{"id":643597,"date":"2024-11-07T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/glint-solar-grabs-8m-to-help-accelerate-solar-energy-adoption-across-europe\/"},"modified":"2024-11-07T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T08:00:00","slug":"glint-solar-grabs-8m-to-help-accelerate-solar-energy-adoption-across-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/glint-solar-grabs-8m-to-help-accelerate-solar-energy-adoption-across-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"#Glint Solar grabs $8M to help accelerate solar energy adoption across Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e70d1b0f81\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e70d1b0f81\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/glint-solar-grabs-8m-to-help-accelerate-solar-energy-adoption-across-europe\/#Expanding_impact\" >Expanding impact<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Solar energy is booming, which is good <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> for <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glintsolar.com\">Glint Solar<\/a>. The Norwegian software-as-a-service startup has built a platform that\u2019s helping energy giants and large solar developers such as\u00a0E.ON, Recurrent Energy, and Statkraft cut the time it takes to plan and pre-design solar installations to accelerate the transition to renewables.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Glint\u2019s software pulls in data from multiple sources to help speed up Solar project assessments. The platform features adaptable layout designs and yield estimates, along with country-specific geographic information system (GIS) data and topographic analysis to make it easer for solar developers to evaluate potential sites. Cloud-based collaboration features allow teams to access essential project data. The platform can also be used as a project presentation aid by serving up 3D-rendered project layouts \u201cin seconds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since TechCrunch last spoke with the climate startup in June 2022, when it closed a $3 million seed round, its customer base has grown almost 10x, according to CEO and co-founder Harald Olderheim. It\u2019s now announcing an $8 million <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Series<\/a> A to keep stoking the growth fire by expanding into more markets in Europe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its main regions for customers currently are France, Germany, the Nordics, and the U.K. but with the new funding, the March 2020-launched SaaS will be expanding its sales teams to target customers in \u201cthe rest of Europe,\u201d including Italy and Spain, Olderheim says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One notable change since Glint Solar launched is that it\u2019s narrowed the service proposition to support the planning of land-based solar installations \u2014 dropping an earlier dual product focus that had included floating-solar installations, too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Olderheim said the software can still be used for planning floating solar. But he noted there\u2019s more demand for ground-based installations. \u201cIt\u2019s a bigger market,\u201d he said, explaining why they\u2019ve opting to streamline their sales <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Glint Solar also isn\u2019t focused on roof-mounted solar installations. Some of its customers are using its software to help plan solar arrays on \u201cbig rooftops\u201d as well, per Olderheim. But, again, the reason it\u2019s not focusing effort there is because it\u2019s going after the largest demand chunk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you look at the market, about 60% of the market is utility, large scale. And then about 20% is big rooftops, and 20% is residential. So we are going for the biggest market,\u201d he told TechCrunch. \u201cIf you want to make a big impact in the world \u2026 we can do it through the utility scale, because that\u2019s much faster if you\u2019re going to build increase the [solar] energy in the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you think the impact we are making by one solar plant, a big one \u2014 like 10 megawatt, maybe with 7,000 or 15,000 solar panels \u2014 it\u2019s a very efficient way of growing the energy production fast.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-expanding-impact\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Expanding_impact\"><\/span>Expanding impact  <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another big focus for the Series A cash injection is product development. Olderheim said the startup will be expanding its platform to help customers plan where to site batteries that can be used to optimize renewable investments by storing energy. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Factors such as grid capacity, protected areas, and sound (since batteries produce some noise once operational) are all considerations the software will be able to factor in, per Olderheim, as well as providing customers with support to ensure a battery is compatible with the proposed solar array and helping them share the information with landowners as they work to obtain the necessary permits.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2880\" height=\"1794\" src=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Glint-Solar-Product-Screenshot.png?w=680\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2910130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Glint-Solar-Product-Screenshot.png 2880w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Glint-Solar-Product-Screenshot.png?resize=150,93 150w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Glint-Solar-Product-Screenshot.png?resize=300,187 300w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Glint-Solar-Product-Screenshot.png?resize=768,478 768w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Glint-Solar-Product-Screenshot.png?resize=680,424 680w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Glint-Solar-Product-Screenshot.png?resize=1200,748 1200w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Glint-Solar-Product-Screenshot.png?resize=1280,797 1280w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Glint-Solar-Product-Screenshot.png?resize=430,268 430w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Glint-Solar-Product-Screenshot.png?resize=720,449 720w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Glint-Solar-Product-Screenshot.png?resize=900,561 900w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Glint-Solar-Product-Screenshot.png?resize=800,498 800w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Glint-Solar-Product-Screenshot.png?resize=1536,957 1536w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Glint-Solar-Product-Screenshot.png?resize=2048,1276 2048w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Glint-Solar-Product-Screenshot.png?resize=668,416 668w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Glint-Solar-Product-Screenshot.png?resize=602,375 602w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Glint-Solar-Product-Screenshot.png?resize=991,617 991w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Glint-Solar-Product-Screenshot.png?resize=708,441 708w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2880px) 100vw, 2880px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span class=\"wp-block-image__credits\"><strong>Image Credits:<\/strong>Glint Solar<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He emphasizes how much the cost of solar installations have dropped over the last decade (down around 90%). But he also says that projects still aren\u2019t happening as fast as they need to given the existential threats of a heating planet that are driving waves of disasters, from devastating floods and hurricanes to heatwaves, droughts, and forest fires.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt takes time to get all the agreements \u2014 with the land owner, with the grid, and with the municipality \u2014 to [deliver a solar project] and all these processes take time; so that\u2019s one of the reasons we are doing Glint Solar,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The startup is very focused on software design to maximize accessibility as another tactic to help remove friction from solar project approvals. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are making it very user friendly so everyone in a team can use one software together and work on this problem to make [project delivery] much faster. And you can share everything \u2014 with the land owner, with the grid, with the municipality \u2014 so they can easily take decisions much faster with the lower risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The platform has multiple \u201cmodules\u201d that allow the same person to, for example, \u201cevaluate the site, organize all the projects, and design a solar park,\u201d per Olderheim, supporting project teams to get more applications out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also flags the platform\u2019s cloud-based collaboration features that allow everyone to work \u201cin the same tool,\u201d which he suggests help give it an edge versus other tools.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Glint says customers are reporting its SaaS is helping solar developers to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>le their project pipeline on average and evaluate potential sites 10x faster than traditional methods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course software can only do so much. Olderheim agrees that infrastructure investment and regulatory reform are key to further accelerating solar rollouts, pointing to grid capacity and solar permitting as the main areas for lawmakers to tackle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSometimes it takes five years from a [project] to start to get building,\u201d he points out, adding: \u201cI know the EU is looking at this to reduce it to 12 or 24 months. So I think that\u2019s a very good [start].\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Glint Solar\u2019s Series A is led by Smedvig Ventures, with additional investment from Antler Nordic and Antler Elevate, Futurum Ventures, and Momentum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commenting in a statement, Jonathan Lerner, partner at Smedvig Ventures said:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cThe solar industry has done a great job at developing ways to harvest green energy, but now we need better processes to get these plans in motion. This is the gap that\u00a0Glint\u00a0Solar is filling. As one of the first unified products for utility projects on the market, solar developers, engineers, analysts and management can find everything they need to locate the best land spaces quickly and accurately. This is a much-needed evolution from manually trawling through data from multiple sources, saving considerable resources in all-important green energy projects.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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