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Clean Power Research Awarded $1.5 million in DOE SunShot Initiative
Clean Power Research has been awarded approximately $1.5 million in U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) SunShot Initiative funds to commercialize software solutions that will help reduce solar soft costs and integrate distributed photovoltaic (PV) fleet forecasts into grid operations.
SunShot Incubator funding will be used to launch software that will streamline PV interconnection and allow utilities to deeply engage solar customers.
A second award from the SunShot Solar Utility Networks: Replicable Innovations in Solar Energy (SUNRISE) program will enable operationalization of PV fleet forecasting technologies.
"With these awards, Clean Power Research will offer electricity providers a set of software tools that will enable more efficient management and integration of their distributed solar resources at every stage in the solar life cycle," said Jeff Ressler, president of Software Services at Clean Power Research. "For many years, we have helped utilities reduce incentive administration costs by up to 65%. With these awards, we'll be bringing that same level of efficiency to interconnection administration, and provide utilities a platform to engage solar customers by giving them a trusted source of information on the benefits of solar. We'll also help utilities and balancing authorities reduce operating costs by integrating our PV fleet forecasts into the planning and operational software tools they are already using."