GTM Research collabrates with SunSpec

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. 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 through oSPARC Plus 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.