How CCE Automated Solar Pipeline with PVcase

CCE Holding, a renewable energy company formed from Austrian and German photovoltaic experts, automated 69% of their solar project design process and saved over 50% of time by switching from manual AutoCAD drafting to PVcase Ground Mount software, enabling them to efficiently manage a global pipeline exceeding 4.5GW and accelerate growth.

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How CCE automated solar pipeline with PVcase

Discover how CCE Holding leveraged PVcase to eliminate manual "rectangle" drafting and handle a global solar pipeline.

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Customer

CCE Holding

Location

Austria

Industry

Renewable energy

Employees

200+

Key results

69%

automated design process

4.5+GW

project pipeline support

50%+

time savings

The Customer

Learn more about CCE Holding

CCE is the result of the merger of two photovoltaic experts: Clean Capital from Austria and enernovum from Germany. Together, they combine over 20 years of experience in the development of renewable energy projects. Excellent industry, market, and technology expertise, as well as the commitment of employees form the professional foundation of CCE Holding. The company is purposefully working towards a vision: a future with 100% renewable energy for a planet worth living on.

”Before we started using PVcase Ground Mount, we were mainly drawing rectangles manually. Any slight change in the project required a complete redraw. With PVcase, it's much easier as it regenerates all the tables automatically, saving a humongous amount of time.”

Lloyd Gorman

Lead Design Engineer at CCE Holding

The Challenge

Manual drafting slowing down growth

For years, CCE Holding operated with a design process that was heavily dependent on manual AutoCAD workflows, a bottleneck that stagnated the company’s ability to grow. Engineers were forced to "draw rectangles" table-by-table for rooftop projects, meaning any minor project change triggered a complete, time-consuming redraw.

Manual design

Engineers relied on drawing individual tables manually, a process that was both labor-intensive and error-prone.

Workflow inflexibility

Any slight project change required a complete redraw from scratch, causing substantial delays.

Software fragmentation

A lack of integration forced engineers to recreate designs in PVsyst manually, doubling the workload for yield analysis.

Onboarding barriers

New team members struggled to adapt quickly due to complex processes and limited support from other software providers.

The solution

Fully automated design and integration

Recognizing that repetitive tasks and the lack of software integration were doubling workloads, the company turned to PVcase Ground Mount. This shift transformed their engineering department from a manual drafting house into an agile, automated operation.

Automated layout generation

PVcase drastically reduced design time by automatically adjusting layouts to accommodate project changes.

Seamless PVsyst integration

Instead of manually recreating the project in PVsyst — a time-consuming step — the team can export directly from PVcase to PVsyst with the design already set up, including terrain and shading considerations that weren’t available before.

Scalable training

The PVcase Academy provided a structured path for new staff to master the software through tutorials and personalized assistance. Furthermore, CCE benefited from a close partnership with the PVcase support team, receiving quick, detailed troubleshooting — often involving direct problem-solving.

PVcase Ground Mount 3D layout of utility-scale solar rows

Ground Mount

Design construction-ready projects 90% faster. PVcase Ground Mount, built on AutoCAD, automates utility-scale solar design, adapting complex layouts to real-word terrain with unmatched accuracy.

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Results

Efficiency and project quality

CCE Holding reported a 4.7+ GW project pipeline across seven countries in January 2024. With PVcase, the team has automated key parts of the design process and can execute projects through different stages more efficiently.

Massive time savings

Automating repetitive tasks with PVcase for AutoCAD has enabled the team to handle a high volume of project requests in a timely and detailed manner. The team has noted more than 50% time savings after adopting PVcase.

Pinpoint yield accuracy

Precise 3D terrain and inter-row shading analysis within PVsyst ensures high-fidelity yield predictions, which are crucial for bankable project success.

Enhanced client responsiveness

Faster design iterations have improved communication and overall client satisfaction.

Agile onboarding

New employees are now able to contribute to active projects much faster, maintaining high productivity levels despite rapid growth.

”We are saving more than 50% design time and we are able to meet the growing project demand in a timely and detailed manner.”