Project Sunroof Monetizes. Google announced that it will be offering an API for rooftop solar data which has the projection of creating $100million in annual revenues in year 1. The data is said to include access to 350million properties and introduce the overlay of 30 days of air quality history. Will this be a must have feature in proposal tools or will resi solar look at this as an unnecessary addition to the data set?
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- Reuters: Fossil fuels’ share in EU power mix at lowest level since records began -report
- Washington Post: What Gas Crisis? Europe’s Best Friend Is Also Its Worst Enemy
- Energy Storage News: US reached 12.7GW of BESS in Q2 but no ERCOT additions, says S&P
- PV-Magazine: Jaguar building large-scale storage system with second-life EV batteries
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