Was bedeutet Projektentwicklung as a Service?

Projektentwicklung as a Service bedeutet, dass greentech die Weiterentwicklung eines bestehenden PV-Projekts zur Co-Location mit BESS übernimmt. Ziel ist ein umsetzungsreifer Projektstand, der als Grundlage für Ausschreibung, Vergabe und EPC-Umsetzung genutzt werden kann.

Für welche Projekte ist die Projektentwicklung as a Service geeignet?

Der Service eignet sich für PV-Projekte, die um ein Batteriespeichersystem erweitert werden sollen. Voraussetzung ist eine konkrete PV-Ausgangslage – zum Beispiel eine fertig geplante, im Bau befindliche oder bereits in Betrieb befindliche PV-Anlage.

Muss das Zieldesign für den Batteriespeicher bereits feststehen?

Für die Projektentwicklung sollte ein belastbares Zieldesign vorliegen. Dieses kann aus einer Co-Location-Potenzialanalyse von greentech oder aus einer vergleichbaren Vorarbeit stammen. Wenn noch kein Zieldesign vorliegt, ist die Potenzialanalyse der sinnvolle erste Schritt.

Was ist der Unterschied zur Co-Location-Potenzialanalyse?

Die Potenzialanalyse bewertet, welche BESS-Variante technisch, netzseitig, genehmigungsseitig und wirtschaftlich sinnvoll ist. Projektentwicklung as a Service setzt danach an: Die ausgewählte Variante wird bis zur Umsetzungsreife weiterentwickelt.

Welche Leistungen übernimmt greentech in der Projektentwicklung?

greentech koordiniert die relevanten Arbeitspakete bis Ready-to-build. Dazu gehören je nach Projekt unter anderem Projektsteuerung, Genehmigung, Flächensicherung, Gutachten, Netzanschluss(planung), Trasse, technische Umsetzungsvorbereitung sowie die Vorbereitung der EPC-Übergabe.

Übernimmt greentech auch die Abstimmung mit Behörden und Netzbetreibern?

Ja. greentech steuert die Abstimmung mit den relevanten Beteiligten, darunter Behörden, Netzbetreiber, Eigentümer, Gutachter, Planer und weitere Dienstleister. Wir benennen fachliche Klärungspunkte, die für die Projektentwicklung relevant sind – zum Beispiel bei Flächen, Pacht oder Nutzungsrechten. Die rechtliche Prüfung, Beratung und Vertragsgestaltung erfolgt jedoch eigenständig durch die Rechtsberater des Kunden und ist nicht Bestandteil unseres Angebots.

Wie stellen Sie Qualität und Konsistenz sicher?

Unsere Ergebnisse werden nach dem Vier-Augen-Prinzip geprüft und auf Konsistenz der Schnittstellen abgeglichen. Zusätzlich arbeiten wir mit standardisierten Prüflisten und Workflows in einem Projektmanagement-Tool, über das wir Schnittstellen systematisch prüfen und sicherstellen, dass alle relevanten Punkte berücksichtigt sind – bevor Themen in Vergabe oder Bauphase kritisch werden.

Was bedeutet Ready-to-build bei einem Co-Location-Projekt?

Ready-to-build bedeutet, dass ein Co-Location-Projekt so weit entwickelt ist, dass die nächste Phase – Ausschreibung, EPC-Beauftragung und Umsetzung – auf einer belastbaren Grundlage starten kann. Dazu gehören insbesondere die genehmigungsseitigen Voraussetzungen, eine abgestimmte Netzanschluss- und Trassenlösung, gesicherte Flächen- und Nutzungsgrundlagen sowie eine technische Planung, die PV-Anlage und Batteriespeicher als umsetzbares Gesamtsystem beschreibt. Welche Unterlagen und Nachweise im konkreten Fall erforderlich sind, hängt vom Projektstatus ab. Deshalb vereinbaren wir zu Beginn gemeinsam mit dem Kunden, welche RtB-Kriterien für das jeweilige Projekt gelten.

Ist das EPC, beziehungsweise der Anlagenbau, Teil der Leistung?

Nein. Projektentwicklung as a Service endet mit der umsetzungsreifen Entwicklung und der Vorbereitung der EPC-Übergabe. Die anschließende Errichtung der Anlage erfolgt über EPC beziehungsweise Anlagenbau als separate Leistung.

Kann das Projekt nach der Entwicklung an einen externen EPC übergeben werden?

Ja. Das Ziel der Leistung ist ausdrücklich, eine belastbare Projektgrundlage für Ausschreibung, Vergabe und EPC-Umsetzung zu schaffen. Die Umsetzung kann anschließend durch greentech oder einen anderen EPC-Partner erfolgen.

