Phil Gruenhagen | Mar 15, 2013
Grid-connected PV in the U.S. has grown substantially over the past several years and grid operators are increasingly concerned about its impacts in planning and operations. This paper describes the results of a California Solar Initiative (CSI) and the California...
Heather Van Schoiack | Feb 28, 2013
Clean Power Research received a California Solar Initiative (CSI) Research, Development, Demonstration and Deployment Program (RD&D) Solicitation 3 grant for a project titled, “Integrating PV into Utility Planning and Operation Tools.” The report and presentation...
Phil Gruenhagen | Feb 27, 2013
Lean how SolarAnywhere® FleetView® is being integrated into CAISO planning and operations tools to provide power output forecasts of the more than 130,000 PV systems within the CAISO territory. The presentation was given at the Utility Wind Integration Group’s...
Phil Gruenhagen | Oct 25, 2012
Learn how SolarAnywhere® FleetView® can be used for behind-the-meter PV fleet forecasting. Presented at the Utility Wind Integration Group (UVIG) Fall Technical Workshop, held Oct. 23-25, 2012 in Omaha, Nebraska. Download PDF >>>
Heather Van Schoiack | Apr 21, 2012
This paper summarizes the deployment of a 71 station solar monitoring network in Sacramento, Calif., and its use in validating solar forecasts and solar resource variability for high penetrations of solar on the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) grid. The...