PG&E proposes far-reaching changes for solar power
PG&E on Monday filed a proposal that urges state regulators to undertake wide-ranging changes in the solar electricity system in central and Northern California.Among the proposals: potentially...
View ArticleWattTime Pinpoints the Greenest Grid Power
The ability to track and respond to real-time grid power prices is being programmed into a growing number of grid-edge devices, such as electric-vehicle chargers, smart thermostats and appliances, and...
View ArticleSoCal Edison Wants New Grid Batteries for ‘Just-in-Time’ Delivery
Someday, grid batteries will come in standard packages, ready to be plugged in as fast as utilities can find places and use cases for them. At least, that’s how utility Southern California Edison would...
View ArticleDemand Response Enabling Technologies
Demand response (DR) is becoming a growing part of the resource base that electric system operators rely on to maintain reliability on the grid. Market liberalization, economic pressures, and...
View ArticleSchneider Electric helps future proof UK grid
Schneider Electric has launched a project to bring power protection to customers in the North West of England. It is part of Electricity North West’s £5.5 million ‘Respond Project’ backed by Ofgem’s...
View ArticleNEC Energy Solutions Partners With Eos Energy Storage To Bring Revolutionary...
NEC Energy Solutions (“NEC ES”), a subsidiary of NEC Corporation, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Eos Energy Storage LLC (“Eos”) to develop next-generation energy storage...
View ArticleItron’s Solar Gateway: Grid Edge Intelligence for the Solar Market
For the past year or so, smart-meter maker Itron and partner Cisco have been working on a transformative concept for the grid edge — a single, standards-based platform that can connect everything from...
View ArticleIs California’s Latest Move the Next Opportunity for the Internet of Things?
New opportunities for the Internet of Things, or IoT, are growing exponentially. Don’t believe it? Just think of how many times you’ve recently heard the word “smart” to describe a new product. But...
View ArticleSilver Spring Expands Its Data Analytics for Utility Operators
Over the past few years, we’ve seen grid and IT technology vendors change their approach to the utility data analytics market. Broad terms like “big data” have dropped out of vogue — perhaps because...
View ArticleA clean, green energy future beckons!
The world could soon be generating all its electricity from renewable sources, writes Dave Elliott, by harnessing diverse technologies for generation, grid balancing and energy storage. Add to that the...
View Article5th Energy Storage Virtual Summit 2015
Energy storage is the key enabler for extending the penetration of renewable resources into the energy mix. Scenarios include storage for distributed rooftop systems, utility-scale storage for grid...
View ArticleGartner Goes Big On IoT
The Internet of Things can seem more like concept and theory than hard, incontrovertible fact at times, but recent research might suggest that the IoT is approaching a breaking point that could see...
View ArticlePlaying Nice: What the Duke Energy Microgrid Test Bed Teaches
Integrating – not just adding distributed energy resources – is the key to strengthening the new grid. That realization is what led to the Duke Energy microgrid test bed, created with the help of an...
View ArticleBusiness as usual: 20 states at solar grid parity
As installation costs continue to decline and retail electricity rates climb, residential solar economics have become increasingly more attractive across the United States. In fact, according to GTM...
View ArticleYou’ve installed solar and battery storage. But is that smart?
You’ve heard the expression “you’re only as smart as the company you keep,” well the same could be said for the solar panels you put on your roof.When their job was simply to generate electricity for...
View ArticleMaturing: Utilities transforming energy storage from threat to opportunity
While cost-effective advanced energy storage technologies are providing utilities and grid operators new tools to improve system reliability and lower costs, these systems also present risks as...
View ArticleIs the Electrical Grid Keeping Up with Smart Solar Inverters?
Within the fast-growing solar-energy market, solar-inverter suppliers must keep pace with electronic technology advances in order to deliver more efficient and reliable parts at a lower cost. Inverter...
View ArticleNo more grid-lock: More turning to renewable energy sources for power
“Going off the grid” was once an expression that brought to mind hippies, survivalists and others on the fringes of society looking for a life without the intrusions of government and big business....
View ArticleNational Grid adopts IoT-centric approach to energy management
National Grid is launching its ConnectedSolutions platform, allowing customers to connect and manage their smart thermostats and other home devices to improve energy savings and comfort while allowing...
View ArticleRecord Enrollment in ComEd’s Smart Meter-Enabled Savings Program
When it gets hot this summer, nearly 160,000 ComEd customers enrolled in Peak Time Savings Program can power down to save cash CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The beginning of June marks the start of summer...
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