Why We’re Different
Forge is the operator-owned AI stack for solar performance, repowering, and decommissioning. OpenRoper Assistant sits on top for technicians and O&M teams. The combination ties lifecycle decisions to field actions and makes downtime, recovered MWh, and long-term value explicit.
Engineering-heavy, algorithm-first; often sold as a black-box analytics platform.
Forge is designed for operators, asset managers, and CFOs who need a defendable performance and lifecycle story. OpenRoper is designed for field technicians and O&M managers who need clear fixes, parts, and checklists. Same data, different lenses.
Broad ingestion claims, but outputs are thin dashboards or opaque scores that aren't technician-ready.
- Forge ingests SCADA, CMMS, utility bills, and site configuration.
- Forge quantifies performance, downtime, and avoided loss across the lifecycle.
- OpenRoper explains issues in human terms and surfaces parts, steps, and safety notes.
- Both share the same data model so finance, operations, and field teams stay in sync.
Context for the board deck and context for the breaker panel, from the same source of truth.
Talk about “better insights” or “no second guessing,” but light on audited financial outcomes.
Forge is built around a simple chain: fault → downtime → lost MWh → $ impact → IRR / payback. OpenRoper is scored on how much of that lost value it helps you recover: shorter diagnosis time, fewer repeat visits, fewer missed issues. CFOs and asset managers see the link from field change to financial impact.
“AI algorithms” as the selling point; feels black-box and hard to challenge or audit.
Transparent and explainable by design. Forge maintains the data, logic, and assumptions behind performance and lifecycle models. OpenRoper shows the underlying logs, metrics, and rationale behind each recommendation. Human oversight is baked in.
Focused on one slice: alarm ranking, ticketing, or analytics. Limited lifecycle perspective from commissioning to repower and decommissioning.
- Forge Solar Performance Audit to establish a baseline you can defend to owners and lenders.
- Repower and decommissioning modeling to compare run, repair, repower, or remove scenarios in NPV / IRR terms.
- OpenRoper Assistant to convert that lifecycle intelligence into daily field actions and fewer wasted truck rolls.
- Prevention Credits as a way to quantify and track avoided underperformance and downtime value over time.
“Forge tells you what the asset is really doing. OpenRoper tells you what to do next.”
“Operator-owned AI: your data, your hardware, your lifecycle decisions.”
“More than prioritization: Forge + OpenRoper connect field fixes to financial outcomes.”
Start with a Forge Solar Performance Audit, then design OpenRoper together.
We begin on one site (like SingingWater), establish a performance and ROI baseline, then co-design the OpenRoper pilot around real faults and real downtime.