LEAPTRAN INC — Department of Agriculture SBIR Phase II: 8.6

Description

Distributed solar generation systems include residential rooftop commercial & industrial (C&I)and community solar installations. The installation of large amounts of distributed solar systemshave injected additional uncertainty into power system operations and planning for all utilitiesincluding rural-based electric co-ops.Leaptran's Phase II overall technical objective is to demonstrate a robust reliable and scalablesoftware solution package to provide aggregated solar forecasting (ASF) and net load forecasting(NLF) for thousands of rural community solar sites' PV production thus enhancing the ability ofsolar energy systems to contribute to rural area grid reliability and resiliency.Leaptran's proposed Phase II project will continue leveraging its successful proposed objectivesfrom Phase I. The proposed Phase II project is also well aligned with the strategic goals laid outin the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2022-2026 such asdeveloping low-carbon energy solutions by investing renewable electricity generation (Objective1.4) and expanding opportunities for economic development and improving quality of life inrural and tribal communities (Strategic Goal 5). Leaptran's Phase II efforts will further existingand future investments in sustainable reliable and resilient power generation transmission anddistribution systems in American rural communities through advanced data analytic-baseddecision-making and an aggregated solar forecasting (ASF) solution.Leaptran plans to market its solution mainly to rural-based electric co-ops and publicly ownedutilities (POUs). Success for this technology includes having multiple utilities use the productand demonstrating a reliable solution to provide accurate ASF solutions by the end of SBIRPhase II.