Virto Solar, a leading European solar design software company based in Belgium, will make its first appearance as an exhibitor at Intersolar South America, taking place from August 25–27 at Expo Center Norte in São Paulo, Brazil. At booth R6.32, the company will showcase its PV design software ecosystem for commercial and industrial (C&I) and utility-scale solar, with live demonstrations covering large-scale PV design, complex ground-mounted projects, and new product features.
Intersolar South America is the Latin America’s largest exhibition and conference for the solar industry, making the event a platform for Virto Solar to expand its presence in the Latin American market. Visitors to the company’s booth will be able to meet the team, speak with an expert, follow live software demonstrations and request a free trial.
The company’s presence in Brazil forms part of Virto Solar’s broader international expansion, as the company continues to strengthen its position across key global solar markets. Following its participation in industry events in several regions, Virto Solar will also attend events in Australia and India this year, further expanding its international footprint.
Virto Solar will present an ecosystem designed to support different stages of PV project development. Virto.MAX focuses on conceptual PV design and early-stage project development, while Virto.CAD supports detailed engineering and construction-ready designs. Virto.CORE, meanwhile, provides configuration and structural engineering tools for solar manufacturers and wholesalers.
The company positions these solutions as a connected ecosystem covering the workflow from the initial concept through detailed engineering and construction, including mounting system configurations.
For Virto Solar, this approach is particularly relevant as solar deployment expands across Latin America. The company identifies Brazil and the wider region as significant growth markets for both distributed generation, including C&I, and utility-scale ground-mounted PV, supported by increasing renewable energy investment, growing electricity demand and continued solar adoption.
At the same time, Virto Solar points to engineering capacity as a challenge for the market. Increasing project volumes are putting pressure on engineering teams, while manual workflows and a shortage of specialized engineers can slow project development.
Terrain conditions are another challenge identified by the company. According to Virto Solar, utility-scale sites in Latin America are increasingly being developed on hilly, rocky or uneven terrain, making precise terrain analysis important for project design and construction planning.
This is why the company will place particular emphasis at Intersolar South America on the large-scale and complex ground-mount capabilities available in Virto.CAD.
Its Cut and Fill Analysis tools calculate excavation and earthmoving volumes as part of the terrain analysis workflow. Virto Solar says the functionality is designed to help reduce civil works costs by providing more precise information on earthmoving requirements.
The software also includes piling optimization, which allows users to optimize rack height and pile reveal constraints directly within the layout workflow. In addition, terrain and image import support the development of PV designs based on site information.
Together, these features form part of the functionality Virto Solar will demonstrate to visitors working on complex utility-scale projects at the event.
Alongside its utility-scale engineering tools, the company will showcase the latest capabilities of Virto.MAX, its web-based software for early-stage project development, sales proposals and financial modelling.
The platform can perform shading calculations, satellite and drone analysis and yield simulations. Its latest update also introduces several additional functions, including Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) support for peak load-shaving scenarios.
Users can calculate a recommended battery size, determine the required charging power, place batteries directly within a project and include battery specifications in project documentation for stakeholder review. This allows engineers and developers to assess battery storage alongside PV system design for the specified peak load-shaving use case.
The latest Virto.MAX update also adds single-sided and double-sided carport system design, with visualized structural components including piles and sheets. Other additions include simplified CAPEX input for financial modelling and the ability to upload electricity consumption data alongside solar production data, allowing users to analyze consumption and production together within the same workflow.
BESS functionality is also available in Virto.CAD, where users can now place battery systems and route cables within the site-planning workflow.
The capability extends Virto Solar’s storage functionality from the conceptual design stage into detailed engineering. The company says its broader strategy is to further integrate BESS into its software ecosystem in response to demand for grid stabilization and hybrid solar power plants.
This distinction is important to Virto Solar’s roadmap: BESS tools are already available in Virto.MAX and Virto.CAD for the functions described above, while the company’s longer-term vision is to expand BESS integration across its ecosystem.
Two new beta add-ons will also be part of Virto Solar’s showcase in São Paulo.
Virto.RISE is designed to turn scan data into solar-ready 3D models. The add-on creates 3D building models from drone surveys and provides tools to review, refine and export the resulting designs. Its highlighted features include AI-powered 3D model creation, faster design workflows and open, design-ready outputs.
Virto.LIVE, also in beta, takes designs created in Virto.CAD and Virto.MAX and turns them into interactive 3D experiences accessible through a web browser. The tool is designed for stakeholder collaboration without requiring additional software and includes secure project sharing.
These two additions expand the company’s focus beyond PV design itself, with one tool addressing 3D site and roof modelling and the other enabling browser-based project visualization and sharing.
Virto Solar was founded in 2019 by Kim Eyckmans, who previously worked as a PV engineer at a solar EPC company. According to the company, Eyckmans identified a gap in the market for tools designed around speed and precision and subsequently founded Virto Solar to develop the solutions he believed the industry needed.
The company now sees its international expansion as part of its strategy to support solar professionals as markets increase their deployment of C&I and utility-scale PV.
Its longer-term vision is to create one connected ecosystem that reduces data silos across the project workflow, linking stages from the initial feasibility study through to as-built construction plans.
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