Fast Track · Successful Matching Starts with Clear Positioning
Many teams try to “quickly get matched” before they actually know where they stand. Data show that unstructured matching succeeds less than 15% of the time. With clear positioning first, success rates can climb into the 70%+ range.
If you’re not sure how to identify your current position — and you don’t want to learn our full matching framework — please start with a MERIT™ Positioning Brief (US$499).
This step does not immediately match you with specific partners. It makes every later matching step more realistic and time-efficient. 80% of the US$499 fee can be credited toward a future matching engagement.
Structured Track · Precision-Matched MERIT™ Matchmaker
The clean energy ecosystem contains 15 distinct resource types, but you only need the ONE that matches your immediate objective. Your core mission determines your focus: Raising capital? Finding customers? Sourcing technology? Developing projects?
Each resource type (US$1,399) provides:
☆ 10 pre-qualified matches with >50% compatibility
☆ Protected introductions (no cold outreach)
☆ MERIT™ verification on every connection
☆ Monthly or quarterly refresh of qualified matches
Start with your primary objective.
Add adjacent types only when needed. (Fast Track clients: Apply 80% credit toward your first type.)
MERIT™ Matchmaker isn't a contact database. It's a protected ecosystem where every connection counts.
How Our Matching Works · Beyond Simple Lists
Traditional platforms: Here's everyone in your category. Good luck.
MERIT™ Matching: Here's who you can actually work with, and why.
Our compatibility algorithm evaluates:
☆ Structural Distance: How many cells apart are you? Multi-cell gaps require specific bridges.
☆ Development Stage Alignment: An A1 pilot can't serve L3 utility needs. We prevent these mismatches upfront.
☆ Resource Flow Logic: Capital flows downstream, solutions flow upstream. We map realistic pathways, not wishful thinking.
☆ Risk Appetite Matching: A conservative utility won't adopt unproven tech. A venture investor won't fund mature infrastructure. We match risk profiles, not just sectors.
☆ Timing Synchronization: Your Q2 need won't match their Q4 availability. We factor in temporal alignment.
The result: >50% compatibility minimum
Every match we show has cleared multiple filters. This isn't about who exists in the market — it's about who can realistically engage with you, now.
Protection mechanisms:
☆ Recipients can set minimum compatibility thresholds
☆ Outreach requires MERIT™ position disclosure
☆ Monthly quotas prevent mass messaging
☆ Both parties see the matching rationale
This transparency builds trust. When someone receives your inquiry through our platform, they know it's been pre-validated. Response rates exceed 65% because the match makes sense.
- Hardware: battery, inverter, EMS…
- Software: EMS, forecasting…
- Service: pilot EPC teams…
- Capital: VCC1
- Assets: pilotsA1
- Load: early usersL1
- Enablement: verificationE1
- Hardware: PV/BESS OEMs…
- Software: grid SaaS…
- Service: multi-site EPC…
- Capital: infra fundsC2
- Assets: RTB pipelineA2
- Load: C&I fleetsL2
- Enablement: legal / financeE2
- Hardware: bankable OEMs…
- Software: utility platforms…
- Service: O&M teams…
- Capital: PE / PFC3
- Assets: portfoliosA3
- Load: utilities / SOsL3
- Enablement: ecosystem accessE3
- Sites assembling land and grid access…
- Projects pre-NTP and construction-ready…
- Teams forming first repeatable model…
- Solutions: pilotsS1
- Capital: early fundsC1
- Enablement: verificationE1
- NTP assets ready to build…
- RTB portfolios near COD…
- Shovel-ready sites seeking scale…
- Solutions: scale deliveryS2
- Capital: infra / growthC2
- Load: C&I + large load L1 L2
- Operating sites seeking rotation…
- Mature fleets optimizing yield…
- Core infra investors rotating capital…
- Capital: PE / yieldC3
- Load: all load types L1 L2 L3
- Enablement: exits & marketsE3
- Shops, offices and campuses with modest demand…
- SMEs adding EV, heat or rooftop loads…
- Buyers testing flexible or behind-meter supply…
- Solutions: BTM & demand tools S1 S2
- Assets: C&I pilots A1
- Capital & enablement: C1 E2
- Data centers and HPC with rising demand…
- Large plants electrifying heat or process…
- Sites planning multi-year, multi-MW supply…
- Solutions: multi-MW delivery S2 S3
- Assets: NTP & operating A2 A3
- Capital & enablement: C2 E2
- Utilities shaping regional capacity…
- Hyperscale and cluster-level buyers…
- Long-term, multi-GW procurement…
- Solutions: grid platformsS3
- Assets: operating fleetsA3
- Capital & enablement: C3 E3
- VC funds backing early solutions…
- Seed-to-A climate and infra-tech…
- High-risk, high-growth theses…
- Solutions: early teamsS1
- Assets: pilotsA1
- Enablement: verificationE1
- Growth equity in infra & energy…
- Lower-risk scaling projects…
- NTP to early-operating platforms…
- Solutions: scale deliveryS2
- Assets: NTP & RTBA2
- Load: C&I + large load L1 L2
- Yield & core infra investors…
- Operating fleets & COD assets…
- Low-risk, long-duration capital…
- Assets: operatingA3
- Load: all buyers L1 L2 L3
- Enablement: exits & marketsE3
- Teams needing third-party checks on tech or impact…
- Projects preparing data rooms and baselines…
- Capital and buyers needing trusted signals…
- Solutions: early teamsS1
- Assets: pilotsA1
- Capital: early fundsC1
- Deals needing contracts, structuring and audit…
- Platforms standardizing docs across markets…
- Investors requiring clean, repeatable process…
- Solutions: scale platformsS2
- Assets: NTP & RTBA2
- Load & capital: L1 C2
- Platforms entering new regions or segments…
- Assets and capital seeking strategic exits…
- Networks building go-to-market and deal flow…
- Solutions: mature partnersS3
- Assets: operatingA3
- Load & capital: L2 L3 C3
Notes on the 15-Cell Structure
Remember: You don't need access to all 15 cells, only the ONE that match your current objective.
