Program Optimization

Program Optimization

As incentive programs for renewable energy systems have proliferated, utilities and energy agencies have relied on Clean Power Research to quantify the value PV and design incentive programs that meet energy, economic and environmental goals. Research on program optimization provides guidelines on PV incentive design and the role of incentives in transforming markets.
Inferring PV system specifications from net loads and reconstructing gross loads
 |  October 2022

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that residential PV systems accounted for 61 percent of total...

Inferring PV system specifications from net load
+  |  June 2022

The increasing penetration of grid-connected solar photovoltaics has challenged the existing method of planning and...

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,...

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...

Photovoltaic Incentive Design Handbook
+  |  June 2012

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

Market Transformation Benefits of a PV Incentive Program
+  |  May 2010

Real-life example of the economics of implementing a PV incentive program Download PDF >>>

Expected Performance Based Buydown (EPBB) Incentive Structure: Rationale & Implications
 |  May 2006

Rationale for using an up-front incentive payment structure Download PDF >>>

Economic Benefits of Performance-Based Incentives
 |  July 2004

Compares the economic consequences of performance-based and buy-down PV incentives Download PDF >>>

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​Clean Power Research® is excited to unlock the power of real-time solar data for more users with the launch of the SolarAnywhere® SystemCheck® Monitoring Dashboard. Users can now access and visualize SystemCheck real-time irradiance data directly from a user interface (UI) dashboard in addition to our trusted API (Application Programming Interface). This feature empowers SolarAnywhere […]

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On behalf of the entire team at Clean Power Research, I wish our utility and energy agency customers a happy New Year and thank you for a great 2024! In my year-end review for 2023, I mentioned that we were excited to have reached two new milestones: 14 of the top 15...

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