DECH provides a cloud‑based analytics platform that quickly evaluates distributed energy resource projects by processing basic inputs and applying region‑specific utility rates, market rules, and incentive data. The tool delivers instant financial, carbon, and reliability assessments with detailed value‑driver breakdowns, enabling energy buyers and developers to screen and compare projects without consulting costs.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Commercial and industrial entities face complex, time‑consuming analysis when evaluating distributed energy resources (DERs) such as solar, batteries, or dispatchable generators. Varying utility rates, market rules, incentives, and technology costs across regions make it difficult to quantify financial returns, carbon impact, and reliability benefits accurately.
Solution
DECH offers a cloud‑based analytics platform that processes basic project inputs and delivers detailed, market‑specific assessments of DER projects within minutes. The tool aggregates extensive databases of utility tariffs, wholesale energy prices, ancillary service rates, demand‑response programs, and carbon factors to calculate avoided supply costs, potential energy sales, ancillary revenue, demand‑response payments, and outage avoidance savings. Users receive a breakdown of each value driver, risk considerations, and a comparative view of alternative configurations, enabling rapid screening and informed decision‑making without the need for costly consulting engagements.
Target Audience
Primary customers are energy buyers, project developers, and large institutions (e.g., industrial facilities, data centers, and commercial real estate owners) seeking to evaluate and implement cost‑effective distributed energy solutions.
Features
- Guided data entry with multi‑site template uploads for portfolio‑level analysis
- Instant calculation of financial returns, carbon emission reductions, and reliability benefits tailored to the user’s market
- Value‑driver decomposition covering avoided supply cost, wholesale energy sales, ancillary services, demand response, and outage avoidance
- Scenario comparison tools to filter high‑value projects and validate vendor proposals
- Cloud‑hosted analytics leveraging proprietary databases of rates, incentives, and market rules across U.S. regions