January 4, 2024
Siting the Needle in a Haystack: Solar Permitting in Glenn County, CA
Only 5 properties (295 acres) in all of Glenn County, CA are feasible for ground-mount solar when considering interconnection, environmental constraints, and permitting restrictions. Why?
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November 8, 2023
10 GW by 2030: Sizing the New York Community Solar Market from the Local Ordinance Up
Placing state distributed solar goals within the context of local ordinances and zoning codes
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July 27, 2023
Quantifying Solar Permitting Risk with Large Language Models
Learn how Paces is using LLMs to structure vast amounts of solar zoning legislation.
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June 15, 2023
From Brownfields to Brightfields
Solar brownfields, long overlooked, are beginning to shine as opportunities for renewable energy development!
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June 1, 2023
From Sheep Farms to Solar Farms
Why sheep farming can have a profoundly positive impact on building solar projects!
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May 17, 2023
Evolution at the Edge: Renewables and the Spatial Configuration of the Grid
Investigating how the spatial configuration of the transmission network has changed with the rise of renewables.
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May 4, 2023
Renewable Development Blockers
Renewable development is failing to reach its potential. With a <20% success rate for renewable projects with an interconnection queue position, we must confront the blockers to development head-on to have any hope of increasing the rate of successful development.
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December 29, 2022
Cofounder Charles Bai is a Forbes 30 Under 30!
Our CTO and cofounder Charles Bai was selected to be on the Forbes 30 Under 30
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September 6, 2022
Inflation Reduction Act: Energy Community
The Inflation Reduction Act is massive for the clean energy industry and at Paces we have been excitedly working through its implications.
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June 20, 2022
Paces Featured on Founder to Founder!
Our CEO James McWalter was delighted to speak to Founder to Founder about why collecting & aggregating infrastructure data is important.
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