SolarAnywhere® 2022 updates: industry-first features improving PV modeling accuracy

SolarAnywhere Posts | May 25, 2022

Each year Clean Power Research® makes updates to SolarAnywhere® to continue our tradition of providing the solar industry and utilities with the world’s best solar data and intelligence services. This year’s releases include: Global, easy-to-access...

2020 regional solar deviation summary and North American wildfire smoke impact report Copy

SolarAnywhere Posts | May 10, 2022

Wildfires diminished total sunlight in September 2020 by up to 20%, driving potential PV plant production riskDisaster preparedness—understanding and mitigating losses due to wind, hail and fire—is now a mainstream topic in the solar industry. In the...

Improve PV modeling with new SolarAnywhere® High-resolution solar data with True Dynamics™

SolarAnywhere Posts | Apr 20, 2022

Sunlight is dynamic. Imagine sunlight filtering through broken, drifting clouds. Shadows and light race across the landscape. The sun tracks across the sky. This is the real world that solar systems operate in.It’s no surprise that hourly PV modeling—still...

Estimate PV soiling losses to reduce solar risk with SolarAnywhere

SolarAnywhere Posts | Jan 31, 2022

PV soiling losses can increase the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) of solar power plants by as much as one cent per kWh, depending on the project site. With the average LCOE of solar generation expected to decrease to 1-5 cents/kWh globally by the year 2050, the...

More than 65 utilities trust Clean Power Research to accelerate their energy transformation

Jeff Ressler | Jan 10, 2022

In 2019, Clean Power Research reached a milestone when we reported that all Top 10 U.S. utilities relied on one or more of our products to support their energy transformation efforts. In 2021, we witnessed a step change by our utility customers as the tempo of the...

kWh Analytics’ 2021 Solar Generation Index: Real-world data, collaboration needed to inform financial decisions and improve certainty in returns

SolarAnywhere Posts | Nov 2, 2021

As solar becomes a more attractive investment, transaction speed often takes precedence over accuracy, which can lead to market inefficiencies. In the 2021 Solar Generation Index report, kWh Analytics is supplying transparency to the solar industry with a performance...