Automated interconnection studies for distributed energy
Gigaflow’s software shortens interconnection timelines for distributed solar, storage and EV charging projects.
Using automated modeling, the Gigaflow platform studies DER interconnection impacts without need for manual utility review, calculating required upgrades and costs in near real-time.
With Gigaflow, utilities can more efficiently perform interconnection studies on DER projects and developers can more easily find the lowest cost POIs.
Solutions
For Developers
Gigaflow helps originators target sites on the distribution grid for least cost interconnection
Gigaflow enables scenario analysis so developers can optimally design projects
Gigaflow increases NTP rates and developer profitability
For Utilities
Gigaflow improves interconnection efficiency by automatically studying and mitigating thermal and voltage violations using customizable, utility-specific solution
Gigaflow reduces interconnection application volumes and queue lengths by directing developers to the lowest impact POIs
About
Our Story
Gigaflow believes that rapidly building new capacity is the best way to achieve our clean energy goals. Distributed energy resources (DERs) such as solar, storage and EV charging can be deployed quickly and cost effectively, but development is being slowed by inefficiencies in the interconnection process:
Utility engineers or consultants study applications manually, which is time- and resource-intensive, to determine grid impacts and interconnection costs
After waiting months or years for study results, developers withdraw most applications due to unviably high costs
Nationally, 75% of DER capacity submitted for interconnection withdraws before signing an agreement
In active DER markets, withdrawal rates are worse - in National Grid (NY), 90% of MWs submitted in 2023 were withdrawn, a 40% increase from 2020
Uncertainty around application viability leads developers to submit many speculative applications, creating long queues, which further lengthen study timelines
Long interconnection timelines and high withdrawal rates add unnecessary overhead to DER development and slow the pace of deployment
Gigaflow was built to shorten interconnection timelines and increase success rates for mid-market (100 kW - 10 MW) DER projects.
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