Battery energy storage system design tool

Hybridize your PV plant and design the battery energy storage system

4.5+150 reviews in G2

The future of utility-scale PV projects is hybrid. Design your BESS and optimize its capacity in one tool. Download basic engineering documents and format its layout in an instant.

  • AC- and DC-coupled battery system design
  • Hundreds of central inverters for BESS included
  • Allow max or specific capacity optimization
  • Download the full BESS layout, BoM, and design report in .pdf and editable formats
Battery energy storage system design tool

I can complete many design iterations and compare them in almost no time. It just saves so much time in my everyday work. Battery systems and overhead line modules are included. Preliminary designs are a cinch!

User in Renewables & EnvironmentSmall-Business (50 or fewer employees)
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Iberdrola

Automate your asset design and project optimization

Increase your solar projects' ROI with a battery energy storage system design tool

Unlock the potential and boost productivity of your development and engineering teams across the entire PV project lifecycle stage.

AC-coupled BESS modeling

AC and DC-coupled BESS modeling

  • Full BESS modeling
    Hybridize your PV asset by adding AC- or DC-coupled BESS to the layout. Get the full engineering documents.
  • Compare AC vs DC BESS at a glance
    Easily perform comparisons on production and costs estimates between AC and DC hybrid PV systems.
  • Equipment library
    Find your preferred equipment using the library available within the BESS software module or upload your own .ond files into your corporate equipment library.
Energy storage design

Discover the optimum energy storage design

  • Automate BESS container or racking placement
    Define the layout and its setbacks: Roads, structure alignment, and rotation are parameters included.
  • Define your preferred capacity
    Picking between maximizing the installation of the BESS in the selected area or setting specific capacity parameters. Decide the supply cycle duration.
Create professional editable proposals for stakeholders

Provide the BESS reports and layouts your off-takers need

  • Advanced basic engineering documents
    RatedPower will output 400+ pages of detailed basic engineering information for your hybrid PV system.
  • CAPEX templates
    Use built-in IRENA cost templates or incorporate your finance team into the solar planning software for accurate quotes and proposals on everything, including storage.
  • Hand off to peers or off-takers
    Download editable battery energy storage .pdf reports, drawings, and 3D shading scenes ready to use in PVsyst. Incorporate your teammates at later stages of the project lifecycle.

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Thousands of professionals choose to work with our battery energy storage system design software

EPCists expediting PV design and deliverables with solar software

«We looked for a tool that was quick for performing basic design and optimization, automatically producing deliverables. RatedPower increased the number of bids we could prepare and submit by around 50%.»

Stefano PapaleGlobal Head of Business Development at FATA
Stefano Papale

RatedPower's speed helps us boost our competitive advantage

«Now we can turn around design documents within hours and minutes to stakeholders, landowners, partners or engineers, to get through our regulatory process. This has allowed us to move projects forward faster.»

Megan ParsonsChief Engineer at Blue Ridge Energy
Megan Parsons

Accelerating solar design from 5GW to 30GW per year

«Before RatedPower, there was a high level of variability, simple land layout to more irregular layouts. Now, we can quickly filter down sites from what is possible to what is realistic.»

Robert WrightDirector for Solar and Storage at Burns & McDonnell
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Expanding solar projects beyond local borders

«We can now run simulations hundreds of times to find the most optimal solution for our customers, considering everything from modules, inverters, and pitch distance, to the financial assessment of all these different configurations.»

Grant PadiniProject Planner for Utility-Scale PV Systems at Ampere Dynamic
Grant Padini

Streamlining BayWa's pre-engineering workload

«We needed software that was easy to handle, fast, and detailed. Now, with RatedPower, our developers can design in half an hour. Using AutoCAD or other tools would take one or two days.»

Mirko SchiezlHead of Engineering at BayWa r.e.
Mirko Schiezl

Transitioning from 1MW ground-mounted projects to 250MW in 9 months

«RatedPower really helped us eliminate our bottlenecks. It goes beyond other tools because it helps us design not just the low voltage or medium voltage, but also the connection point to the grid.»

Lorik HaxhiuFounder, iRN
Lorik Haxhiu

Harnessing RatedPower to carry out invaluable PV equipment analysis

«RatedPower provides us with simplicity and flexibility in our solar projects while requiring fewer resources. Other software options typically demand more resources on our end to complete these calculations.»

Nicolás Fernández-VelillaSystem Solution Engineer at Sungrow
Nicolás Fernández

Empowering solar PV design customization through faster iterations

«In one or two weeks, I became very familiar with the software. I was able to do more iterations on our solar layouts, and we could fill the interconnection requests in no time.» 

Íñigo Sangroniz Solar Development Engineer at Solea Power

Competitive positioning in large-scale overseas PV plant bidding

«RatedPower has a solid customer base and good reputation abroad. It delivers required documents in multiple languages for our global bids while adopting international design standards»

Feng YuHead of New Business Department, Overseas Business Division at POWERCHINA
Feng Yu

Optimizing PV projects and overcoming the limitations of legacy software 

«We have received a highly professional response when we needed support or training from the team. RatedPower helps us optimize our projects and provides us with a significant advantage over our competitors

Saad UmerExecutive Manager, Solar PV Network Head at ACWA Power
Saad Umer

Doubling PV project development bandwidth with RatedPower

«Thanks to the new developments created by RatedPower that adapt to our needs, we could double our capacity. The time we used to spend on designing and reviewing designs is now focused on doing more projects.»

Lennin PiñeiroDevelopment Engineer at Celsia
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Enhancing land assessment efficiency for PV developers

«RatedPower produces a set of documentation to deal with most of the environmental agencies' requirements and for application of grid connection authorization processes.»

Luis Guilherme CastroSolar Development, Engineering Manager at Casa Dos Ventos

Centralizing solar development in one app

«We used to use a mix of tools like AutoCAD, spreadsheets and PVsyst. Now with RatedPower, our team can be innovative and explore more possibilities without wasting time, as each design only takes minutes to run.»

Thomas GerstchHead of Engineering at Iberdrola
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Iberdrola

Reducing PV layout generation time by up to 95%

«RatedPower allows us to have the capacity to do more strategic front-end early contractor involvement, helping us build projects faster and reducing schedule overrun risk.»

Cris Vincent AlidonVP, Engineering and Execution, Aboitiz Power
Cris Vincent Alidon

Aligning stakeholders from development to procurement

«The solar industry is becoming more volatile and complex. In today’s world, developers, contractors, and buyers need flexible, scalable and configurable cost estimation tools linked to design for running different scenarios.»

Özer ErgulHead of Procurement
Özer Ergul

A three-in-one software that saves PNE time and resources

«It's easy to use, even for non-technical users. Now, anyone in our offices can efficiently create their own designs, and our German engineers can manipulate anything in our projects remotely since RatedPower's platform is cloud-based

Hugo NavarroSenior Photovoltaic Design Engineer at PNE AG

Driving efficiency and optimizing resources for more than 50 projects

«RatedPower offers highly personalized customer support. The team has been efficient in solving our doubts and helping us learn how to make the most out of the tool based on our unique needs.»

Antonio VerdugoHead, Technical Office Engineer at ABEI Energy
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