GTM Research and SunSpec Alliance Partner to Advance Distributed Solar Performance Analytics.

GTM Research and SunSpec Alliance Partner to Advance Distributed Solar Performance Analytics.

THE SERVICE

Through today’s partnership, oSPARC participants will be able to participate in a new gtm Research program, oSPARC Plus,

to analyze project and portfolio performance, compare system characteristics, and ease access to future project capital.

Data providers who participate in the gtm Research program will receive regular customized reports on their fleet

performance and tailored benchmarks. Data providers can sign up for the program immediately and GTM

Research expects to begin delivering reports in the second half of 2014.

There is no cost to join the program

ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP

GTM Research, the leading U.S. solar market intelligence provider,

and the SunSpec Alliance, a global information standards trade

alliance for the distributed energy industry, are partnering to

provide solar plant performance data analytics to the development

and finance community in order to increase transparency, better

characterize risk, and improve access to capital.

The Open Solar Performance and Reliability Clearinghouse (oSPARC™) is a user-driven actuarial

database to compare and assess the performance, health and reliability of solar projects.

SunSpec developed oSPARC in conjunction with nrel to support the Solar Access to

Public Capital (SAPC) initiative of over 170 companies.

Solar installers, EPCs, O&M providers, monitoring companies, fleet operators

and investors are all welcome to participate.

More information on oSPARC is available at http://www.sunspec.org/osparc/.

Contact [email protected] for more details on participation