Go was tasked with a feasibility study and support of market engagement and vendor selection. First, we met RUF stakeholders to discuss project goals and constraints.  Next, we explored regulatory, physical, and economic factors that would impact the solar system sizing. The regulatory limit is critical to understand, but is more challenging to determine for a new facility such as this one with no historic electricity data. Luckily, RUF has other existing facilities, such as their site in Zaisertshofen, Germany. We used energy, production, and weather data from Zaisertshofen to create a statistical model for the North Ridgeville site to estimate the regulatory limitations! Combining our regulatory findings with the site's physical and electrical details allowed us to analyze multiple viable system sizes to determine the most economical solar system sizes.

Our findings helped RUF make the decision to engage the market, requesting project pricing as well as vendor qualifications and availability. Go assisted through this process in drafting a request for proposals, reviewing vendor responses, updating project economics per actual pricing, and supporting vendor interviews.