Akanksha Bhat, Author at SolarAnywhere

Enabling the future of solar: Bifacial PV modeling takes center stage in SolarAnywhere API, powered by industry-trusted pvlib models

Akanksha Bhat | May 23, 2023

According to the World Energy Outlook report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), global annual solar PV capacity growth is expected to more than quadruple in 2030 to 650 GW. Nearly 50% of the global solar capacity is slated to come from utility-scale...

PV innovation gets a boost with new SolarAnywhere Public: Current, complete, no-cost solar data for select locations

Akanksha Bhat | Sep 14, 2021

Solar PV is poised to become the new “king of electricity generation” according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), which predicts solar to lead the surge in renewable power supply over the next decade. Across the U.S. alone, solar is expected to account for 40%...

Clean Power Research offers pvlib models via SolarAnywhere; joins pvlib open-source community

Akanksha Bhat | Aug 12, 2021

With the rapid growth of solar PV around the world, project developers, owners and operators need efficient and robust solutions to help them develop, operate and maintain PV systems at scale. Programmatic access to solar energy simulations helps stakeholders make...

Reduce PV performance uncertainty with specific, data-driven snow-loss estimates using time-series data

Akanksha Bhat | Jun 24, 2021

A rapid decline in solar technology costs and ambitious federal and state-level renewable energy targets have accelerated the deployment of solar PV across diverse geographical regions. This has allowed solar generation to become viable even in northern latitudes and...