This Matchmaker presents a standardized 15-cell classification of clean-energy resources. The five segments — Solutions, Assets, Demand Load, Active Capital, and Vetted Enablement — are each defined by three resource types.
These types describe functional roles in the ecosystem rather than maturity or performance.
The 15-cell structure captures the dynamic relationships among ecosystem participants. Cells may represent upstream or downstream positions, demand-side or supply-side roles, or parallel functions within the same value space.
The model is descriptive, structural, and type-based; it is not a ranking system.
MERITᵣ™ evaluations are applied to Solutions and Assets, and are dynamic.
Ratings respond to changes in policy conditions, market signals, competitive positioning, and technological progress. Demand Load, Active Capital, and Vetted Enablement are presented according to their functional characteristics rather than as “rated” entities.
Two access modes are provided:
- MERITᵣ™-rated access, offering structured visibility into the 15 resource types;
- A paid best-match service, for users requiring deeper counterpart identification across cells.
You can use the 15-cell map to locate where a resource fits, to understand cross-cell relationships, and to identify the types most relevant to your objectives.
The structure provides a clear, data-driven framework while leaving interpretation and decision-making entirely in the user’s control.
Additional information on the MERITᵣ™ 15-cell framework
Methodology and Structure
The 15-cell framework extends beyond simple categorization. Each cell represents a functional position within the clean-energy ecosystem, reflecting how technologies, assets, demand categories, capital sources, and enabling services interact in practice. The structure is designed to clarify upstream-downstream flows, cross-segment dependencies, and the boundaries between adjacent roles.
Dynamic Evaluation Through MERITᵣ™
MERITᵣ™ ratings incorporate multiple dimensions, including regulatory conditions, market signals, technological readiness, competitive behavior, and cost-structure evolution. These factors are regularly updated, allowing Solutions and Assets to shift as external environments change. Demand Load, Active Capital, and Vetted Enablement remain function-classified rather than rated.
Resource Typology Logic
The five segments operate under distinct logic:
- Solutions: technology and software resource types defined by readiness and deployment fit.
- Assets: project and site pipeline categories reflecting development stage and controllability.
- Demand Load: demand-side categories grouped by load scale and system impact.
- Active Capital: capital sources defined by deployment intent and investment mandate.
- Vetted Enablement: ecosystem services supporting verification, compliance, analysis, and execution.
Ecosystem Coverage
The framework spans renewable generation, energy storage, transmission-linked assets, distributed energy, industrial electrification, commercial and industrial demand, utility-scale load, investment capital across venture, infrastructure, and structured finance, and enabling services ranging from certification and legal review to financial diligence and technical advisory.
Use Cases
- Clarifying where a resource fits within the ecosystem.
- Understanding cross-segment interactions and dependencies.
- Supporting resource discovery across all 15 types.
- Identifying counterparties for technology, project development, demand-side engagement, capital sourcing, or service needs.
- Providing a consistent structure for market analysis and comparative assessment.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the purpose of the 15-cell model?
It provides a structured, type-based view of the ecosystem that clarifies relationships
without prescribing maturity or ranking.
How does MERITᵣ™ influence the structure?
MERITᵣ™ provides dynamic evaluations for Solutions and Assets, enabling the framework
to reflect real market and policy conditions.
Why are Load, Capital, and Enablement not rated?
These segments are defined by function and intent rather than technical or asset-based quality,
so classification is structural rather than evaluative.
How does the best-match service differ from rated access?
Rated access supports structured browsing across resource types.
The best-match service applies deeper cross-cell analysis for users requiring
precise counterpart identification.
Additional Indexing Keywords
clean-energy resource map, MERIT framework, energy asset pipeline, demand load categories, active capital deployment, vetted energy services, energy ecosystem taxonomy, 15-cell model, resource classification in clean energy, data-driven market structure, renewable infrastructure mapping, energy systems analysis
If you have questions regarding Matchmaker access or payment options, please contact us at alex.liu@terawatttimes.org