Nira Energy (YC W22) — Software to find the best sites for renewables on the electrical grid
Nira is a map tool, built for renewable energy developers, that shows available capacity at every interconnection point on the electrical grid. Customers like AES and Cypress Creek use Nira to find the most profitable points on the grid to site new projects.
Nira Energy is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2022 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Software to find the best sites for renewables on the electrical grid. The founders listed are Chris Ariante (Founder), Andy Chen (Founder), Andrew Martin (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, September 28, 2022).
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Nira is a map tool, built for renewable energy developers, that shows available capacity at every interconnection point on the electrical grid. Customers like AES and Cypress Creek use Nira to find the most profitable points on the grid to site new projects.
Chris Ariante
Founder
Andy Chen
Founder
Andrew Martin
Founder
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