September 1, 2021 PV Magazine Clean Power Research: Solar data solutions to maximize PV project performance
August 19, 2021 Cision PR Newswire The Association of Energy Services Professionals Selected to Lead Innovative...
August 10, 2021 The Ritz Herald UAlbany Renewables Researcher Creates Interactive Map for Solar Panel Deployment...
June 15, 2021 Saur Energy International Research Flags Risks To US Solar Loans From Chronic Underperformance
June 10, 2021 Canary Media Western wildfires suppressed solar output in 2020
June 8, 2021 PV Tech Built solar assets are ‘chronically underperforming’ and modules degrading faster than expected,...
June 7, 2021 Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan Looking at solar energy? NPPD Consultants can assist
June 7, 2021 PV Magazine Optimized solar datasets: Increasing value through the solar pv lifecycle
December 29, 2020 Quartz It’s time to start wasting solar energy
December 10,2020 Altenergymag.com Further tailoring pvDesign to US standards
December 9,2020 Wallowa County Chieftan Electric vehicles are coming
Combining modeling and simulation with real-time operating data to support grid resiliency is the basis of the latest DOE Solar Energy and Technologies Office project.
May 15, 2020 PV Magazine Overbuilding solar at up to 4 times peak load yields a least-cost all-renewables grid
Issue 1 - Spring 2020 Electric Energy Spotlight on the Customer Experience - RMEL Tucson Electric Power Increases...
From devices to customers, data analytics is key to keeping critical infrastructure operational.
March 26, 2020 Solar Power World Groups selected for NYSERDA's clean energy integration challenge
Clean Power Research saw solar generation shift downward from the norm as much as 10% in many U.S. locations in the first half of 2019.
January 8, 2020 Smart Electric Power Alliance SEPA Announces New Research Advisory Council to Facilitate Smart...
December 6, 2019 Power Engineering Austin SHINES: Field study in new power systems design for the renewable era
November 21, 2019 POWER Magazine EDD to lead $4.9MM U.S. DOE Project for Resilient DER Integration
August 14, 2019 PV Magazine 80% renewables is cake – let the extremists argue over the rest
July 2, 2019 The Freeing Energy Podcast Podcast #15: Marc Perez: Can we capture more sunshine and save big on energy...
June 5, 2019 Los Angeles Times California has too much solar power. That might be good for ratepayers
May 31, 2019 Phys.org Solar energy expert shares blueprint for a carbon-free future in PV-tech power
May 29, 2019 The Conversation A radical idea to get a high-renewable electric grid: Build way more solar and wind...
May 23, 2019 Greentech Media Breaking Down Subsidies for Fossil Fuels: How Much Are We Really Spending?
March 25, 2019 Utility Dive The biggest numbers game in the power sector: Data analytics and the utility community of...
January 22, 2019 Utility Dive Minnesota study finds it cheaper to curtail solar than to add storage
November 19, 2018 E & E News Climatewire Minnesota Is on Track to Meet Its Renewable Energy Goals
November 16, 2018 UPI Most of Minnesota's energy could come from wind, solar by 2050
November 15, 2018 Star Tribune Study says Minnesota can economically reach renewable energy goals by 2050
November 15, 2018 PV Magazine Overbuilding solar cheaper than seasonal storage and natural gas in Minnesota
July 17, 2018 Insider Energy Trust Solar program launches PowerClerk upgrade
June 14, 2018 Utility Dive As distributed solar expands, can utility system planning keep up?
February 2, 2018 Greentech Media How Utility-Startup Mashups Are Bringing New Grid Tech to Market
January 30, 2018 APPA SMUD to utilize DER forecasting software, pitch to other utilities
January 19, 2018 Solar Industry SMUD Helps Develop DER Planning Software For Utilities
January 19, 2018 Energy Central New WattPlan Grid Software Said to Offer Fast, Comprehensive DER Modeling, Analytics...
January 3, 2018 American Public Power Association Pricing renewables: Public power puts customers first
September 26, 2017 Solar Industry Orange Button Initiative Takes Aim At Solar Soft Costs
August 16, 2017 MauiNow Maui EV Showcase Highlights EVs, Future Projects
August 18, 2017 GreentechMedia Inside New York REV’s Summer of Pilots, Non-Wires Alternatives, and Behind-the-Meter...
June 21, 2017 GreentechMedia Austin Energy Seeks to Boost Value With a United Fleet of Solar and Storage
June 12, 2017 Solar Magazine US Solar, Power Grid Players Prepare for Landmark Total Solar Eclipse
June 9, 2017 Solar Magazine Solar Forecasting-Asset Managers Release New Analytics in Bid to Goose Customers’ Solar...
May 9, 2017 The Guam Daily Post GPA study prompts solar firm's response
“The Mid-Atlantic is particularly well-suited for solar development, according to a study by Clean Power Research for the Mid‐Atlantic Solar Energy Industries Association (MSEIA). The researchers found that the total value of solar ranges from $256 per MWh to $318 per MWh, after considering both economic and social benefits of the development. Of the total value, the highest value components are the Market Price Reduction (averaging $55 per MWh) and the Economic Development Value (averaging $44 per MWh), Clean Power found.
