Use cases
Pick the question you actually have.
Eight decision stories, each following the same pattern: the question, why it is difficult, what Plendor models, and what the output looks like.
Your role
shared-report · site screening pack
Sites qualified
18 of 62
Contractable capacity
3.1 MWp
Payback band
5.5–8.5 y
Roof age flag
3 sites
Contractable capacity: roof potential less shading, plant and offtake
Site H880 kWp
Site B540 kWp
Site D300 kWp
Site C240 kWp
Site F115 kWp
Confidence in the inputs
Roof geometry surveyedFirm
Half-hourly demandMetered
Grid headroomConfirmed
Lease term ≥ 15 yrConfirmed
PPA opportunity screening
Which buildings are ready for a PPA?
Why it is difficult
Roof size alone does not make a site viable. Without on-site demand, tariff position and grid context, origination time goes into buildings that will never sign.
Plendor models
Roof geometry and irradiance, demand proxies or meter data, tariff structure, grid context, ownership and lease structure.
Output
A prioritised pipeline: building potential, demand context and indicative project economics per site.
Battery retrofit economics
Where would batteries actually pay back?
Why it is difficult
Storage value depends on what the existing array already exports, the load shape it meets and the tariff spread available. None of that generalises across a portfolio.
Plendor models
Existing generation, export behaviour, half-hourly load where available, tariff spread, connection limits, storage sizing options.
Output
A ranked retrofit view: suitable sites, storage scenarios, modelled savings and payback with assumptions stated.
Building ecosystem design
What is the best energy ecosystem for this building?
Why it is difficult
Each technology is usually assessed by whoever sells it. The combination that produces the best overall outcome is rarely the one any single supplier proposes.
Plendor models
Fabric and roof, demand profile, EPC position, tariffs, capital envelope, and combinations of solar, storage, heat, charging and fabric measures.
Output
A technology comparison balancing investment, savings, return, EPC and ESG, with a recommended configuration and phasing.
MEES pathway planning
What is the most practical route to improve this asset?
Why it is difficult
Compliance deadlines, lease events and occupier disruption constrain the order of works as much as cost does. A measure list is not a plan.
Plendor models
EPC certificate detail, fabric condition, measure costs and effects, lease events, disruption windows.
Output
A phased improvement pathway: measures, costs, modelled EPC effect and the order they should happen in.
Portfolio prioritisation
Which buildings should we invest in first?
Why it is difficult
Estate-wide assumptions hide the variance that matters. Two similar warehouses can differ by years of payback on the same capital.
Plendor models
Estate schedule, building-level signals, modelled scenarios per asset, capital envelope and phasing constraints.
Output
A ranked portfolio plan built on building-level evidence, showing modelled outcome per pound of capital.
Battery sizing for a customer site
What capacity should we quote for this site, and what will it earn?
Why it is difficult
The largest pack a site can absorb is rarely the pack that pays back fastest, and annual kWh cannot tell the two apart. The answer is in the half-hourly shape: how deep the evening peak runs, how long it holds, how much of the day and night spread the load can actually reach, and how much of any of it the connection will allow.
Plendor models
The half-hourly load, tariff windows and standing charges, generation already on site, the connection limit and the pack’s own cycle budget, run across a ladder of capacities rather than a single size.
Output
Send one property and get back the capacity to quote, what it earns a year, the peak reduction in kW, the payback at each size, and where a larger pack stops adding value.
Supply contract comparison
Would a different supply contract change what this building should build?
Why it is difficult
Offers are compared on unit rate, but it is the shape that decides what a battery or an array is worth. A cheaper flat rate can remove the spread the storage case depends on.
Plendor models
Half-hourly consumption against each offer's rate structure, standing charges and levies, contract term, and the measures whose value moves with the spread.
Output
An offer comparison priced against the building's own load, showing the modelled bill and what each contract does to the case for storage.
Export and trading position
Where should the surplus go, and who should buy it?
Why it is difficult
Export offers differ by window, floor and cap, so a headline rate that only applies for part of the day can be worth less than a lower flat one. And every unit exported is a unit not stored.
Plendor models
Half-hourly surplus, export offers and the windows they apply in, storage headroom, the import spread it would otherwise displace, and the connection export limit.
Output
An export position: what the surplus earns under each offer, and how much of it is worth holding for the evening instead of selling.