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Point a geospatial model at site selection, and let people review output instead of producing it. Aimed at energy asset managers, starting from data the business already produces.
In short: Site Scorer for Energy, Run by Geospatial is a geospatial model aimed at energy asset managers, covering site selection. It scores 73/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by moat (97) and held back by feasibility (23). Typical pricing is $5.2k–$112k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $31k–$90k.
Energy teams lose location decisions made on instinct and a drive-by. In most energy businesses this job has never had software written for it. The backlog only surfaces when a customer or an auditor finds it first.
Site selection handled by a geospatial model, with a human signing rather than writing. Revenue is per-outcome, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $931M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 18% |
| Annual contract value | $5.2k – $112k |
| Pricing model | Per-outcome |
| Time to first revenue | 69 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $31k – $90k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
Satellite and census-linked data became licensable at startup prices. Energy is growing at roughly 18% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| An internal hire | Works until volume doubles, then breaks again |
| The incumbent suite | Sells a platform; this job is one neglected module inside it |
| A spreadsheet | The real incumbent in most of the market, and it is free |
Trust has to be earned before anyone lets this run unsupervised.
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