Australian software developer PV Lighthouse has secured almost $2 million in federal to drive the continued development of its SunSolve Yield advanced simulation engine that is designed to improve yield forecasting for utility-scale solar projects.

PV Lighthouse, an Australian software developer, has secured AU$1.97 million (US$1.32 million) from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the development of its SunSolve Yield technology, aiming to improve yield forecasting for utility-scale solar projects.

A company that began as a free solar data website in 2011 has landed a $1.97 million grant to fine tune the product that, 13 years later, it calls “the world’s most advanced solar simulation engine”

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