This report summarizes the key findings from a comprehensive study performed by Clean Power Research for Natural...
Research: Energy Valuation
Research: Energy Valuation
A Condensed Analysis of Firm Wind & Solar Power Generation in Nova Scotia
This report summarizes the key findings from a comprehensive study performed by Clean Power Research for Natural...
Localized, Cost-Effective, 100% Renewable Firm Power Generation
Recent International Energy Agency (IEA) studies demonstrate that it is possible to cost-effectively achieve firm...
On the Complementary Variability of the Solar and Wind Resources
This article evaluates and contrasts the variability of large-scale, distributed wind and PV generation across the...
Firm Wind and Solar Power Generation in Nova Scotia with Fully Electrified Transportation and Building Sectors
This report examines the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of firm renewable power generation in Nova Scotia under a...
Impact of PV/Wind Forecast Accuracy and National Transmission Grid Reinforcement on the Italian Electric System
The high share of PV energy requires greater system flexibility to address the increased demand/supply imbalance...
IRENA SolarCity
This project combines ultra-high-resolution (0.5 meter or 1 meter) Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data and 3D vector...
IEA Task 16-3.5 Report: Firm Power Generation
Grid-connected solar power generation, either dispersed or centralized, has developed and grown at the margin of a...
Firm PV Power generation for Switzerland
We investigate whether photovoltaics (PV) can effectively and economically contribute to a massively renewable energy...
Firm PV Power Generation in Switzerland
We investigate whether PV can effectively and economically contribute to a massively renewable energy (RE) power...
Update 2022 – A Fundamental Look at Supply Side Energy Reserves for the Planet
Energy on our planet is central to the functioning of our ecosystem and modern human society. This work attempts to...
IMPLICIT STORAGE – Optimally Achieving Lowest-Cost 100% Renewable Power generation
Implicit storage – aka overbuilt and operationally curtailed variable renewable energy (RE) resources – is a...
Least-Cost Firm PV Power Generation: Dynamic Curtailment vs. Inverter-Limited Curtailment
Overbuilding and dynamic curtailment are increasingly acknowledged as central to cost-optimally transforming...
Residual Load Imbalance Mitigation Strategy via Flexible PV Ancillary Services: The Italian Case Study
Large share of solar energy imposes a higher system flexibility to resolve the increased demand/supply imbalance due...
Ultra-High Photovoltaic Penetration: Where to Deploy
While it is widely known that the solar resource is sufficient to meet the world’s energy demand many times over, the...
Italian Protocol for Massive Solar Integration: From Solar Imbalance Regulation to Firm 24/365 Solar Generation
This article describes a progressive strategy to achieve 100% penetration of intermittent renewables at minimal cost....
From Firm Solar Power Forecasts to Firm Solar Power Generation an Effective Path to Ultra-High Renewable Penetration a New York Case Study
We introduce firm solar forecasts as a strategy to operate optimally overbuilt solar power plants in conjunction with...
The Value of PV Power Forecast and the Paradox of the “Single Pricing” Scheme: The Italian Case Study
One of the major problem of photovoltaic grid integration is limiting the solar-induced imbalances since these can...
Italian Protocol for Massive Solar Integration: Imbalance Mitigation Strategies
This article proposes two strategies for the mitigation of power imbalances and related costs resulting from...
Solar+ Homes: If an Integrated Approach Works in a Retrofit Application, New Homes Will Be Even Better
This presentation demonstrates the effectiveness of an integrated approach to electrification of existing and new...
A Radical Idea to Get a High-Renewable Electric Grid: Build Way More Solar and Wind Than Needed
The famous inventor Edwin Land said, “It’s not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas.” He...
Overbuilding & Curtailment: The Cost-Effective Enablers of Firm PV Generation
Current thinking considers that PV output curtailment is a last resort measure to be avoided. In this article, we...
Maine Distributed Solar Valuation Study
In support of the Maine Public Utilities Commission's work in 2014-15 to determine the value of distributed solar...
Valuation of Solar + Storage in Hawaii: Methodology
Clean Power Research was engaged by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council, Inc. (IREC) to develop a methodology that...
2014 Value of Solar at Austin Energy
This report and presentation summarizes a Value of Solar® study conducted for Austin Energy in the fall of 2013....
Net Metering: Quantifying Benefits and Sharing Costs
This presentation covers two methods of valuing solar that are currently being considered as alternatives to net...
Solar Power Generation in the US: Too Expensive or a Bargain?
This article identifies the combined value that solar electric power plants deliver to utilities’ rate payers and...
A Micro-Grid with PV, Fuel Cells and Energy Efficiency
This article provides an evaluation of the economic potential of a micro-grid composed of PV, fuel cells and energy...
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SolarAnywhere® supports solar PV and unmanned flight!
SolarAnywhere® is often associated with utility-scale or distributed PV, but our solar irradiance data powers a lot more than solar plants. A great example: Piotr Lichota at the Warsaw University of Technology is using SolarAnywhere to figure out when to launch...
Create your first PowerClerk® Web Connector
Manually transferring data between systems can slow application reviews, introduce errors and create additional work for administrators. PowerClerk® Web Connectors help automate those processes by connecting PowerClerk with external systems and synchronizing data...