Training & Tutorials — Introduction

Start here for a quick overview of Gridtwin Software and saving projects.

Creating an Account

Create a Gridtwin account to access mapping, project management, and interconnection analysis tools.

• Create a Gridtwin account to access mapping, project management, and interconnection analysis tools
• Sign up, verify your account, and get started exploring Gridtwin software within minutes
• Join Gridtwin organization to collaborate with colleagues

Steps

1. Navigate to gridtwin.energy and click Sign Up
2. Enter your email and password, then submit
3. Check email and enter the verification code
4. Complete your profile details
5. Join or create your organization
6. Accept the Terms of Service to finish

Exploring the Map

The Gridtwin map contains data for hundreds of utilities across the United States.

• The Gridtwin Map allows quick navigation to places of interest
• Toggle overlays like hosting capacity, utility boundaries, environmental land classifications, and more all in one place
• Inspect data about feeders, substations, and transmission line segments

Steps

1. Open the map from the home page
2. Search for a town or address
3. Pan and zoom to explore feeders and substations
4. Toggle hosting capacity and voltage overlays
5. Click a feature to view details

Developer docs More on exploring

Saving Custom Projects

Save sites and scenarios, compare interconnection options, and share with teammates.

• Create your own tailored project site to analyze

Steps

1. From the map, navigate to the site you’re interested in
2. Using the map’s polygon tool on the left, a custom project boundary can be drawn and saved
3. Custom sites, like any project, can be further edited and re-analyzed for different scenarios in ‘My Projects’

How to save Cost catalogs

Automated Interconnection Estimates

Run automated interconnection analyses to estimate costs and identify required upgrades.

• Run, edit, and refresh interconnection simulations
• Review cost summaries and line-item breakdowns
• View hosting capacity status and required upgrades

Steps

1. Open a site from ‘My Projects’ and select ‘Start’ under the ‘Start New Analysis’ subheading
2. Results should be available within five minutes
3. Review line-item costs and upgrades
4. Export or share the summary

Organization Management

Organizations allow teams to collaborate on projects and manage access within Gridtwin.

• Use the ‘Invite a Member’ feature to invite team members with a shared email domain
• Non-Admin users can request to join an organization upon account creation, and Admins can accept or reject join requests
• Admins can edit user roles and account details, and delete users when necessary

Steps

1. Open Organization settings
2. Invite members by email domain
3. Review and approve join requests
4. Assign roles to members
5. Deactivate or remove accounts when needed

Navigating the Interface

Use the menu bar to access all major features of the platform after logging in.

• Access My Projects
• Search for new projects
• Explore the interactive map
• Find Help and Support resources
• Log out or return to the home page

Steps

1. Sign in and review the top menu
2. Explore the Map for capacity details
3. Use Search to create a new project
4. Open My Projects to view saved work
5. Visit Help & Support for documentation
6. Log out from the profile menu

Searching for Parcels

Search tools help identify parcels suitable for new solar projects based on customizable criteria.

• Filter parcels by utility territory, project size, and hosting capacity criteria
• View identified ground-mount solar areas and further sort them as needed
• Save parcels to revisit later, edit, and analyze
• Review parcel ownership and interconnection details

Steps

1. Open the ‘Search’ from the top taskbar
2. Set utility territory and size filters
3. Apply hosting capacity criteria
4. Review candidate parcels attributes as well as their placements on the map
5. Save promising parcels to 'My Projects''

Searching Within the Map

Visualize potential projects while performing a detailed, highly customizable parcel search

• Map-based search tools help identify parcels suitable for new solar projects based on customizable criteria
• Peruse sites that suit your specifications
• Save parcels to revisit later, edit, and analyze
• Review parcel ownership and interconnection details

Steps

1. Open the Map and navigate to your area of interest
2. Select the purple ‘Open Area’ map layer to display parcels suitable for ground-mount development
3. Fill in your site criteria in the parcel search feature on the right side of the map
4. Select ‘Filter’ after inputting your criteria
5. Review the suitable parcels by scrolling down within the search tool, or by panning around the map
6. Save promising parcels to your projects

Managing Projects

Projects allow users to organize sites, view results, and export data.

• All saved sites and simulations are accessible within the 'My Projects' page
• Projects can be organized and filtered to quickly find anything of interest
• Open projects on the map, or edit and analyze them
• Export project data and results to CSV files

Steps

1. Open My Projects to browse items
2. Filter or sort to find a specific project
3. Open a project to view details
4. Export data as needed