Use Cases

Learn how we help clients better manage risk and save time and money in the project process.

Long term grid planning

Long term grid planning

Identify which assets to invest in by combining power flow analysis and detailed analysis of costs, environmental, regulatory, and engineering requirements.

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Transmission line & lower voltage routing

Easily identify corridors and quantitatively identify the best routes.

Tunneling

Identify where tunnels are more convenient than surface or overhead infrastructure planning.

Hybrid planning combining overhead lines and underground cables

Hybrid planning combining overhead lines and underground cables

Hybrid planning combining overhead lines and underground cables as a result of project and topography restrictions.

Earth cable routing

Visualization of subsurface utilities data and calculated earth cable paths.

Sub station siting

Sub station siting

Determine the optimal location for sub stations for line and cable projects with detailed analysis of local elements such as land parcels, visual impact, and environmental limitations.

Stakeholder engagement

Stakeholder engagement

Pathfinder’s data-driven approach fosters transparency among stakeholders, promoting engagement and collaboration, by visualizing and communicating various infrastructure scenarios and their potential impacts.

Cost estimation for tenders

Cost estimation for tenders

Get more accurate tender cost estimations for route and cable connection by quantifying regulatory and environmental risk, CAPEX, OPEX and other constraints.

Environmental feasibility process

Environmental feasibility process

Understand and quantify the environmental impacts in the predesign phase for a line or cable project

Railway electrification

Railway electrification

Supporting expansion and modernization of rail networks.

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Renewables grid connection

Analyze offshore, onshore, overhead, cable, and subsea connections. Also identify the optimal route to connect a renewable plants to the grid.

Site selection for wind and solar

Compare land parcels quantitatively using analytics to identify the best location.

Wind farm layout planning 

Wind farm layout planning 

Save time calculating and comparing feeder connections in renewables layout planning projects.

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Pipeline routing optimization (H₂)

Pipeline routing optimization (H₂)

Simplify the review of technical, terrain, and environmental restrictions and minimize project impacts during the pipeline planning stage.

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Investment feasibility study

Investment feasibility study

Conduct a fast feasibility study to decide when to invest in a cable, grid, or renewables project by quickly calculating costs and quantifying requirements.