The cost map: Hidden overlaps where PV project costs accumulate

About this webinar

Developing a PV project requires coordinated work across civil, structural, and electrical design, and beyond. In this pv magazine Webinar, we look at how misalignment between these disciplines can drive avoidable cost as a project moves from feasibility to a buildable layout. We introduce a “cost map” approach to help stakeholders spot where costs concentrate and identify practical opportunities for savings.

The cost map: Hidden overlaps where PV project costs accumulate

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  • Webinar
  • 13 Feb 2026
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The cost map: Hidden overlaps where PV project costs accumulate
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Across a site, cost doesn’t only come from big-ticket items—it often builds up through small decisions made at different stages by different teams. When assumptions don’t line up, work gets repeated, designs get adjusted late, and constructability issues appear downstream.

In this webinar, we’ll examine how civil, electrical, and structural choices interact as the layout evolves. Even when each team makes the best decision within its own scope, decisions made in isolation can create rework, procurement friction, and avoidable cost later in the process.

PVFARM has developed a “cost map” approach to visualize cost drivers across an entire site and show where concentrations are forming. Maksim Markevich, Chief Technology Officer at PVFARM, will introduce the concept and share examples from real projects, including typical hotspots where costs tend to accumulate.

Join the webinar to see PVFARM in action and discuss scenarios where viewing grading, pile design, and DC collection holistically makes cost issues easier to spot early—before they become expensive to change. Viewers will learn how simple early frameworks for cross-discipline trade-offs can reduce misalignment and support faster, more buildable decisions.

Webinar content:

  • Where PV project costs typically accumulate—and why
  • The Cost Map concept: making cross-workstream cost visible across the site
  • Live solar design software demonstration
  • Q&A

Questions can be submitted beforehand in the comments window when registering or in the chat during the live webinar.

The webinar will be moderated by Mark Hutchins, magazine director at pv magazine.

Registration for this webinar is free of charge.

Speakers

Maksim Markevich
Maksim Markevich
PVFARM
Chief Technology Officer

Moderator

Mark Hutchins pv magazine Magazine Director
Mark Hutchins
Magazine Director
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Mark Hutchins pv magazine Magazine Director
Mark Hutchins
Magazine Director

Mark Hutchins is Magazine Director. He joined pv magazine in September 2016 as production editor of the monthly global title. Mark also works online reporting on upstream technology and markets, as well as newly emerging solar regions.

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