Muss greentech auch die vorherige Potenzialanalyse durchgeführt haben?

Nicht zwingend. Wenn bereits ein belastbares Zieldesign und die relevanten Projektgrundlagen vorliegen, kann greentech darauf aufsetzen. Wurde die Potenzialanalyse durch greentech erstellt, ist ein besonders schneller Einstieg möglich, weil Projektstatus, Zielvariante und offene Punkte bereits bekannt sind.

Project Development as a Service for Co-Location Projects consisting of PV and BESS

Based on the greentech potential analysis or comparable preliminary work, we develop your PV project with battery storage to ready-to-build status – prepared for implementation by an EPC.

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From PV planning to implementation-ready co-location

greentech develops your PV project into a co-location with BESS. Our co-location project development starts where the target design for the battery storage has been determined – for example, based on a potential analysis or comparable preliminary work. In doing so, we manage the entire process – from planning law, permits, and land securing to required expert reports, grid connection, and technical implementation preparation. In the end, you receive an individually tailored, ready-to-build co-location project that you can hand over to an EPC for implementation.

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co-location process

Project development follows the potential analysis and provides all necessary documents, evidence, and records for construction by an EPC

Potential Analysis

Determines whether and how a battery storage system can be sensibly integrated into your PV project – including target design, key framework conditions, and next steps.

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Project Development as a Service

Develops the selected co-location variant to ready-to-build – with permits, grid connection, land securing, expert reports, and technical implementation preparation.

EPC / Plant Construction

Technically implements the developed project – based on the prepared documents, coordinated framework conditions, and EPC-ready project basis.

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When does Co-Location Project Development as a Service make sense?

Project Development as a Service is aimed at PV projects that are to be further developed for co-location with a battery storage system. The prerequisite is that a specific PV starting situation already exists – for example, a fully planned PV system, one under construction, or one already in operation.

If you want to expand your PV project with BESS

You would like to develop a co-location project from an existing or planned PV project. We take over the further project development and manage the necessary steps until it is ready for implementation.

If the appropriate BESS variant is already fundamentally defined

A target image is required for the project development of the co-location: Which storage solution should be integrated into the PV project and what role should it play in the project? This target image can come from a greentech potential analysis, an external analysis, or an existing project decision. If no reliable target image is yet available, a co-location potential analysis may be useful beforehand. Once the preferred variant has been determined, we develop it further to ready-to-build in the next step.

If your internal project development lacks capacity or BESS know-how

Expanding a PV project to include BESS affects permits, grid connection, land, expert reports, technology, and stakeholder management. If internal resources or specific experience are lacking, we take over the structured further development as an external project development partner.

If you need a central partner for management

Co-location projects have many interfaces: authorities, grid operators, owners, experts, planners, and subsequent implementation partners. greentech brings these topics together in a clear project structure – so that decisions can be made quickly, responsibilities are clearly clarified, and the next steps can be reliably implemented.

If the project is to be developed to ready-to-build status

The goal is an implementation-ready co-location development. The result is a coordinated project consisting of PV and BESS that brings together technical, permitting, grid-related, and economic requirements and can be used as a basis for tendering, awarding, and implementation by an EPC.

Components of Project Development as a Service for co-location with BESS

greentech leads the selected co-location variant structured to implementation readiness. To this end, we coordinate the relevant work packages, manage the interfaces between those involved, and create a reliable project status for tendering, awarding, and EPC implementation.

Project Management and Stakeholder Management

greentech takes over the central coordination of the development process and manages coordination with authorities, grid operators, owners, experts, planners, and other service providers. In this way, decisions, documents, and next steps come together in a clear project structure.

Planning Law and Permitting Strategy

We lead the permitting path derived in the potential analysis into implementation. Depending on the project status, we coordinate, for example, preliminary building inquiries, building applications, adjustments to existing planning documents, or steps within the framework of urban land-use planning.

Land Securing, Leasing, and Project-Related Contracts

We coordinate the necessary adjustments and clarifications regarding land, leasing, and project-related contracts, insofar as they are necessary for the integration of the battery storage system. This includes coordination with owners, contractual partners, and other parties involved (no legal advice).

Expert Reports, Mapping, and Evidence

If additional expert reports, mapping, or evidence are required for the BESS expansion, greentech manages their commissioning, coordination, and integration into the project documents. Depending on the location, this may concern noise, fire protection, soil, water, environment, or visibility.

Grid Connection and Route Securing

We implement the grid-side steps identified from the potential analysis for the integration of the BESS. Depending on the project, this includes the extended grid application, coordination with the grid operator, technical grid connection planning, route design, and the preparation of the required documents.

