Greenfield Getting Started Guide

Here are a few of the most commonly used tools and workflows (and the recommended order) to get you started with greenfield siting in Anderson Optimization.

Greenfield siting project overview
Below are the core steps to create a new siting project in Anderson Optimization and find suitable land for renewable siting near a substation or line of interest.
Step 1: Create new project around a substation or line of interest
Create a new project to greenfield around a substation(s) or line(s) of interest.
​Start to create a new project​
Select project type 
Fill in project details
​Select primary substation or line assets to build project around (Not sure which method to use? Try selecting a sub or line from the map.)
Finish creating the new project
Step 2: Find land
Find land nearby and add parcels to your project. Group multiple parcels together into combined project territories. 
On the newly created sub or line project, Search for land near substation(s) or line(s) using the parcel search tool 
Use this to find relatively large parcels, relatively close to the target grid infrastructure
Add additional parcels directly from the parcels map layer to fill in holes/add additional land near good anchor parcels
As needed, group together multiple parcels into a 'site/project area' using the super parcel tool (this will help make it easy to see total site acreage and correctly apply internal site boundary setbacks when the buildable area analysis is run). 
Step 3: Evaluate buildability
Quickly analyze key environmental/infrastructural hazards for all parcels and create constraint maps/calculated buildable acreage based on those constraints and user-input setbacks. 
Run the Buildable Area Analysis on the project to analyze all parcels on a project at once for key hazards
​View the constraint maps and hazard drawings created through the analysis
Check out the calculated buildable area (acres) for each parcel
​Manually remove hazards or exclusion areas, as needed
Step 4: Review/identify best parcels
Hone in on the best parcels through these different tools to review parcels and identify the best parcels for renewable development.
​Sort/filter parcels based on key attributes (e.g. filter to show just parcels over X buildable acres) 
​Star rate parcels to track which parcels are best/worst 
​Save notes ​
​Delete/remove parcels that are not a good fit (use the filtering tool to filter and then select and bulk delete bad parcels via the parcels list view).
​Track site control status and agreement type throughout owner outreach
Step 5: Export data
Export all key data from a siting project to seamlessly continue downstream work. Export project map/constraint maps, landowner information/parcel data, and PDF reports.
​Export as a KML/KMZ (project map)
​Export as a Shapefile (project map)
​Export as Excel or CSV file with landowner/mailing list info/parcel details
​Export AO Report (PDF) (parcel and Buildable Area Analysis details)
​Export parcel images (.png) or screenshots​
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Contents

Greenfield siting project overview

Step 1: Create new project around a substation or line of interest

Step 2: Find land

Step 3: Evaluate buildability

Step 4: Review/identify best parcels

Step 5: Export data