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12.04.18 Smart Homes/Smart Buildings 0

Tendril Lands Private Equity Investment to Take Energy Management to the Next Level

Rubicon Technology Partners to provide an exit for VC investors in the 14-year-old startup and support next stages of growth—including potential acquisitions.

by Jeff St. John

10.30.18 Smart Homes/Smart Buildings 0

Wood Mackenzie expects more deployments of the energy analytics and voice combination in the future.

Research Spotlight

How Utilities Are Combining Voice and Analytics for Customer Engagement

Several new partnerships announced this year mark a new utility approach to voice.

by Fei Wang, Chloe Holden

10.25.18 Smart Homes/Smart Buildings 5

Will the Sense box eventually be fully integrated into electrical panels at the factory?

How Sense Is Building Energy Disaggregation Into the Smart Home Ecosystem

An $18 million Series B round will fund more use cases for the startup’s super-accurate home circuit sensor tech—and bring Schneider and EIP in as strategic investors.

by Jeff St. John

10.24.18 Smart Homes/Smart Buildings 1

How do you give energy customers a better experience through a voice assistant?

Tendril and Google Unveil the Talking Home Hub as Smart Utility Customer Rep

How a new utility project could give voice-assistant devices like Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant real-world energy and behavioral insights to share with their owners.

by Jeff St. John

10.04.18 Research & Analysis 18

America's demand flexibility is growing bigger and more diverse.

Research Spotlight

US Will Have 88 Gigawatts of Residential Demand Flexibility by 2023

Grid-connected devices can help alter load shape, but the future hinges on customer demand, rate design and incentives.

by Chloe Holden

The live broadcast of Blockchain in Energy Forum on September 11 From San Francisco.

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by Nicholas Rinaldi | September 11, 2018

08.30.18 Smart Homes/Smart Buildings 1

OhmConnect will be linking up Nest with homeowners who are getting paid to reduce energy use as their own energy market players.

Nest and OhmConnect Partner to Bring Grid-Responsive Smart Thermostats to Scale

A “Works With Nest” partnership targets PG&E territory to scale up the company’s unusual approach to third-party residential demand response.

by Jeff St. John

08.22.18 Commercial & Industrial Energy 0

NRG still owns a minority stake in the spinout and remains an important customer.

NRG Spins Out ‘Station A’ Software Platform for Optimizing Distributed Energy

NRG’s former “skunkworks” project says it’s building an energy database that can cut time and costs for clean energy deployments and open up new markets.

by Jeff St. John

07.24.18 Solar-Plus-Storage 7

After a period of regulatory tumult, Arizona homeowners will welcome the chance to control their electricity, Sunnova argues.

Sunnova Returns to the Arizona Solar Market, This Time With Batteries

“Storage opens up markets that previously depended on net metering.”

by Julian Spector

07.18.18 Smart Homes/Smart Buildings 3

GTM recently spoke to the head of energy partnerships at Nest about reintegrating with Google.

Nest Merges With Google Home Division as CEO Steps Down

From voice control to DER management systems and more—here’s what Nest is working on now.

by Julia Pyper

06.26.18 Demand Response 1

Leap takes a leap into California's distributed energy auction.

Leap, a New Startup Testing Blockchain, Takes 90MW Stake in California’s Distributed Energy Auction

California’s latest DRAM round sees a big new entry by an unknown startup.

by Jeff St. John

06.21.18 Grid Optimization 5

Distributed Energy Poised for ‘Explosive Growth’ on the US Grid

With distributed resources set to double by 2023, GTM Research lays out the challenges facing U.S. utilities in managing integration.

by Jeff St. John

06.20.18 Smart Homes/Smart Buildings 0

Consumers can use connected devices to increase convenience and comfort.

Research Spotlight

Connected Devices Are Driving a More Grid-Responsive Home

According to a new report from GTM Research, voice-activated devices will be central to the energy-smart home.

by Olivia Chen

06.11.18 Regulation & Policy 31

California cities are leading the way to an all-electric future.

Local Governments Look to All-Electric Buildings to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Marin County and Palo Alto are pioneers in adopting building codes encouraging all-electric buildings.

by Justin Gerdes

05.31.18 Smart Homes/Smart Buildings 3

5 Trends Helping Drive Smart Building Adoption

The opportunity for smart buildings is clear. But for many firms, harnessing it requires a better understanding of real estate trends.

by Joseph Aamidor

05.25.18 Energy Storage 0

The partnership will work on enhanced EV charging and grid services from sonnen's virtual battery pool.

Sonnen Raises $71M and Kicks Off a Strategic Partnership With Shell

A big round to grow solar-storage market share in the U.S. and Australia and the latest partnership between a grid edge startup and a European energy giant.

by Jeff St. John

05.10.18 BOS/Inverters 2

SolarEdge is getting deeper into distributed energy management.

SolarEdge Moves Beyond Solar With Energy Storage Acquisition, Virtual Power Plant Launch

The acquisition of Gamatronic adds UPS and batteries to SolarEdge’s roster, while a cloud VPP platform provides home energy controls across its inverter fleet.

by Jeff St. John

05.03.18 Regulation & Policy 4

California is thinking through the next stage of its customer-centric energy transition.

