Solar and energy storage
Commissioning software for solar and storage assets that have to reach COD with every string, rack and inverter proven.
Solar and energy storage projects share a common rhythm: install thousands of repetitive assets, test them in sequence, prove grid code compliance and hand over a complete dossier before commercial operation. Deskely holds the tag register, string tests, inverter records, BESS container checks and protection settings in one system, so energisation and COD readiness are visible block by block.
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The problem
Repetitive scale, with a single energisation gate.
A solar farm or BESS plant is not a few large systems — it is thousands of strings, hundreds of combiner boxes, dozens of inverters or containers, and one substation that cannot energise until the evidence beneath it is complete. Spreadsheets hide which block is actually ready.
String and rack records scatter
IV curve tests, insulation resistance and torque records are captured in subcontractor files, so block readiness has to be reconstructed before every energisation review.
Inverter and BESS commissioning runs in parallel silos
PV inverters, battery containers and power conversion systems each have their own commissioning reports, disconnected from the shared point of interconnection.
Grid code compliance is proven late
Protection settings, anti-islanding tests and reactive-power capability are gathered after energisation, delaying the PAC and COD milestones.
Preservation records get lost before energisation
Modules, inverters and BESS containers sit through weather, dust and humidity between delivery and energisation, and their preservation evidence is rarely tied to the asset.
What you get
Built for block-by-block energisation and COD.
Model the plant as blocks, strings, inverters, containers and substation systems that match the single line diagram, and gate energisation on the records beneath each asset.
String and combiner box records
IV curve, polarity, insulation and torque checks captured per string and rolled up to the combiner box, inverter block and substation feeder.
Learn moreInverter and BESS commissioning
Inverter start-up, anti-islanding and grid code tests, plus container-level battery management and power conversion system checks, signed against the asset.
Learn moreTracker and control network acceptance
Tracker row calibration, backtracking logic and network communication tests recorded per row and zone before release to operations.
Learn moreSubstation and grid connection gating
Protection settings, relay tests and energisation permits tracked against the collector substation and point of interconnection.
Learn moreHybrid and shared POI coordination
Solar-plus-storage and hybrid plants modelled with a shared POI, so PV and BESS readiness are proven independently before combined dispatch.
Learn morePreservation and environmental records
Module, inverter and container preservation routines logged from delivery, with evidence attached to the asset so nothing energises without a clean history.
Learn moreHow it runs
From module delivery to commercial operation.
- 01
Register and parse
Equipment lists, string layouts and single line diagrams become a reviewed tag register with block, row and inverter hierarchy.
- 02
String and block testing
IV curves, insulation, torque and functional checks are signed per string and combiner, gating each inverter block.
- 03
Inverter, tracker and BESS commissioning
Inverter start-up, tracker calibration, battery management and power conversion checks are completed against each asset.
- 04
Substation energisation and COD
Protection settings, grid code tests and reliability runs are held against the substation and POI, then exported for PAC and COD.
Side by side
Spreadsheets versus a single energisation record.
At the pre-COD review the question is always the same: which block is actually ready to energise today, and what evidence proves it?
| Aspect | Subcontractor files and spreadsheets | Deskely |
|---|---|---|
| String readiness | Reconstructed from IV curve spreadsheets before each review. | Live per string, rolled up to combiner, inverter and block. |
| Inverter and BESS records | Held in separate commissioning reports per vendor. | Signed against the asset in the same register as the strings. |
| Grid code evidence | Gathered after energisation for PAC submission. | Captured during start-up and tied to the POI from day one. |
| Tracker acceptance | Checked row by row on paper with no central view. | Zone-by-zone tracker calibration and logic tests visible in one place. |
| Preservation history | Lost or stored separately from the asset. | Tied to the tag from delivery through energisation. |
| COD dossier | Assembled from scattered files after the fact. | Exported as a structured evidence package on demand. |
What changes
Per string
readiness across the whole array
Block-by-block
energisation gating before COD
Live
grid code and protection evidence
Day one
COD dossier for owner and lender
Before you shortlist
Estimate what your current process costs
Enter your tag count and record handling time to see the admin hours and cost in play — then book a demo against your own numbers.
FAQ
Questions about solar and energy storage.
Project types
The same completions ladder, from a string test to a battery dispatch.
What changes between solar and storage scopes is the equipment breakdown, which vendor rep witnesses the test and what the utility wants to see before energisation. The record types, the gates and the audit trail behind them do not.
Utility-scale solar farm commissioning
A utility-scale solar farm is a repetitive build at enormous scale: module strings wired into combiner boxes, feeding central or string inverters, stepped up through an on-site substation to the grid. Deskely holds every string, inverter, tracker row and transformer in one register with the mechanical completion, energisation and commercial operation date (COD) gates built in.
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