Case Study: EDF Power Solutions streamlines renewable routing feasibility with Continuum Industries’ Optioneer

EDF Power Solutions cuts route design time from 9 months to 3 months with Continuum Industries

EDF Power Solutions, a division of EDF, needed a more efficient method to assess viable grid connection routes for its onshore wind, solar, and battery storage projects across the UK and Ireland. The challenge involved navigating complex regulations, minimizing landowner impact to control costs, and reducing the high time and resource expenditure associated with traditional, judgment-based feasibility studies.

Continuum Industries implemented its Optioneer platform, which was strategically configured with localized data for the region. This solution provided EDF with a single, AI-driven platform to rapidly generate and compare route alternatives. The results for Continuum Industries' customer included cutting route design time from nine months to three and reducing full-time resource effort from 216 days to 72. The platform also enabled rapid iterations and major reroutes in minutes instead of days, dramatically improving early CAPEX estimate accuracy and reducing consenting risk.

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