Who builds SunFlower.
AixRays came out of research at RWTH Aachen University. The simulation methods in SunFlower were developed, published and peer-reviewed before they became a product.
Prof. Dr. Erika Ábrahám
Head of the Theory of Hybrid Systems - RWTH Aachen University
Works on formal methods and optimisation. Co-author of the evolutionary and multi-objective optimisation methods behind the layout optimiser.
Dr. Pascal Richter
Head of Research on Renewable Energy - RWTH Aachen University, CIO & Head of Product Management - Vattenfall
Has published on central receiver simulation and optimisation since 2010, from techno-economic design optimisation of parabolic trough plants to the aiming strategies and annual simulation methods used in SunFlower.
Florian Hövelmann
Software Engineer - GreenPocket
Built the analytical ray tracers, optimization methods alongside various other aspects of the code. Lead author of the analytic GPU ray tracing work published in Solar Energy in 2023.
Get in touch.
Dr. Pascal Richter
