ScanTheSun

📈 ScanTheSun PV App delivers up to 38% yield in 1 minute with complete, decision-ready PV design blueprint, PV performance “test-drive” scorecard and more, understandable for both professionals & PV investors”

Transforming site assessments into decision-ready PV designs in 60 seconds—from smartphone or desktop. Cut survey time by up to 80%, impress clients instantly, and accelerate project approvals.

Trusted by 20,000+ users across 175 countries, ScanTheSun is a UN-Habitat / World Urban Forum Energy Innovation Challenge Winner and graduate of University of Birmingham /Energy Catapult: Climate Innovation Platform

ScanTheSun doesn’t replace detailed electrical engineering—but it delivers a complete, decision-ready PV design blueprint with all key technical data in about one minute, cutting site survey time by up to 80% and enabling faster proposals, higher client conversion, and revenue growth—right in the first meeting or remotely before it even takes place. Powerful enough for engineers, architects, and construction pros, yet simple to adopt on any project.

What we deliver

• Optimal number, placement, tilt, and azimuth of PV panels

• Highly reliable year-round energy yield forecasts

• Accurate modelling of direct & diffuse solar radiation

• Full consideration of shading, obstacles, cloudiness, and local atmospheric conditions

Ideal for developers, designers, EPCs, and decision-makers seeking smarter, data-driven solar outcomes.

🗣 What the user does

1. Capture the site using the smartphone app or upload smartphone or drone images via the desktop web app

2. Tap a few times or drop in images to record solar exposure and site conditions

3. Let ScanTheSun’s sensors and algorithms automatically calculate the optimal PV design

What the user receives

• An instant PV performance “test-drive” scorecard for investors and stakeholders

• Real-life energy production projections, day by day and month by month

• Complete PV design and performance results in under one minute

• Secure, password-protected access to all project outputs