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Syd Bishop

Senior Content Specialist

About Syd

Syd is a senior content specialist and all-around word nerd for Virtual Peaker. Syd believes in the inevitability of renewable energies and in implementing a diverse energy portfolio and is excited to use his skills to help spread that message far and wide. In his scant free time, Syd is a father of two, husband of an awesome wife, a musician, and a lover of comic books, and all things sci-fi.

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Using Demand Flexibility to Manage Data Centers & AI

Using Demand Flexibility to Manage Data Centers & AI

According to Goldman Sachs, AI is poised to drive a 160% increase in power usage for data centers. In response […]

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Syd Bishop
Senior Content Specialist
Demand Flexibility & The National Energy Emergency

Demand Flexibility & The National Energy Emergency

Last week, the incoming administration declared a national energy emergency, the first time a president has called for this type […]

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Syd Bishop
Senior Content Specialist
Things We Lost In The Fire: Demand Flexibility & Emergency Load Management

Things We Lost In The Fire: Demand Flexibility & Emergency Load Management

The Palisades fire blazing through Los Angeles, California this week is a grim reminder of the challenges posed by climate […]

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Syd Bishop
Senior Content Specialist
How Behind-the-Meter (BTM) Battery Storage Enhances Grid Resiliency

How Behind-the-Meter (BTM) Battery Storage Enhances Grid Resiliency

Between increasing electricity needs and climate-related challenges, behind-the-meter (BTM) battery storage systems are more important than ever as an effective […]

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Brandon Sanchez
Top 5 Blogs of 2024 Roundup: Load Forecasting, Energy Arbitrage, & Topline Demand Control

Top 5 Blogs of 2024 Roundup: Load Forecasting, Energy Arbitrage, & Topline Demand Control

Any marketer worth their salt can tell you that failure is a valuable tool to learn how to better message. […]

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Syd Bishop
Senior Content Specialist
Green Holiday Guide: Leveraging Distributed Energy Resources (DERs)

Green Holiday Guide: Leveraging Distributed Energy Resources (DERs)

By and large, the majority of Americans favor renewable energy solutions and climate change mitigations. This sentiment is mirrored by […]

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Syd Bishop
Senior Content Specialist
How Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) Make Everyday Black Friday

How Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) Make Everyday Black Friday

Black Friday has existed for nearly a century, a nod to post-Thanksgiving retail sales intended to drive consumerism as a […]

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Syd Bishop
Senior Content Specialist
Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) Aren't Going Anywhere

Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) Aren’t Going Anywhere

In his speech just yesterday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres referred to 2024 as “a masterclass in climate destruction.” That destruction […]

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Syd Bishop
Senior Content Specialist
Virtual Power Plants: Single Solution Program Procurement vs. All-in-One Grid-Edge DERMS Solutions

Virtual Power Plants: Single Solution Program Procurement vs. All-in-One Grid-Edge DERMS Solutions

The concept of virtual power plants was coined in 1997 by Dr. Shimon Awerbuch, and was first introduced as a […]

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Syd Bishop
Senior Content Specialist
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