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What We Learned From the Pathways to Commercial Liftoff: Virtual Power Plants DOE Report

Last September, the Department of Energy released an extensive report entitled Pathways to Commercial Liftoff: Virtual Power Plants. As the title suggests, the report is a deep dive into the…

Seven Louisville-area companies that raised money in February

Louisville-based Virtual Peaker Inc. makes a web-based platform through which utility companies can control internet-enabled appliances, such as window air conditioners, heat pumps, and thermostats. Its clients are utility companies,…

It Still Can’t Happen Without Battery Storage

…lost. The good news? The battery market is up, signaling both consumer commitment and potential opportunities for enterprising utilities. The Battery Storage of Today & Tomorrow Research into battery storage…

It Can’t Happen Without Battery Storage

…cloudy days. Storage remains one of the three critical components to the carbon-free triad: renewable energy sources, low-cost storage, and demand-side management. Mary Powell, the CEO of Green Mountain Power…

The Problem That Virtual Power Plants Help Solve

for as many hours as possible and support meeting these challenging carbon-free electricity goals. Increasingly, huge companies want a 24/7 carbon electricity compact and are demanding around-the-clock, 100% clean energy…

Team Q&A: Ioannis Marios Granitsas – Data Science Intern

For our Data Science intern Giannis Granitsas, finding opportunities to help his community can be as big as his dedication to advancing distributed energy resource (DER) research to finding eating…

World Environment Day Tips To Help You Decarbonize

…tool in strategizing for today and tomorrow. Using real-time and historical data, a demand forecasting tool can help program managers better realize their impending energy needs, lowering dependence on costly…

How Renewable Energy Impacts the Future of Electricity Rates

…spectrum. A utility must weigh financial risk against customer satisfaction; it must balance operational complexity against billing complexity. It is not an easy choice, but several utilities have started offering…

The Evolution of Rooftop Solar Panels

…that reflect global decarbonization efforts. By examining the history of rooftop solar panels, utilities can better anticipate the changes that promise to radically reshape the grid of the future. What…

Team Q&A: Brandon Tolle – Senior Director of Sales

…be improved on. There may not always be a better way to do things, but new technologies and methods are being abstracted almost daily. It pays to test and retest

Demand Flexibility All Source Procurement VS Individual Program Procurement

…platform aggregates all behind-the-meter DER assets at the grid’s edge—residential, business, and commercial properties—and complements Grid DERMS. Together, these two DERMS cover the entire scope of DER possibilities, whether they…

Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) Aren’t Going Anywhere

…the use of Topline Demand Control, a combination of Grid-Edge DERMS platforms, forecasting, AI, and model predictive control, behind-the-meter distributed energy resources are optimized to produce a reliable outcome. For