Industry experts in solar production risk have partnered to publish the new ‘Solar Risk Assessment 2023’ report to advance the solar industry. Designed intentionally for a non-technical financial community, this report will be refreshed every year to provide investors with the latest insights on the evolution of solar risk management.

Sarath Srinivasan, VP, Head of Product of kWh Analytics, joins Origis Services’ Power Players to discuss the 2022 Solar Risk Assessment Report and solar asset underperformance.

Solar assets are underperforming far more frequently than official energy estimates would suggest, validating an industry-wide bias towards overly optimistic pricing, according to the industry experts who contributed to KwH Analytics’ 2020 solar risk assessment report. “From a business standpoint, this means that smart investors need to take a step back and adjust to reality,” Richard Matsui, CEO and founder of kWh Analytics said.

Cutting corners on the full “scope of service” contract, which includes site maintenance such as vegetation management and equipment checks, often leads to higher overall costs over the course a project’s lifetime, according to new research published by kWh Analytics and conducted separately by Wood Mackenzie and Origis Services, a unit of solar developer Origis Energy that provides O&M for internal projects and other owners.

In Episode 61, Richard Matsui, CEO and co-founder of kWh Analytics, and Dana Olson, solar segment leader at DNV GL, join us to discuss the recently published “Solar Risk Assessment” report in which they, along with industry experts from eight other companies, share their quantitative insights on solar production risk.

Investors in U.S. solar projects should be ready to question the assumptions developers have made. They may be too good to be true.

Industry experts in solar production risk have partnered to publish the new ‘Solar Risk Assessment 2019’ report to advance the solar industry.