Technical Implementation Preparation

greentech transfers the target system into an implementation-ready technical project basis. This includes, for example, layout and occupancy planning, technical interfaces between PV, BESS, and grid connection, as well as design review or the preparation of documents for tendering and EPC handover where applicable.

Marketing and Operational Perspective

The subsequent operational and marketing logic must match the technical and grid-side design. Therefore, we take the intended use of the BESS into account in the development process and coordinate relevant requirements early on with planning, grid connection, and implementation preparation.

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Integrating BESS – but how?

How does a ground-mounted PV system – in planning, realization, or operation – become a permittable, implementation-ready, and economically viable co-location project with BESS? This overview outlines the typical procedural logic – from potential assessment to the derivation of a reliable basis for decision-making and the development of the selected target variant to ready-to-build status.

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6 good reasons why greentech is the right partner for your project development

Experience from own BESS and co-location project development

greentech develops PV and BESS projects itself and knows the requirements from practical implementation. This experiential knowledge flows directly into project development for third parties – from permitting issues and grid connection to technical implementation planning.

360° system perspective on the co-location project

Co-location arises at the interface of project development, technology, grid, and subsequent implementation. greentech considers these topics in an integrated manner – from permitting and land securing to PV/BESS engineering, grid connection and integration, as well as SCADA solutions, through to ready-to-build status and EPC handover.

A central partner for many interfaces

Authorities, grid operators, owners, experts, planners, and subsequent EPC partners must be properly coordinated. greentech takes over this management and ensures that responsibilities, decisions, and next steps remain clear.

Clear structure, individually tailored to your project

Co-location projects need a reliable development logic – but no off-the-shelf solution. greentech combines a clearly managed process with the individual results from potential analysis or comparable preliminary work. In this way, the selected BESS variant is developed to ready-to-build status in line with the location, grid situation, permitting path, and project goal.

Planning security until ready-to-build status

The goal is a project status that is not only conceptually convincing but can also be transferred into implementation. greentech further develops the selected co-location variant so that tendering, awarding, and EPC implementation can be based on a reliable foundation.

Fast entry based on preliminary work already completed

If the project status, target variant, and open points are already available, project development can start directly on a reliable basis. greentech uses the existing preliminary work, for example from the potential analysis, specifies the next steps, and transfers the identified work packages into a clear roadmap to ready-to-build.

What you receive at the end of project development

Implementation-ready co-location project consisting of PV and BESS

Clear basis for tendering and EPC commissioning

Secured permitting basis for implementation

Coordinated grid connection and route solution

Clear operational, feed-in, and marketing concept

Coordinated land, leasing, and contract topics

Integrated expert reports, mapping, and evidence

Technical planning basis for implementation

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FAQ: Project Development as a Service

Frequently asked questions about co-location project development and integration of BESS into existing PV systems

What does Project Development as a Service mean?

Project Development as a Service means that greentech takes over the further development of an existing PV project into a co-location with BESS. The goal is an implementation-ready project status that can be used as a basis for tendering, awarding, and EPC implementation.

For which projects is Project Development as a Service suitable?

The service is suitable for PV projects that are to be expanded to include a battery storage system. The prerequisite is a specific PV starting situation – for example, a fully planned PV system, one under construction, or one already in operation.

Does the target design for the battery storage already have to be determined?

A reliable target design should be available for project development. This can come from a co-location potential analysis by greentech or from comparable preliminary work. If no target design is yet available, the potential analysis is the sensible first step.

What is the difference to the co-location potential analysis?

The potential analysis evaluates which BESS variant makes sense technically, grid-wise, permitting-wise, and economically. Project Development as a Service starts after that: The selected variant is further developed until it is ready for implementation.

Which services does greentech provide in project development?

greentech coordinates the relevant work packages until ready-to-build. Depending on the project, these include project management, permitting, land securing, expert reports, grid connection (planning), route, technical implementation preparation, and preparation for EPC handover.

Does greentech also handle coordination with authorities and grid operators?

Yes. greentech manages coordination with the relevant parties involved, including authorities, grid operators, owners, experts, planners, and other service providers. We identify technical clarification points that are relevant for project development – for example, regarding land, leasing, or usage rights. However, legal review, advice, and contract drafting are carried out independently by the customer’s legal advisors and are not part of our offer.

What does ready-to-build mean for a co-location project?

Ready-to-build means that a co-location project is developed to the point where the next phase – tendering, EPC commissioning, and implementation – can start on a reliable basis. This includes, in particular, the permitting requirements, a coordinated grid connection and route solution, secured land and usage bases, and technical planning that describes the PV system and battery storage as an implementable overall system. Which documents and evidence are required in a specific case depends on the project status. Therefore, at the beginning, we agree together with the customer which RTB criteria apply to the respective project.

