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First Solicitation Funded Projects
The first CSI RD&D grant solicitation sought to fund projects that advanced integration of photovoltaics (PV) into the utility grid and focused on the following target areas:
- Planning and modeling for high-penetration PV
- Testing and development of hardware and software for high-penetration PV
- Addressing the near-term integration of energy efficiency, demand response, energy storage, and PV.
On March 11, 2010, the CPUC announced that eight projects had been approved to receive funding through the first solicitation. (Read the CPUC press release.) A list of those projects is shown below; click on a project title to see an overview and contact information.
| Project Title | Awardee |
|---|---|
| Planning and Modeling for High-Penetration PV | |
| Advanced Modeling and Verification for High Penetration PV | Clean Power Research |
| Development and Analysis of a Progressively Smarter Distribution System | University of California, Irvine |
| Planning and Modeling for High-Penetration PV | SunPower Corporation |
| Improving Economics of Solar Power Through Resource Analysis, Forecasting and Dynamic System Modeling | University of California, San Diego |
| Testing and Development of Hardware and Software for High-Penetration PV | |
| High Penetration PV Initiative | Sacramento Municipal Utility District |
| Analysis of High-Penetration Levels of PV into the Distribution Grid in California | National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
| Integration of Energy Efficiency, Demand Response, Energy Storage and PV | |
| Beopt-CA (EX): A Tool for Optimal Integration of EE/DR/ES+PV for California Homes | National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
| Integrated Energy Project Model | kW Engineering |
