Next Power.
The gig.
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NextPower needed to bring clarity to the development and operation of large-scale solar assets.
Their teams were working across planning, construction, operations, and investor reporting — all powered by fragmented tools, spreadsheets, and static views. The ambition was to create a single platform that could support better decisions across the full lifecycle of a solar project.
The challenge.
Solar asset development is complex and time-sensitive.
Site feasibility, construction progress, operational performance, and investor visibility all live in different systems, owned by different teams, with different mental models.
NextPower wanted a single, decision-ready platform that could unify data, surface insight, and scale as the organisation grew — without overwhelming users with technical complexity.
The idea.
Tracker — a central operational platform that brings together:
Planning and feasibility insights
Construction progress and time-based tracking
Live asset state and operational intelligence
Investor-ready views and reporting
Under the hood, the platform explored AI-assisted workflows to surface patterns, highlight risk, and expose gaps across planning, simulation, construction, and asset intelligence.
At the core was a 3D simulation and Digital Twin, designed not as a visual gimmick, but as a practical way to understand progress, performance, and decision impact over time.
My role.
Brought in as Acting Principal Product Design Lead, I owned the core product experience end to end. My focus was on:
Leading product design for Tracker, spanning internal tools and investor-facing views.
Defining AI workflows and user cases to map the competitive landscape and guide product direction.
Designing UX and UI for a 3D simulation and Digital Twin, unifying feasibility, asset state, and time-based progress into a single operational view.
Translating complex technical systems into clear, decision-ready products for engineers, analysts, and non-technical stakeholders.
Partnering closely with product, engineering, and leadership to align day-to-day delivery with long-term platform strategy.
The design.
Calm, functional UI designed for frequent, operational use
Clear hierarchy across complex, data-dense screens
Time-based views to support construction and progress tracking
3D and spatial context used to support understanding, not decoration
Interfaces designed to support confidence and decision-making under uncertainty
The tech.
3D Simulation & Digital Twin for site and asset understanding
AI-assisted workflows to surface insight and strategic gaps
Time-based data models for construction and progress tracking
Scalable design system to support platform growth
The outcome.
Tracker became the foundation for NextPower’s digital transformation.
The platform helped align teams around a shared operational view, improved clarity across complex workflows, and established a scalable base for future AI-driven capability.
The results.
Clear ownership of the core operational experience
Improved decision-making across planning, build, and operations
A shared platform language across technical and non-technical teams
A strong foundation for future AI and data-led evolution
0-1 in 6-week sprints.