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SmartHelio

Software to prevent downtime in a solar plant

Y CombinatorWinter 2022ActiveB2BAnalyticsSolar PowerClimateEnterprise SoftwareAI

What they do

Problem

Solar power plants lose revenue due to faults and underperformance that cause downtime and are hard to detect and prevent proactively.

Solution

A cloud software platform that ingests live solar plant and weather data via APIs and uses algorithms to diagnose underperformance and recommend fixes to prevent downtime.

Who it's for

Solar utilities and large-scale solar plant developers/operators managing utility-scale solar assets.

Founders

Govinda Upadhyay
Founder

Husband | Father | Sustainability | Climate change warrior| I am is a serial entrepreneur and work in climate domain. I want to accelerate the adoption of clean tech in our society. I have a background in Physics, Smart electrical system and climate change. I studied in Sweden, Netherlands, Switzerland and India. I am an Indian, married to a Swiss/Japanese and live in Switzerland. I like food and travel. I became father recently. I want my child to live in a better world than mine.

Neeraj Dasila
Founder

Born and bred in a remote Himalayan hamlet, I learned early on how tech or even the smallest innovation can help improve the quality of life of people. With this vision, I studied Electrical Engineering at IIT Bombay and later worked on Connected Vehicles & Electric Mobility as a product manager at TATA. Then, I moved to the Govt. of India to work on sustainable energy transitions. Today, my aim is to build affordable & scalable solutions for all to tackle climate change.

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