How CCE Automated Solar Pipeline with PVcase

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 Overview

CCE Holding

• ​Location: Austria
• ​Industry: Renewable energy
• ​Employees: 200+

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

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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.

Key Issues

• ​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.

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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.

Solution Highlights

• ​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, 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. CCE also benefited from a close partnership with the PVcase support team, receiving quick, detailed troubleshooting and direct problem-solving.

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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.

Key Outcomes

• ​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.”

— Lloyd Gorman, Lead Design Engineer at CCE Holding

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Ground Mount

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

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