Omnidian, Inc.

At first sight, the numerous rows of blue-black painted solar tiles glistening on rooftops depict a promising picture of the U.S.’s bid to generate power from renewable energy sources. However, a closer look reveals an opportunity to drive an even greater ROI for many owners of solar power systems. The reason behind this problem is apparent. Overall, the solar industry has been focused on sales and expansion driven by accelerating nationwide demand. Less attention has been given to maximizing returns and ensuring that the ownership experience, end-to-end, is seamless and hassle-free.

Even the smallest solar power system is a power plant. And while utility-scale solar projects are managed cohesively, a large number of small distributed solar applications in various locations is an entirely different game. Problems occur; component failures sometimes go unidentified; underperformance can be overlooked. And the sheer volume of information coming from a large portfolio of distributed solar systems creates blindness. But at the end of the day, “solar owners”— whether a commercial asset manager overseeing hundreds of systems, a residential asset manager with thousands of systems, or an individual homeowner or business owner trying to save on electricity bills — want the assurance that their investments will perform as promised.

By protecting and accelerating the value of capital invested in residential and commercial solar units across the nation, Omnidian provides the solution that gives owners real peace of mind. “We deliver not only performance assurance for distributed energy assets; we’re the category creator for an ownership experience which maximizes value and minimizes hassle,” says Mark Liffmann, a solar industry veteran who leads Omnidian as its CEO and co-founder.

The Performance Assurance Category Creator

Omnidian’s mission reflects the very reason why it was created—”to protect and accelerate clean energy investments.” As we created Omnidian, we were focused not only on what we do, but how we do it as a key to our success,” observed Liffmann. “We identified three pivotal factors: first, a passionate team to drive our vision; second, an innovative, technology-oriented focus on solving the pain of ownership of distributed energy assets; and finally, an amazing customer experience built right into our platform.”

As a provider of comprehensive protection plans for capital investments in solar energy systems, Omnidian guarantees up to 95% of forecasted energy for customers’ solar assets and optimizes their performance. Through its purpose-driven proprietary technology, the company strives to promote its trademark idea: “Solar Without Fear™.” Jeff Berg, Senior Vice President of Engineering, explains that Omnidian’s technology started with the core data acquisition and issue detection systems. Then it layered in the data science program for intelligent issue diagnosis, which handles common factors like hardware failure, degradation, shading, soiling, and snow. It can even diagnose these when multiple issues are present and identify the impact of each. Finally, Omnidian expanded the ecosystem to accommodate end-to-end processes with capabilities like performance verification tests, intelligent filtering that separates the noise from the actionable issues, and prioritization of issues based on business value. “Ultimately, we leverage technology to deliver an amazing client experience. Set it and forget it. We want clients to know that we have their back. This gives clients back their time while having full transparency and control of the process,” observed Berg.