Independent solar PV consulting.
I advise solar owners and operators on the technical questions that drive returns: performance, monitoring, platform decisions, and contracts. An independent, platform-agnostic perspective from an engineer who has run these portfolios.
Owner-side. Platform-agnostic.
Consulting
Independent advisory for solar owners and operators, across the technical decisions that carry real money. Every engagement is scoped case by case.
Make sense of the gap between expected and actual generation.
- Expected-generation modeling for a defensible baseline
- Loss attribution across soiling, shading, trackers, availability, and clipping
- Performance-ratio and availability trend analysis
- Root-cause analysis of persistent underperformance
Get technical asset management and monitoring set up right.
- How to structure performance and availability monitoring
- Alarm and exception triage, escalated by priority
- Monthly owner reporting and KPI tracking
- Warranty and O&M oversight with root-cause follow-through
Plan and de-risk your move onto a new platform.
- Onboarding and rollout of a new monitoring platform
- End-to-end project management, from kickoff to go-live
- Digital-twin and asset-hierarchy setup
- Data migration and validation through the move
Make the big platform and technology calls with confidence.
- Monitoring and analytics platform selection
- Drone thermal imaging recommendations
- Performance and O&M strategy
- Industry trends and technology outlook
An independent read before you sign.
- Review of O&M contracts and service agreements
- EPC performance guarantee review
- Availability calculation design and methodology
- Warranty and performance-claim support
How it works
A straightforward, human-in-the-loop engagement. We agree on the question, I dig into it, and you get clear, actionable recommendations, with room to iterate.
Scope the work
A short call to define the question, the sites involved, and what you are trying to decide. No cost, no commitment.
Share context
You share the context I need: performance history, contracts, platform setup, or whatever the question touches.
Assess & analyze
I work through the problem and pressure-test the options, keeping you in the loop on assumptions and early findings.
Recommend & review
You get clear findings and recommendations, plus a walkthrough and a round of refinement.
How engagements work
Every engagement is scoped and quoted individually, based on what you need and the state of your data. No public rate card, and no open-ended hourly meter running in the background.
Fixed-scope project
A defined piece of work at a fixed price agreed up front: a performance review, a platform-selection study, or a contract review.
Advisory retainer
Ongoing access to an independent sounding board for performance, monitoring, and platform decisions as they come up.
Advisory & ad hoc
Short engagements: a second opinion on underperformance, an availability-guarantee review, or a scoping study before a larger build.
Tell me what you're weighing up and I'll reply with a proposal and timeline, usually within one business day.
Built by someone who has lived both sides of the meter.
I'm Fernando Rodríguez Alvarado. For fifteen years I've managed and analyzed utility-scale solar PV across the US, Europe, and Latin America, most of that time on the owner's side of the table.
For much of that career I was on the receiving end of bad data: chasing down missing as-builts, reconciling inconsistent naming, and rebuilding plant hierarchies by hand just to answer basic performance questions. Hyadi exists to give owners and operators the analytics I wish I'd had, without needing to build an in-house data team.
My background spans control center operations at Cypress Creek Renewables, VP of Engineering at Greenbacker Capital, and Solar Performance Manager at Cubico Sustainable Investments in Madrid.
Madrid-based, I work across Spanish and English, which is often what a portfolio spread across Iberia and the Americas actually needs. I have hands-on experience with the leading monitoring and analytics platforms, so my advice fits your real setup, not just the theory.
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyB.Sc. Mechanical Engineering
- UPM Solar Energy Institute, MadridM.Sc. Solar Photovoltaic Energy, Matrícula de Honor
- Quantic School of Business & TechnologyMBA, Strategic Leadership & Business Analytics
- Professional Engineer (PE)North Carolina Board of Examiners #052745
- Speaker, SAMNA 2023 and RaptorCon 2023International solar performance conferences
- DRIVE Award for Value Creation, 2025Cubico Sustainable Investments
Get in touch
Tell me about your portfolio and what you're weighing up. I'll reply within one business day.
Prefer direct contact?
Tell me about your portfolio and what you're trying to find out, and I'll confirm scope and give you a fixed proposal before any commitment.