oSPARC Open Solar Performance and Reliability Clearinghouse
January 2014
osparc.sunspec.org 1 Agenda
² Introduction to SunSpec Alliance
² oSPARC Overview
² Benefits to Data Owners
² Invitation to get Involved
² oSPARC Project Details
Standards Drive Innovation and Value
Value Innova on Performance
Cost Complexity Risk SunSpec Information Standards
Inverter Bulk Data Exchange
Meter Finance Risk Assessment String Grid Opera ons Internet Data Module Gateway Cloud VPN Store SCADA Storage Regulatory Enviro Repor ng Custom Tracker Apps Solar Plant End-To-End Security Applica ons Monitoring & Control oSPARC
² Part of DOE/NREL Solar Access To Public Capital “SAPC” initiative of over 140 Companies
² Goal to lower cost of borrowing via standardization and securitization
² oSPARC is a user driven actuarial database to compare and assess long-term relative performance, health and reliability of Residential, C&I and Utility solar systems SAPC Collaboration – Over 140 Participants
Development Legal Market Makers Advisory/Analy cs Borrego Solar Akin Gump B of A Merrill Lynch Black & Veatch CleanPath Bingham McCutchen CalCef Ci Trust Services Clean Power Finance Chadbourne & Parke Ci bank DOE Distributed Sun Chapman, Cutler Credit Agricole First Associates Enfinity Cooley Credit Suisse Kroll Bond Ra ngs HelioPower Coronal Management Duke Energy KPMG NextEra DLA Piper EcoPower Capital Lease Dimensions OneRoof Energy K&L Gates Global Capital Finance Mercatus PsomasFMG Milbank Goldman Sachs Rocky Mountain Ins tute Recurrent Orrick, Herrington… Macquarie SAIC SolarCity Sidley Aus n JP Morgan SEPA SPG Solar Skadden Arps Morgan Stanley SolSystems Sungevity Stoel Rives Sol Systems Standard and Poor’s SunPower Troutman Sanders Union Bank SunSpec Alliance Sunrun Wilson Sonsini Wells Fargo TÜV Rheinland Construct for Information Exchange
Capital at Favorable Rates Quality PV Plants and Data
CAPITAL PROVIDER BORROWER Open Actuarial Database
Informa on Access
SERVICERS and SUPPLIERS Assessing Investment Risk for U.S. Solar Fleet
Query oSPARC Anonymized Por olio Results Manager Points of Measurement At PV Plant
PV Array Inverter
Facility Load
Back-Up
Energy Storage U lity Grid Source: IEC 61724 oSPARC Dashboard oSPARC Sample Query oSPARC Sample Report Find Best Performing Plants, Highest Quality Data
Measurement Confidence (Data Quality)
Measured Performance & Reliability Gives and Gets
WHAT YOU GIVE WHAT YOU GET ² Signed agreement; must ² See and compare your own data contribute data anonymized and other anonymized data by to your liking geography/zip code ² Technical or data provider ² Fully secure environment authorization for support ² You can give access to partners/investors ² You manage your data; withdraw at any time ² Technical support for feeding the oSPARC data base Benefits and Use Models
² Investor, underwriter, issuer: § Investment modeling, pricing and risk assessment and deal decision support § Syndication pool formation and modeling support
² Fleet operator/Project developer: § Investment, design and risk decision support; compare data of your operating or proposed plants vs. similar systems in the same geography
² Service provider or equipment manufacturer: § Risk assessment, product/service improvement; benchmark data of your operating plants vs. similar systems in the same geography § Opportunity to differentiate on quality
² Solar industry § Scale up deployment, increase total system quality § Access to capital at lower rates over time You’re Invited to Join and Add Data
² Must give data from operating power plants to get access to database ² Your may participate in the development process § End-to-end transparency § Pick the right metrics § Comfort that your organization won’t be disadvantaged ² May with draw your data any time
Questions and Answers Thank You
Expanding the Distributed Energy Market Through Data Standards and Interoperability
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Host Security and Access Control
HOST SECURITY USER ACCESS CONTROL
• Industry Standard Amazon Web • oSPARC manages user IDs Services based system • Data Contributor assigns • SOC1/SSAE 16/ISAE 3402 Certifications data set “Authority” user • PCI DSS Level 1 • Authority chooses level of • ISO 27001 data anonymization • Automatic redundancy and • Authority user authorizes backups partner and sub users