Why NARUC wants state regulators to incentivize utility cloud computing
November 24, 2016 Big Island Now HECO Offers Online Calculator for Buying EV
November 21, 2016 Hawaiian Electric Company News Hawaiian Electric Companies offer improved online calculator to help...
Nov. 3, 2016 Utility Dive Interconnection delays can be costly, but some utilities have found ways to save time and...
Oct. 28, 2016 Utility Dive Tesla-SolarCity merger: A utility's worst nightmare or sweetest dream?
October 25, 2016 PV Insider US solar groups advance soiling analysis to reduce seasonal risks
September 16, 2016 Utility Dive Will utilities fully unlock the value that rate change offers?
August 19, 2016 Utility Dive So close, so far: Can Maine put its near-agreement on solar net metering back together...
American Public Power Association June 16, 2016 EV strategy: Providing service without installing charging stations
May 23, 2016 Brookings Rooftop solar: Net metering is a net benefit
March 26, 2016 T&D World Magazine EPRI to Lead Research to Maximize Solar and Energy Storage Integration
March 24, 2016 Utility Dive How Maine's power players are reacting to its pathbreaking new solar proposal
March 21, 2016 Greentech Media How Austin Energy Aims to Reach Solar-Plus-Storage Integration at 14 Cents per...
March 16, 2016 Transmission & Distribution World EPRI to Lead Research to Maximize Solar and Energy Storage...
February 18, 2016 Utility Dive A rational look at the value of solar
January 28, 2016 Greentech Media Solving the soft-cost puzzle
January 20, 2016 Greentech Media SunShot Program Seeks to Lower Solar-Plus-Storage Costs to 14 Cents per Kilowatt-Hour
December 5, 2015 Cleantechnica Substantial Savings Possible By Combining EV & Home Solar
November 20, 2015 PV Magazine US Energy Department: US $22.7 million for 23 solar tech projects
November 19, 2015 Greentech Media Strong Funding for Solar Finance, Technology and Startups Despite Stock Market...
November 17, 2015 PV-Tech DOE continues solar cost-cutting drive with US$22.7m funding round
November 9, 2015 Utility Dive What do utility customers want? There's an app for that
September 29, 2015 Solar Industry Clean Power Research Software Has Processed 25,000 Solar Interconnection...
September 23, 2015 Go Solar, California! Newsletter Is PV + EV Right for Me?
September 4, 2015 CleanTechnica NV Energy Cuts Interconnection Application Times By 63%
July 28, 2015 FierceEnergy So much solar: Hawaii utilities tempt customers with new tool
July 23, 2015 Pacific Business News Hawaiian Electric launches online tool to help solar PV shoppers
July 20, 2015 MIT Technology Review Weather Forecasting Enters a New Era
July 1, 2015 CleanTechnica Is Solar Power Right For Me? Utilities Offer Advice With “WattPlan” App
June 29, 2015 Renewable Energy World What Is the Value of Solar Energy + Storage?
June 25, 2015 Utility Dive How utilities are leveraging new software to help customers go solar
June 18, 2015 SmartGridNews Utilities engaging customers in solar via the web
March/April 2015 Solar Today West vs. South: Why Orientation Matters (page 10)
April 24, 2015 cleanenergy.org A Bright, Sunny Forecast for the Tennessee Valley
April 9, 2015 Grist The bright side of California’s drought: More solar power
March 19, 2015 UtilityDive Is solar worth $0.33 per kWh? Inside Maine's valuation debate
February 24, 2015 Cascade Business News Oregon DOE & Energy Trust of Oregon Recognized for Helping Solar Customers...
January/February 2015 Solar Today PV Generation Potential for 2014 (page 29)
November/December 2014 Solar Today PV Generation Potential for August 2014 (page 6)
October 30, 2014 CleanTechnica Clean Power Research Lowering Solar Soft Costs by Bringing Interconnection Processes...
October 16, 2014 Greentech Media Growing Solar Demand Is Straining Interconnection Efforts. This Software Could Help.
October 16, 2014 Utility Dive How utilities can streamline rooftop solar interconnection and cut costs
October 13, 2014 Greentech Media Survey: Utilities Could Do a Much Better Job at Streamlining Solar Interconnection
September/October 2014 Solar Today PV Generation Potential for June and July 2014 (page 6)
August 25, 2014 Utility Dive How Sacramento's public utility is getting in the residential solar business
August 6, 2014 Clean Technica Are VOSTs Needed To End Subsidies To Non-Solar Customers?
August 4, 2014 Utility Dive How should utilities value solar?
July/August 2014 Solar Today PV Generation Potential for March 2014 and Understanding Solar Resource Uncertainty (page...
May/June 2014 Solar Today PV Generation Potential Maps for January and February 2014 (page 6)
April 12, 2014 The Desert Sun California electricity grid tests ‘green’ technology
April, 2014 Institute for Local Self-Reliance Minnesota’s Value of Solar: Can a Northern State’s New Solar Policy...
