Solar Generation Index 2022: Continued P50 underperformance of 7-13% highlights need for accurate data and greater transparency

Ann-Kathrin Dobre | Jan 10, 2023

​Despite continued supply chain disruptions in 2022, the U.S. solar industry’s outlook appears strong with the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). SEIA and Wood Mackenzie have increased their U.S. solar deployment forecast, expecting the industry to triple...

Implicit storage continues to gain support to enable renewables to deliver firm power, cost effectively

Marc Perez, Ph.D. | Aug 17, 2022

With solar and wind providing a greater percentage of electricity, managing the intrinsic intermittency of variable resources is becoming increasingly important. How do we overcome this intermittency? Answering this question has been the focus of an international...

2022 Solar Risk Assessment Report: Expert insights into key risk factors impacting solar assets globally

Patrick Keelin | Jun 21, 2022

Although 2021 marked the third year in a row that solar represented the largest share of new generation capacity in the U.S., continued supply chain constraints, tariff investigations and inflation all pose uncertainty for 2022 project development pipelines. In this...

2021 Europe weather report: Extreme weather events highlight the need for comprehensive weather analytics

Shaheer Hussam | Jun 7, 2022

In 2021, Europe experienced the hottest summer on record, at 1.0°C (1.8°F) above average. This included an all-time peak temperature of 48.8°C (119.8°F) measured in Sicily in early August, surpassing the prior record of 48°C (118.4°F) set in 1977 in Greece. Also in...

SolarAnywhere® 2022 updates: industry-first features improving PV modeling accuracy

Patrick Keelin | May 25, 2022

Each year Clean Power Research® makes updates to SolarAnywhere® to continue our tradition of providing the solar industry and utilities with the world’s best solar data and intelligence services. This year’s releases include: Global, easy-to-access snow and soiling...

2021 North America weather report: Extreme weather and solar resource deviations reinforce recent observed trends

Patrick Keelin | May 10, 2022

According to NOAA, in 2021, the U.S. experienced 20 separate, billion-dollar weather and climate disasters, second only to the record 22 separate billion-dollar events in 2020. The diversity of disasters was notable, as seen in the graphic below. Several disasters...