Glint Solar is built for development teams proving project validity before a site enters a grid queue: grid data, screening, land control, design, and permitting output on one map, across PV, BESS, hybrid, and preliminary wind assessment, in every market you develop in. dvlp.energy is built for finding and screening land in Germany.
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Site prospection
Glint Solar: Site prospection, excellent
Deep data coverage for Germany, Austria and other neighbouring markets. Automatically processed and continuously updated. In-house layers built from text documents using AI and Glint's mapping technology. Criteria driven land search.
dvlp.energy: Site prospection, excellent
Excellent data coverage for Germany. Automatically processed and continuously updated. In-house layers built from text documents using AI. Criteria driven land search.
Criteria-driven land search across a search area
Glint Solar: Criteria-driven land search across a search area, excellent
Criteria search within a defined radius, roughly one municipality at a time. Using customizable and shareable constraint profile.
dvlp.energy: Criteria-driven land search across a search area, excellent
Criteria search within a defined radius, roughly one municipality at a time.
High resolution topography, 1m resolution in Germany. The same terrain model drives screening, buildable area, layout, yield and 3D, across every market.
dvlp.energy: Topography, strong
High-resolution elevation for Germany, as a layer and in 3D.
Data coverage and depth
Glint Solar: Data coverage and depth, excellent
Deep coverage for Germany, Austria and other neighbouring markets. Automatically processed and continuously updated. In-house layers built from text documents using AI and Glint's mapping technology. Note: layers are counted differently by the providers and raw layer count is not a useful metric for comparison.
dvlp.energy: Data coverage and depth, excellent
Deep coverage for Germany. Automatically processed and continuously updated. In-house layers built from text documents using AI. Note: layers are counted differently by the providers and raw layer count is not a useful metric for comparison.
Grid intelligence (Germany)
Glint Solar: Grid intelligence (Germany), strong
A proprietary medium voltage network derived from LiDAR, the widest MV coverage available. Capacity and redispatch at TSO level.
Redispatch, reinforcement plans, connection cost is available by DSO. Grid Connect to collaborate with other developers on grid connection.
Medium voltage line coverage and ownership
Glint Solar: Medium voltage line coverage and ownership, excellent
Derived from open LiDAR point clouds and DSO expansion plans, covering overhead lines and underground cables, each line carrying its operator and a maximum mapping error.
dvlp.energy: Medium voltage line coverage and ownership, strong
Public grid infrastructure across voltage levels, Germany.
Grid capacity, constraints and expansion
Glint Solar: Grid capacity, constraints and expansion, strong
Expansion plans and redispatch at TSO level.
dvlp.energy: Grid capacity, constraints and expansion, excellent
Grid bottlenecks and expansion plans at DSO level.
Connection point brokerage
Glint Solar: Connection point brokerage, not covered
dvlp.energy: Connection point brokerage, excellent
Active mediation between projects and connection points.
Design and yield
Glint Solar: Design and yield, excellent
PV, BESS, and hybrid layouts built from reusable profiles, each carrying 15-year typical-weather yield with P50 and P90 output, and hybrid revenue modeled across four dispatch scenarios against day-ahead prices in 18 markets.
dvlp.energy: Design and yield, basic
3D layout simulation over the buildable area. No yield and no revenue modelling.
PV and BESS layout
Glint Solar: PV and BESS layout, excellent
Parametric layout against every constraint and against the grid limit. Module type, tilt, row spacing, roads, corridors, setbacks.
dvlp.energy: PV and BESS layout, basic
3D visualization of a solar park or a battery park, with mounting type and row spacing, set per project type.
Hybrid layout on one grid connection
Glint Solar: Hybrid layout on one grid connection, excellent
PV and BESS areas in one design against a shared grid limit, so curtailment and what the battery recovers against it are part of the layout.
dvlp.energy: Hybrid layout on one grid connection, not covered
Production figures for a layout
Glint Solar: Production figures for a layout, excellent
Ray-traced simulation across terrain and detailed electrical effects, independently validated against PVsyst at 0% to -2.2% deviation across ten European sites.
dvlp.energy: Production figures for a layout, not covered
Storage revenue and dispatch
Glint Solar: Storage revenue and dispatch, excellent
Four dispatch strategies against day-ahead prices in 18 markets.
dvlp.energy: Storage revenue and dispatch, not covered
Agrivoltaic layouts and land-use metrics
Glint Solar: Agrivoltaic layouts and land-use metrics, excellent
Each parcel takes its own clearance, row spacing and tilt inside one analysis, with projected ground coverage and farmable area reported per segment and project-wide. French and Italian portfolios.
dvlp.energy: Agrivoltaic layouts and land-use metrics, not covered
Design review and CAD import
Glint Solar: Design review and CAD import, excellent
Import a CAD file and review it in context, with comments on the design.
dvlp.energy: Design review and CAD import, not covered
Stakeholder materials and reports
Glint Solar: Stakeholder materials and reports, excellent
3D visualization on real terrain, a 3D object library of fences, hedges, trees, and equipment, AI-generated visualizations, and scaled map exports for the permit file in German.
dvlp.energy: Stakeholder materials and reports, basic
3D visualizations. Screen capture with a legend at two paper sizes.