March/April 2014 Solar Today PV Generation Potential for 2013 (page 6)
February 19, 2014 Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Mississippi is the “sunshine state” for the Tennessee Valley...
January 30, 2014 Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Solar Mythbusters #2: Intermittency is a barrier to solar...
January 27, 2014 NASA Energy Innovations Satellites help power grid keep its balance
January 2, 2014 Environment & Energy Publishing Utilities: Minn. tries to put a climate value on rooftop solar
January/February 2014 Solar Today PV Generation Potential for October and November 2013 (page 6)
December 24, 2013 Solar Today PV Energy Generation Potential for June 2013
November 5, 2013 Environment & Energy Publishing Company taps new Wall Street investors in bid to go beyond tax...
October 31, 2013 Greentech Media Transforming Rooftop Solar From Invisible Threat to Predictable Resource
October 24, 2013 ClimateProgress How the Department of Energy is Working to Reduce the Cost of Solar by 75 Percent
October 22, 2013 Energy.gov - Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy From Mind to Marketplace: SunShot...
October 21, 2013 Center for American Progress Solar Power to the People: The Rise of Rooftop Solar Among the Middle...
July/August Solar Today Historical PV Generation Potential for March
May 13, 2013 E&E News In wake of Solyndra debacle, U.S. industry sees chance to go from niche to mainstream
May 2, 2013 Princeton School of Engineering & Applied Science News Growth of Distributed Electricity Systems on...
May/June 2013 Solar Today PV Generation Potential for January and February (page 6)
April 2013 Solar Today PV Generation Potential for December 2012 and 2012 Monthly Average (page 6)
March 8, 2013 Greentech Media Austin Energy's Value of Solar Tariff: Could It Work Anywhere Else?
March 2013 Solar Today PV Generation Potential for November and Comparison of Tilted vs. Flat-Mount PV (page 8)
February 14, 2013 RenewableEnergyWorld.com Net Metering Debate Rages On Despite Calls For Calm
February 10, 2013 CleanTechnica Value Of Solar Tariffs — The Way To Go?
January/February 2013 Solar Today PV Generation Potential for October 2012 and Effects of Hurricane Sandy (page 8)
January/February 2013 Solar Today Why a Smart FiT is Smart Policy (page 14)
January 9, 2013 Solar Today PV Generation Potential for September 2012
January 1, 2013 Electrical Contractor Study Finds Solar A Bargain for New Jersey and Pennsylvania
December 19, 2012 Midwest Energy News Cloud Forecasting Could Improve Outlook for Solar Power
December 10, 2012 FierceEnergy LADWP solar incentive apps increase 400%
November/December 2012 Solar Today PV Generation Potential for July and August 2012 (page 6)
November 28, 2012 Solar Industry Magazine NREL Releases Updated U.S. Solar Radiation Database
November 26, 2012 Solar Novus Today PV Software Cuts Costs
November 6, 2012 CleanEnergyAuthority.com NJ’s, PA’s SREC Markets Make Solar a Good Value for Ratepayers
October 24, 2012 Solar Industry Magazine DECK Monitoring Incorporates SolarAnywhere SystemCheck
October 17, 2012 Greentech Media Third-Party Solar Ownership, Monitoring Residential Rooftops, and Herding Cats
September 17, 2012 The Wall Street Journal The Economics of Installing Solar
September 2012 Solar Today PV Generation Potential for May and June 2012 (page 8)
August 24, 2012 Greentech Media Can a “Value of Solar Tariff” Replace Net Energy Metering?
July/August 2012 Solar Today PV Generation Potential for April 2012 and 2011 Monthly Average (page 8)
June 15, 2012 Greentech Media What Solar and Offshore Wind Can Do Together
June 8, 2012 GigaOm 6 ways software rules the clean power economy
June 2012 Solar Today PV Generation Potential and NREL TMY3 Maps for March 2012
May 18, 2012 AltEnergyMag PV Fleet Management
May 17, 2012 PV Magazine Clean Power Research launches tool for analyzing solar irradiation
May 15, 2012 Greentech Media Predicting Solar Power via Satellite and Software
May 15, 2012 Solar Industry Clean Power Research Introduces SolarAnywhere FleetView
May 15, 2012 Solar Power World Software Helps Solve PV Fleet Management Challenges
May 2012 Solar Today PV Generation Potential for January and February 2012
March/April 2012 Solar Today PV Generation Potential for November and December 2011
March 19, 2012 Napa Valley Register Firm gets grant to study solar energy
March 14, 2012 Smart Grid Update Tom Hoff on PV fleet simulation technology
March 13, 2012 PV Insider PV Intelligence Brief – Clean Power Research Awarded Grant
March 13, 2012 Solar Industry Clean Power Research to Study Solar Variability with New CPUC Grant
Jan/Feb 2012 Solar Today PV Generation Potential for September and October 2011
Sep/Oct 2011 Solar Today Solar Resource Variability: Myth and Fact
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...
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...
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...