California Energy Regulators Delve Into Threats and Opportunities of ‘Customer Choice’

The CPUC explores potential pitfalls and solutions to utilities losing customers to distributed energy providers, community choice aggregators.

by Jeff St. John

04.26.18 Software & Analytics 0

After Two Years as an Oracle Company, What’s Next for Opower?

Opower lays out its plans for behavioral efficiency, demand-side management and a “seamless customer experience” in the cloud.

by Jeff St. John

04.26.18 Grid Edge 2

Meet the Top Companies Changing the Face of the Electric Grid in 2018

The 2018 Grid Edge Innovation Awards: Our top picks for the projects, companies and partnerships breaking new ground on the grid edge.

by Jeff St. John

04.19.18 Demand Response 6

OhmConnect grows into a strong residential demand response player.

OhmConnect Reveals $15M in VC Funding and 100MW Stake in Behavioral Demand Response

The startup has about 300,000 homes using its software to turn peak energy reductions into cash payments. An $8.5 million Series B will open new markets.

by Jeff St. John

04.02.18 Energy Efficiency 208

What Does It Take to Electrify Everything in Your Home?

This California family just found out: “Unless you have gone through it, there is stuff you never would have foreseen.”

by Justin Gerdes

03.08.18 Commercial & Industrial Energy 1

The new company, Centrica Business Solutions, is selling combined heat and power, solar, battery energy storage and standby generators, along with the software and services to put them to use.

Centrica’s Play for North American Distributed Energy Dominance

Direct Energy’s customer base, plus acquired and home-built demand management software platforms and backup power providers, make for a competitive DER suite.

by Jeff St. John

The live broadcast of Blockchain in Energy Forum 2018.

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by Nicholas Rinaldi | March 8, 2018

03.07.18 Policy 6

The Democratic plan puts a major focus on grid innovation.

Democrats Release Infrastructure Plan With $80 Billion for Grid Upgrades

The plan includes funding for energy storage, smart grid technologies, microgrids and electric vehicles—paid for by reversing parts of the Republican tax bill.

by Julia Pyper

How Cheap and Abundant Can Clean Power Get?

Climate Fintech Startup Atmos Financial Puts Savings to Work for Clean Energy

Could Chile’s Auction Help Save CSP From Oblivion?

What the Coming Wave of Distributed Energy Resources Means for the US Grid

Extreme Weather Keeps Maxing Out the Grid

A Wartime Plan for Electrifying America

An Island’s Path to 100% Renewables

Greentech Media Chronicled Clean Energy Before It Was Cool

Are Batteries at a Turning Point?

Vestas Ventures Makes First Investment With Stake in Wooden Tower Start-Up

Vestas Launches World’s Largest Turbines as 'Big 3' Competition Ramps Up

BP, RWE and EnBW Win Big in UK Offshore Wind Leasing Round

How Cheap and Abundant Can Clean Power Get?

Climate Fintech Startup Atmos Financial Puts Savings to Work for Clean Energy

Could Chile’s Auction Help Save CSP From Oblivion?

Smart Homes/Smart Buildings

Tendril Lands Private Equity Investment to Take Energy Management to the Next Level

How Utilities Are Combining Voice and Analytics for Customer Engagement

How Sense Is Building Energy Disaggregation Into the Smart Home Ecosystem

Tendril and Google Unveil the Talking Home Hub as Smart Utility Customer Rep

US Will Have 88 Gigawatts of Residential Demand Flexibility by 2023

Watch the Blockchain in Energy Forum Now On-Demand

Nest and OhmConnect Partner to Bring Grid-Responsive Smart Thermostats to Scale

NRG Spins Out ‘Station A’ Software Platform for Optimizing Distributed Energy

Sunnova Returns to the Arizona Solar Market, This Time With Batteries

Nest Merges With Google Home Division as CEO Steps Down

Leap, a New Startup Testing Blockchain, Takes 90MW Stake in California’s Distributed Energy Auction

Distributed Energy Poised for ‘Explosive Growth’ on the US Grid

Connected Devices Are Driving a More Grid-Responsive Home

Local Governments Look to All-Electric Buildings to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

5 Trends Helping Drive Smart Building Adoption

Sonnen Raises $71M and Kicks Off a Strategic Partnership With Shell

SolarEdge Moves Beyond Solar With Energy Storage Acquisition, Virtual Power Plant Launch

California Energy Regulators Delve Into Threats and Opportunities of ‘Customer Choice’

After Two Years as an Oracle Company, What’s Next for Opower?

Meet the Top Companies Changing the Face of the Electric Grid in 2018

OhmConnect Reveals $15M in VC Funding and 100MW Stake in Behavioral Demand Response

What Does It Take to Electrify Everything in Your Home?

Centrica’s Play for North American Distributed Energy Dominance

Watch the Live Broadcast From Blockchain in Energy Forum 2018

Democrats Release Infrastructure Plan With $80 Billion for Grid Upgrades