Empowering Energy Projects

Siting & Design

• Viewshed (Line-of-Sight) — visibility from turbines/towers to minimise visual impact and secure telemetry/coverage.
  Products: Viewshed service (from DEM/DSM).
• DEM/DSM/DTM — elevation of ground (DEM), surface incl. features (DSM), and bare-earth terrain (DTM) for grading, platform layout and hydrology.
  Products:
  DEMSA2 L1 (2 m raw DEM),
  DEMSA2 L2 (DSM), DEMSA2 L3 (DTM),
  SUDEM5 (5 m), SRTM 90 m
• Slope / Aspect / Curvature — terrain derivatives to orient array rows, set cut/fill limits, and screen unstable ground.
  Products: DEM derivatives (DEMSA2/SUDEM).

Hydrology & Flood Risk

• FHI (Flood Hazard Index) — composite layer highlighting likely inundation/pooling for early screening of pads, substations and yards.
  Products: FHI built from DEM hydrology.
• HAND (Height Above Nearest Drainage) — height relative to the stream network; strong proxy for flood/wetness for plants, depots and storage yards.
  Products: HAND (from DEMSA2/SUDEM).
• TWI (Topographic Wetness Index) — terrain-driven wetness potential for siting PV blocks and access roads away from saturation.
  Products: TWI (from DEMSA2/SUDEM).
• Flow Direction & Accumulation — trace drainage paths and upslope areas to place inlets, culverts and attenuation basins.
  Products: Hydrology suite (DEM derivatives).

Routing (Pipelines & Transmission)

• Least-cost corridors — multi-criteria routes balancing slope, geology, land cover, wetlands and settlements.
  Products: Corridor suitability modelling
• Long-profile & grade checks — derive grade along candidate routes to meet design constraints.
  Products: Add-Surface / profile tools (from DEMSA2/SUDEM).
• Crossings & water setbacks — channel network, stream order and proximity to rivers/wetlands for crossing design and permitting.
  Products: Stream Order Network; Distance-to water layers

Land-Use, Zoning & Compliance

• Land-use & zoning — align sites with local plans; avoid sensitive land-uses; accelerate approvals.
  Products: Land-use/Zoning datasets; Admin boundaries.
• Protected & Conservation Areas — SAPAD/PACA overlays to flag no-go/low-impact zones for renewables and conventional assets.
  Products: Protected/Conservation Areas

Operational Context & O&M Risk access 

• Road networks & access — logistics for component delivery and O&M routing.
  Products: Roads base layer
• Erosion & stability — Slope, TWI and K-factor (soil erodibility) to target drainage/armouring around pads, pylons and canals.
  Products: Slope/TWI/K-factor layers .
• Hydro & dam context — DTM + slope for hydropower/impoundment planning and reservoir bathymetry context.
  Products: DEMSA2 L3 / SUDEM5; SRTM 90 m