Smart Grid News
Netherlands Sustainable Energy Producer is Building The Industry's First Software-Defined Power Plant
Scaling up from community and campus microgrids, leading edge power producers and utilities are helping advance the clean energy transition by making use of pioneering distributed power and energy resource management systems. To wit: Redwood, California-based AutoGrid on November 11…
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Internet of Things Fuels VC Smart Grid, Energy Storage Investment
Venture capital (VC) investment groups put $81 million of capital across 12 transactions to work in up-and-coming smart grid systems vendors in 3Q, substantially less than 2Q's $104 million and 18 transactions, Mercom Capital reports. Though down on a quarterly…
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Will Desalination Undermine California's Renewable Energy Targets Or Be A Grid Resource?
Large, inflexible desalination plants could jeopardize California's renewable energy targets and increase the cost of both water and energy. Better designed desalination plants can be a grid resource enabling renewable microgrids. Maintaining a balance on the electric grid used to…
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Distributed energy resources can already balance themselves on a local microgrid
At ESNA 2015, UCSD's Byron Washom described his 'hallucinogenic dreams,' where solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles, and other distributed energy resources (DER) orchestrate a clean, balanced, and efficient electric grid. He might not be crazy after all. Accelerating into a…
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How The Developing World Is Reinventing The Grid
A Fresh Start The way we interact with energy is fundamentally changing. The core business model of utilities is clashing with global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, adopt new technologies, and become energy independent. While massive…
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