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Sunrun and Clean Power Research Receive U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative Award to Develop First Solar Permitting and Interconnection Software Application for Installers
 |  November 2015

New Software Will Reduce Time and Costs of Going Solar and Improve Customer Satisfaction SAN FRANCISCO – November 16,...

PowerClerk Speeding Time to Solar Interconnection across Five U.S. Utilities, Processed over 25,000 Applications in Five Months
 |  September 2015

With PowerClerk, utility processing times have been reduced by as much as 63%, and median time to submit applications...

Clean Power Research Helps Reduce Solar Interconnection Soft Costs by Turning Paper into Bytes
 |  October 2014

New software, funded by a SunShot Incubator award, takes solar interconnection online to streamline application...

Clean Power Research Takes on Solar Soft Costs and PV Fleet Integration with $1.5 million in SunShot Initiative Awards
 |  October 2013

New software services will help utilities cost-effectively manage interconnection, better engage solar customers, and...

Black & Veatch and Clean Power Research Help Nation’s Largest Municipal Utility Double Rooftop Solar Incentive Program
 |  November 2012

SAN FRANCISCO, November 27th, 2012 - The Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP) has more than doubled...

Photovoltaic Incentive Design Handbook
+  |  June 2012

This handbook will help agencies and utilities select, design, and implement incentive programs that best meet...

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Investigating variation of soiling and snow loss models using SolarAnywhere® data
Jul 2, 2024
Investigating variation of soiling and snow loss models using SolarAnywhere® data

Soiling and snow on PV systems can lead to significant annual energy losses, reaching up to 50%1 and 40%2 in certain regions. Our study investigates common models for estimating soiling and snow-related energy impacts. By analyzing these soiling and snow loss models at a 1 km spatial resolution, incorporating typical PV system parameters and leveraging […]

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SolarAnywhere Data Version 3.8 includes new high latitude irradiance data
Jun 12, 2024
SolarAnywhere Data Version 3.8 includes new high latitude irradiance data

Clean Power Research® releases a new SolarAnywhere® data version annually. This year’s update addresses the changing needs of the solar industry as projects expand to more northern, snowy locations with appreciable wind risk by offering new high-latitude irradiance data. Consistent with years past, we also published our annual validation whitepaper to communicate the accuracy of […]

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2024 Solar Risk Assessment report: Data-driven insights address emerging risks
Jun 11, 2024
2024 Solar Risk Assessment report: Data-driven insights address emerging risks

This sixth annual Solar Risk Assessment (SRA) report is now available, offering deep insights into extreme weather and operational risk, and for the first time, battery energy storage system (BESS) risk. The report is published by kWh Analytics and features articles from more than a dozen industry leaders. This year’s report includes strategies for addressing […]

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