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A narrow optimisation engine scoped to site selection alone — no platform, no migration, no six-month rollout. Aimed at solar ops teams, replacing the spreadsheet that currently holds it together.
In short: Optimisation Site Scorer for Solar is an optimisation engine aimed at solar ops managers, covering site selection. It scores 75/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by moat (92) and held back by feasibility (26). Typical pricing is $3.5k–$74k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $39k–$124k.
Solar teams lose location decisions made on instinct and a drive-by. Nobody owns this process, which is exactly why it keeps breaking. Most operators assume this is simply the cost of doing business.
Point an optimisation engine at site selection, and let people review output instead of producing it. Revenue is per-outcome, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $905M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 26% |
| Annual contract value | $3.5k – $74k |
| Pricing model | Per-outcome |
| Time to first revenue | 82 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $39k – $124k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
Solver capacity that once needed a research budget now runs on commodity hardware. Solar is growing at roughly 24% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| A spreadsheet | The real incumbent in most of the market, and it is free |
| An internal hire | Works until volume doubles, then breaks again |
| An offshore back office | Cheaper per hour, but does not scale down to the tail |
Integrations with the incumbent system of record are undocumented and gatekept.
An idea you cannot act on is entertainment. Four concrete steps, wired to tools already running on AltFTool.
Score problem urgency, willingness to pay, and reachable audience size before writing any code.
→ AltF IdeaLabAsk how they handle this today and what it costs them. If nobody can quantify the pain, the demand score is optimistic.
→ Survey BuilderCheck availability, DNS, and email authentication in one pass so your first outreach lands in an inbox.
→ AltF DomainOpsStand up intake, the review queue, and billing before you build the clever part.
→ AltF Flow