Is the EPC or plant construction part of the service?

No. Project Development as a Service ends with implementation-ready development and preparation for EPC handover. The subsequent construction of the plant takes place via EPC or plant construction as a separate service.

Can the project be handed over to an external EPC after development?

Yes. The explicit goal of the service is to create a reliable project basis for tendering, awarding, and EPC implementation. Implementation can then be carried out by greentech or another EPC partner.

Does greentech also have to have carried out the previous potential analysis?

Not necessarily. If a reliable target design and the relevant project bases are already available, greentech can build on them. If the potential analysis was created by greentech, a particularly fast entry is possible because the project status, target variant, and open points are already known.

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Why work with greentech?

Years of experience

Employees active in 6 European countries

Projects in the development pipeline

Ground-mounted PV systems built

in technical consulting

in operational management

Your specialists for detailed design at greentech

Julian Linde

Team Lead Project Development

Julian Linde is a Team Lead in Project Development at greentech, focusing on the business and co-development of co-location projects with BESS integration. Before joining greentech, he spent three years in project development and financing of renewable energy projects at an international investment company. He studied economics in Mainz, Hamburg, and Strasbourg. His professional career began in investment and portfolio management.

Joern Carstensen

Chief Technical Officer (CTO)

In his role, Jörn Carstensen combines the management of all technical areas of the greentech group. As CTO, he is responsible for plant construction, engineering services and technical management. The aim is to create uniform standards and processes across all technical areas at greentech, thereby ensuring company-wide synergies, high quality and the greatest possible transparency.

Jörn Carstensen joined greentech in 2014 as Business Development Manager. In addition to developing various European markets, he built up the Engineering and Technical Advisory division. From 2006 to 2014, he worked for the Conergy Group in various international corporate and business development positions. Prior to that, he worked for a consulting unit of Accenture and supported utility companies in strategic and organisational issues. Jörn Carstensen holds a degree in Industrial Engineering with a specialisation in Energy and Environmental Management from the Universities of Flensburg and Southampton.

Project Development as a Service for Co-Location Projects consisting of PV and BESS

From PV planning to implementation-ready co-location

Where our Project Development as a Service starts in theco-location process

Project development follows the potential analysis and provides all necessary documents, evidence, and records for construction by an EPC

Potential Analysis

Project Development as a Service

EPC / Plant Construction

When does Co-Location Project Development as a Service make sense?

If you want to expand your PV project with BESS

If the appropriate BESS variant is already fundamentally defined

If your internal project development lacks capacity or BESS know-how

If you need a central partner for management

If the project is to be developed to ready-to-build status

Components of Project Development as a Service for co-location with BESS

Project Management and Stakeholder Management

Planning Law and Permitting Strategy

Land Securing, Leasing, and Project-Related Contracts

Expert Reports, Mapping, and Evidence

Grid Connection and Route Securing

Technical Implementation Preparation

Marketing and Operational Perspective

White Paper

Integrating BESS – but how?

6 good reasons why greentech is the right partner for your project development

Experience from own BESS and co-location project development

360° system perspective on the co-location project

A central partner for many interfaces

Clear structure, individually tailored to your project

Planning security until ready-to-build status

Fast entry based on preliminary work already completed

What you receive at the end of project development

Implementation-ready co-location project consisting of PV and BESS

Clear basis for tendering and EPC commissioning

Secured permitting basis for implementation

Coordinated grid connection and route solution

Clear operational, feed-in, and marketing concept

Coordinated land, leasing, and contract topics

Integrated expert reports, mapping, and evidence

Technical planning basis for implementation

Co-Location Project Development

FAQ: Project Development as a Service

Frequently asked questions about co-location project development and integration of BESS into existing PV systems

What does Project Development as a Service mean?

For which projects is Project Development as a Service suitable?

Does the target design for the battery storage already have to be determined?

What is the difference to the co-location potential analysis?

Which services does greentech provide in project development?

Does greentech also handle coordination with authorities and grid operators?

What does ready-to-build mean for a co-location project?

Is the EPC or plant construction part of the service?

Can the project be handed over to an external EPC after development?

Does greentech also have to have carried out the previous potential analysis?

Still have questions?

Why work with greentech?

Years of experience

Employees active in 6 European countries

Projects in the development pipeline

Ground-mounted PV systems built

in technical consulting

in operational management

Your specialists for detailed design at greentech

Julian Linde

Joern Carstensen

Contact

+ 49 (40) 743 251 - 100

+ 49 (40) 743 251 - 100

+ 49 (40) 743 251 - 100

+ 49 (40) 743 251 - 100

+ 49 (40) 743 251 - 100

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