The sun is still the sun.
The shading study is what loses you the bid.
The solar bid you lost because Aurora couldn't model the dormer. The interconnection package that took three weeks because the utility wanted a stamped single-line you didn't have. Forge is the chest a working solar contractor builds when the platform he rents stops serving him.
The drawers that matter most
when the truck door opens.
iPad Pro LiDAR walks the roof, captures geometry and obstructions, generates a shading study and string layout. Sixty seconds. The dormer is no longer the bid-killer.
Module, inverter, racking, BOS — assemblies that match what you actually install, sized off the scan. Net of incentives. The homeowner sees the number you sign for.
Single-line, panel schedule, NEC calcs, AHJ-specific permit packages. The interconnection submittal that took three weeks lives in three days.
ITC, state rebates, MACRS depreciation, PPA modeling. The customer-facing economics are honest. The operator-facing economics are honest.
Hyperion was built first for roofing. Solar is the second drawer it opened — and it opened it because the founder needed the shading study his platform wouldn't give him.
The first solar Charter member
writes their own page here.
The quote, the metrics, the photograph — all of it. The Forge team supports every word; the operator carries the page. If you've been waiting for the moment that earns you the badge, this is it.
Two Charter seats open for commercial and residential solar.
Apply for Charter3-MIN ASSESSMENT →The honest answers,
without the sales gloss.
Aurora ingests aerial imagery and builds a parametric model. Hyperion captures the actual roof in-field with LiDAR. The dormer Aurora misses is the dormer Hyperion measures. Charter solar operators report bidding from the truck door before the homeowner finishes the consultation.
Yes. Treasury models PPA, lease, cash, and loan side by side, including ITC, MACRS for commercial, state rebates, and SREC pricing where applicable. The customer presentation is generated from the model. No more spreadsheet handoffs.
The federation generates the AHJ-specific permit package and interconnection submittal — single-line, panel schedule, NEC calcs, structural letters. Submission to the utility portal is currently manual upload of the generated package; native portal integration is a Founders Circle commitment.
by application: $27,000 prepaid for 36 months (~$750/mo equivalent), locked forever, ten seats. Public pricing is a la carte from Forge Core $499/mo flat plus modules. Two solar Charter seats are open. The first to apply earns the badge on this page.
0 of 2 solar seats
filled.
Charter is the operator who builds with the new tools first. Ten seats across all trades. Locked when filled. The rate doesn't move — ever — while the public list rises around you.
The needs have been the same for 4,000 years.
The sun is the oldest tool. The operator capturing it is the one Forge serves.