Full Title: More than the Sun: Solar's Digital Future
Author(s): DNV
Publisher(s): DNV
Publication Date: May 14, 2021
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Description (excerpt):
The growth in solar PV capacity needed to meet climate and clean energy targets around the world will require large increases in the annual deployment of solar plants beyond what we have observed in any market to date.This increase will be enabled, in part, by lower component costs and improved component performance. However, we need to minimize potential barriers to development, design, finance and operation of solar projects at scale to accelerate deployment. Efficient solar software and data tools, as well as enhancements in digital workflows, can further speed deployment and reduce costs across both capital expenditures and operating expenditures (capex and opex, respectively).
In this second part of our More than the Sun report series, we summarize the opportunities that digital tools and workflows can bring in developing and operating solar projects and portfolios. When combined, integrated and demonstrated at scale, these tools can dramatically enhance the speed and quality of solar projects and enable the global solar industry to meet the demands of climate and clean energy policies across the world. Further, they can help ensure and maintain the value and performance of systems today and well into the future.