What Grid Capacity lets you do
Prospect effectively by targeting grid-favorable areas.
Arbitrate between favorable and risky opportunities, based on connection feasibility and economic viability.
Strengthen the technical basis of your bids when responding to tenders.
Optimize your grid connection requests to maximize the installation's return on investment: module and inverter sizing, use of reactive power regulation, and more.
Understand the local grid in detail, so you can make better sense of the Distribution System Operator's connection proposals and ease the discussion.
Transparency
Every calculation assumption is visible and adjustable, for a transparent interpretation.
Independence
Explore as many connection solutions as you like, whenever you like.
Speed
Your assessment is ready in minutes.
Open data for renewable energy development in Brazil
Grid Capacity brings together the open data on the public electricity distribution grid across Brazil, in a single, simple, and intuitive web interface.
Network structure
Primary substations, MV feeders, secondary substations, voltage regulators, and more.
Consumption and production
View grid injection and withdrawal points.
Hosting capacities
Access the remaining hosting capacities directly in the interface!
Your digital twin of the brazilian distribution GRID
Grid status and hosting capacity
Identify at a glance the areas suitable for new generation.
Constraints analysis
In a few clicks, simulate the connection of an additional installation and analyze the risk of voltage or current constraints.
Automated connection solution
Evaluate the length of grid extension and reinforcement your connection requires.
Geographical coverage
Grid Capacity is now available on request in every Brazilian state.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Grid Capacity is a web application that simulates the connection of renewable energy projects to the electricity distribution grid. It maps the hosting capacity of existing medium-voltage (MV) networks and identifies, in minutes, the possible connection solutions and the network extension and reinforcement each one requires, so developers can assess a site before submitting a formal connection request
You locate your project on the map, enter its main characteristics (power, generation or consumption, voltage level), and run the simulation. Grid Capacity returns candidate connection solutions, each showing the length of network to extend and to reinforce. Every calculation assumption is visible and adjustable, for full transparency. Alternatively, you can explore the grid freely and design your own network upgrades.
Grid Capacity focuses on medium-voltage (MV) distribution networks, the level at which most utility-scale renewable projects connect. It models MV feeders, secondary substations, and primary substation hosting capacities.
No. Grid Capacity provides independent technical assessments that help you plan and negotiate, but the Distribution System Operator remains the official authority on the connection offer. Because every assumption is transparent, Grid Capacity helps you understand and discuss the DSO’s proposals on a more balanced technical footing.
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