circuit routing to combiner and inverter placement, small layout changes made early can reduce cable runs, simplify installation, and eliminate hidden inefficiencies. You’ll see how PVFARM enables fast iteration and comparison, helping teams make confident decisions before committing to detailed design.

This session is designed for engineers, developers, and manufacturers who influence project design and want to maximize value during the short but critical early design window.

In this webinar, we will discuss:

• Identifying high-leverage decisions early in design: Understand which early design choices have the greatest long-term impact on project cost and constructability.
  
  
• Sequencing design work for maximum impact: Learn how to prioritize decisions that affect downstream work while deferring non-critical refinements, avoiding rework and decision fatigue.
  
  
• Using PVFARM to support early-phase trade-offs: See how layout modeling and electrical analysis tools in PVFARM help teams explore trade-offs quickly and confidently, locking in the right structure before detailed engineering begins.