SunBEAM Solar Financial Tool
SunBEAM answers your – and your client’s questions – about technology choice, financing options, and project viability.
Project developers, module manufacturers, BOS manufacturers, and EPC contractors need sophisticated financial modeling capabilities.
But for many companies, an in-house solar financial modeling team is cost-prohibitive.
We developed a robust, customizable financial model to solve this problem.
How it works
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When using our model you can
- Input the project energy forecast from your preferred source – PVSyst, PV Watts,PVSol etc.
- Input a broader range of project related costs, choose to build a detailed, custom project budget and easily compare budget line items across multiple project types
- Compare and contrast across multiple projects without having to re-enter the information for each project, re-generate the new simulation case, and export data from all cases
- Fix certain project related costs (e.g. land, cost of capital, etc.), run the simulation and the results include easily printed graphs and sensitivity tables
- Create custom schedules for SREC (Solar Renewable Energy Credit) forecasting
- Create custom schedules for system performance degradation
- Create custom schedules for tax depreciation
Find out how our model can help you beat out the competition
SAM is a great tool, but it can only take you so far.
SAM (Solar Advisor Model) is a free performance and economic model developed by NREL to provide renewable industry professionals with financial and performance data.
We love the concept behind SAM – a free tool for evaluating the value of renewable energy production – however SAM’s limitations leave decision makers working in the unpredictable, shifting solar market wanting more.
We developed our PV financial model to fill the void between SAM’s capabilities and having in-house Solar Financial Modeling experts.
Click to compare SAM and Solvida's financial model
| SunBEAM vs SAM | SunBEAM Financial Tool | SAM (Solar Advisor Model) |
|---|---|---|
| Input MWH from PVsyst, PVwatts, PVsol |  |  |
| Custom schedules for dynamic SREC forecasting, depreciation, system performance degradation | | |
| Allows you to compare and contrast multiple projects within one simulation | | |
| Generates LCOE and IRR outputs for complex solar projects | | |
| Considers Time of Use (TOU) benefits for applicable projects | | |
| Can save project cases for future use | | |
| Allows a true “apples to apples” comparison of multiple technologies or projects given certain fixed metrics | | |
| Utilize most bankable performance analysis, PVSyst, in tandem with detailed financial modeling | | |
| Provides detailed project budget inputs based on real world solar project estimates | | |
| Quickly analyze and compare key output metrics on one page | | |
| Easily adapted for client’s specific needs | | |
What our model can do for you
With our model’s outputs you can:
Understand the financial impact of each project related cost
View custom data tables and learn how subtle adjustments to system production, capital costs and financial assumptions affect a project’s bottom line
Generate forecasts
Create dynamic economic and power performance projections for the life of a solar system
Make well-informed technology choices
Compare various project economic metrics for multiple system types to understand which choice meets your financial and performance related goals
Become more competitive in an increasingly saturated market
A major module manufacturer currently uses our model to inform their price structuring strategy against competitors
Make the case to clients
The same module manufacturer uses the model to project LCOE (Levelized Cost of Energy) for their product integrated into a larger system
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