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Station A partners with Aurora Solar’s HelioScope to help developers model and deploy projects at scale

Written by Station A & Aurora Staff | 2024-09-05

Station A and Aurora Solar’s HelioScope are partnering to facilitate a smooth transition from project modeling to project execution for all clean energy providers.

✨ From modeling to action

As the leading design and sales software for commercial solar, HelioScope has doubled down on its ability to accurately model projects with speed and ease. Today, developers can use HelioScope to model any project type (rooftop, ground mount, carport) with production estimates within 1% of PVsyst. Moreover, the technology behind HelioScope has been validated by independent bodies like the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the California Energy Commission (CEC) — which results in designs that you can trust.

Once developers have the project modeled and a contract signed, it’s time to build the project! That’s where Station A comes in.

As one of the leading marketplaces for clean energy deployment, Station A enables developers to find the best EPC for their project out of its network of 3,000+ active provider accounts. Similar to how HelioScope tunes a design project specs, Station A will publish a digital RFP on its marketplace that provides all the project details. EPCs on Station A’s platform can then view the RFP and put their best foot forward to try and win the deal.

The goal of Station A’s marketplace is not to be a “race to the bottom” on price, but, rather, a marketplace that considers holistic factors of each EPC — including safety records, previous project track records, and deployment timelines.

To date, Station A has listed over 190MW of clean energy projects in all major US geographies. Most notably, the average bid spread (the difference between the low and high bids) on Station A’s marketplace is roughly 50-60%, representing hundreds of thousands in potential project cost savings.

🚀 Get started with one or many sites

If you are a developer who is not using HelioScope yet, we encourage you to give it a try with their free 14-day trial and compare it to your existing design software on accuracy, speed and ease-of-use.

Once you have ready-to-build projects that need EPCs or subcontractors, feel free to reach out to the Station A team here and we can vet your project to list on our marketplace.

👋 About Station A

Station A is the climate action platform for commercial buildings. We've created the easiest and most cost-effective way to analyze and procure clean energy. Our evaluation tools leverage an AI-powered building evaluation engine that identifies onsite solar, community solar, and EV charging potential based on industry-leading data. Our marketplace gives you comprehensive, price-competitive proposals from the leading clean energy developers in the nation and accommodates various technologies including solar PV, battery storage, and EV charging.