Layout and context aware AI-generated site visualizations that keep design consistency.
dvlp.energy: Photorealistic visualizations, not covered
Map export for the permit file
Glint Solar: Map export for the permit file, excellent
Cartographic export available in most commonly used coordinate systems. Coordinates and CRS stated as commonly requested by external stakeholders.
dvlp.energy: Map export for the permit file, basic
Screen capture with a legend at two paper sizes. No CRS selection, no stated projection, no coordinate reference on the sheet.
Noise analysis
Glint Solar: Noise analysis, excellent
Terrain-aware, broadband and per frequency band, with noise walls.
dvlp.energy: Noise analysis, basic
Noise simulation, without terrain, and without custom emitters or receivers.
Portfolio and collaboration
Glint Solar: Portfolio and collaboration, excellent
Multi-team and multi-portfolio structure, with external parties invited into projects and portfolios on scoped permissions. Real-time collaboration, comments, notifications and cross-portfolio dashboards.
dvlp.energy: Portfolio and collaboration, basic
Project seen on the map, and a filterable list, free-form labels, per-project comments.
Project and pipeline management
Glint Solar: Project and pipeline management, strong
dvlp.energy: Project and pipeline management, basic
Filters on any stored property, labels and tags, comments.
Pipeline reporting and charts
Glint Solar: Pipeline reporting and charts, excellent
Dashboard with customizable charts showing status and progress in and across portfolios.
dvlp.energy: Pipeline reporting and charts, not covered
External access and permissions
Glint Solar: External access and permissions, excellent
Invite external parties into projects and portfolios with scoped permissions.
dvlp.energy: External access and permissions, basic
Exports and reports can be shared. Portfolio-level access for externals is not supported, and there is no multi-team structure.
Comments and notifications
Glint Solar: Comments and notifications, strong
Comments with notifications organized across organisation, portfolio, projects and assets. Comments in maps. Ability to tag team members.
dvlp.energy: Comments and notifications, basic
Simple comments at project level.
Real time collaboration
Glint Solar: Real time collaboration, excellent
Real time collaboration. Assets, drawings and comments are visible to collaborators without reloading.
dvlp.energy: Real time collaboration, not covered
Land acquisition management
Glint Solar: Land acquisition management, strong
Manage landowner and parcel data and files, track status, conversations and agreements through to site control.
dvlp.energy: Land acquisition management, basic
Contact import, tags may be applied to track status.
Agentic workflows
Glint Solar: Agentic workflows, excellent
Glint AI makes changes on your map and runs analyses from a plain-language request, using Glint Solar's own tools, one task at a time.
dvlp.energy: Agentic workflows, not covered
API
Glint Solar: API, strong
API with support for creating, updating and managing projects. This makes it possible to create two way sync with separate CRM or project management software such as Salesforce, HubSpot or monday.
dvlp.energy: API, not covered
Ease of use
Glint Solar: Ease of use, excellent
Browser-based and map-native. Available in German, English and other languages.
dvlp.energy: Ease of use, excellent
Browser-based and map-native. Available in German and English.
Markets
Glint Solar
Available in European markets including Germany, Austria, Italy, France, UK, Spain, Poland and more. Also available in USA.
dvlp.energy
Germany and Italy.
The final verdict
Glint Solar is the better choice for a team that has to prove a project, not just find one. The same parcel goes from screening through design, production and revenue figures, and the permit file, for PV, BESS, and hybrid together, in every market you develop in. dvlp.energy knows the German grid better than anyone. Glint Solar is the platform the project lives in.
Reviewed September 2026 against dvlp.energy's published pages and their own announcements.
Don't just take our word for it
Glint Solar is the ideal tool for finding rapid, reliable answers during early project development phases, ensuring optimal economic viability for every project. It’s simple and answers complex questions fast.
Josef Mußner
CEO, Synfra
Anyone on the team can open a project and instantly understand where things stand. That’s huge for our collaboration and speed.
Thomas McNailen
Project Developer, Advantage Renewables
Now, with all project data in one accessible place, we’re able to tackle numerous solar sites effortlessly, ensuring no detail goes unnoticed.
Max Widegren
Project Developer, Turn Energy
Glint Solar’s BESS tool has made site assessments easier. We quickly check if sites work, find suitable locations near substations, and compile reports with maps and 3D layouts, without waiting on external consultants.
Thorben Frener
Project Manager, Viridi
Ready to talk?
In 30 minutes, see how Glint Solar helps you qualify sites using data, not gut feel, so you move forward only with commercially viable ones.
What you’ll learn in the demo call
How to screen potential sites quickly with curated, always-updated GIS data
How to identify true buildable area and grid routes early to avoid costly missteps
How to reduce preliminary engineering hours by focusing only on viable opportunities
How to build credibility with stakeholders through high-quality layouts and 3D visualizations
Why it matters
Relying on intuition wastes money and time. In solar and storage development, you need reliable data early to filter out weak projects, avoid surprises, and accelerate decisions. We're here to help.
