At Glint Solar, we know that the road from concept to construction is rarely linear. One of the most underestimated and frequently project-stalling challenges? Noise concerns.
Whether it’s a local council wary of increased decibel levels or community stakeholders worried about quality of life, sound can be a surprising dealbreaker. That’s why we’re excited to announce our latest product release: Preliminary Noise Modeling for Battery Storage Projects.
With this new capability, BESS developers can now predict, visualize, and proactively mitigate acoustic impacts, all in the earliest design stages.
Battery storage is rapidly becoming an essential companion to renewable energy, offering grid flexibility, peak shaving, and energy resilience. But with these benefits comes the reality of siting large infrastructure near populated areas, often where planning approvals are hardest to secure.
Here’s the current reality for most developers:
At the same time, broader development risks are escalating. In Germany alone, over 340 GW of BESS applications are chasing just 50 GW of projected market capacity by 2035, yet fewer than 15% are expected to secure grid access. Add in looming regulatory changes, like the proposed 2029 grid fee for BESS, and the pressure to de-risk every aspect of development, from acoustics to permitting, has never been greater.
This new feature from Glint Solar flips that process on its head, enabling project teams to assess and iterate on noise impacts in-house, instantly.
Upload your own vendor equipment data, or use Glint’s conservative defaults, and simulate expected noise emissions from battery containers and MV transformers. Quickly see how sound propagates across your site and impacts sensitive areas such as homes, schools, or protected zones.
This helps you disqualify unsuitable sites early or make informed adjustments before investing time and budget into permitting.
Unlike simplified Excel calculators, our tool accounts for:
This is powered by the open-source Cnossos-EU model, validated against industry-standard ISO 9613-2 reports, with proven accuracy in both rural and urban contexts.
Drag and drop sound walls, adjust distances, or reorient site layouts and immediately visualize how those changes affect decibel levels across the surrounding area.
This allows developers to craft mitigation strategies before public consultations or permitting hearings, saving months of rework and thousands in consulting fees.
This tool was designed with developers in mind. That means:
It’s part of our ongoing mission to make Glint Solar the central platform for evaluating and designing solar and storage projects, all in one place.
“With this new noise modeling capability, developers no longer need to wait weeks for expensive consultant reports and can actively de-risk stakeholder pushback during early project development,” said Even J. Kvelland, CCO and co-founder at Glint Solar. “At Glint Solar we are empowering our users across the world to make better and more data-driven decisions at the beginning of project development. With this release we’re giving our users the power to simulate and iterate acoustic considerations from day one, within the same platform they already use to design and analyze their solar and storage sites.”
Here’s what this feature unlocks for your team:
This tool is ideal for:
This new feature is currently available to all customers who use our BESS offering. If you're interested in learning more about this new feature (or would like to start using BESS!) get in touch with us by booking a demo or by contacting your Customer Success Manager.