SOLAR BANKABILITY DATA TO ADVANCE TRANSACTIONS AND ACCESS (SB-DATA)

Post Date

May 22nd 2015

Application Due Date

July 31st 2015

Funding Opportunity Number

DE-FOA-0001319

CFDA Number(s)

81.087

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Energy

Number of Awards

0

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

Please refer to Section III.A of the FOA for eligibility information.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $5000000

• Award Range:

  $500000 - $2000000

Grant Description

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) specifically targets soft cost reduction by increasing data accessibility, quality and interoperability in the U.S. The Solar Bankability Data to Advance Transactions and Access FOA (SB-DATA) will facilitate the growth and expansion of the solar industry by creating a standardized data landscape for distributed solar. As the solar market continues to rapidly grow, itмs critical that the collection, management, and exchange of solar datasets, especially those that affect the bankability of solar assets _ across the value chain from project origination to grid integration, operations, and decommissioning _ are coordinated and streamlined to protect consumers, increase efficient pricing, and to support new and existing businesses entering the solar marketplace (e.g. new financial, underwriting products, operations and maintenance services). The goal of SB-DATA is to support the creation and adoption of industry-led de facto open data standards for rapid and seamless data exchange across the value chain from origination to decommissioning. SunShot defines success of this program as the wide adoption of data standards by stakeholders representing at least 60% of the U.S. solar industry, in terms of deployed/managed residential and non-residential distributed solar assets in 2015. This includes solar companies, developers, utilities, state governments, inverter manufactures, financial institutions, investors, underwriters, real estate entities, and others.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Energy

• Office:

  Golden Field Office

• Agency Contact:

  Solar Data Mailbox
  solardata@ee.doe.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Solar Data Mailbox

• Agency Email Address:

  solardata@ee.doe.gov

• More Information:

  https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/Default.aspx#FoaIda7d44928-6c8a-4f0a-9a6f-27afd6e77129