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04.04.19 Grid Edge 9

Faraday's technology has been described as an internet router for the grid, adjusting power flows instead of data traffic.

Faraday Grid’s Spending Spree Begins

Mysterious Scottish tech developer starts investing the cash it raised in January.

by Jason Deign

04.02.19 Microgrids 2

Ameren and Opus One to Test Blockchain-Enabled Microgrid Energy Trading

Illinois utility will test the viability of a transactive energy marketplace, where rooftop solar, electric vehicles and home batteries could become real-time market players.

by Jeff St. John

03.12.19 Utilities 2

How digital tools are helping Entergy revolutionize the customer experience.

Entergy VP: We Have to Fundamentally ‘Reshape the Grid’

Delivering electricity to 2.9 million customers in Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas, Entergy is implementing advanced data analytics and IOT across all its divisions.

by Juan Monge

02.27.19 Smart Homes/Smart Buildings 0

Blue Pillar’s work with the University of Hawaii was spurred by its partnership with Hawaii’s Elemental Excelerator.

Blue Pillar Enables an ‘Energy-Smart University’ Network in Hawaii

Energy data from substations and solar panels to building automation and submeters, all in a vendor-agnostic package.

by Jeff St. John

02.08.19 Networking/AMI 0

This is a very different kind of advanced metering infrastructure.

DistribuTech Spotlight: Hawaii’s Interoperable Grid Communications and Next-Gen Grid Planning

HECO picks Landis+Gyr for world’s first Wi-SUN-certified smart grid network and startup Opus One for novel “integrated distribution planning” software.

by Jeff St. John

02.05.19 Software & Analytics 0

A next-generation intelligent grid platform is on its way to market.

DistribuTech Notebook: Duke Energy, OpenFMB and Building a ‘Smartphone for the Grid’

Duke’s push for a common technology to allow coordinated responses from distributed energy resources is starting to bear near-commercial fruit.

by Jeff St. John

01.24.19 Smart Homes/Smart Buildings 2

Tendril claims this creates the largest-scale non-intrusive load monitoring solution on the market.

Tendril Acquires EEme to Unlock Appliance-Level Energy Insights

The big home-energy management provider snaps up technology startup EEme to differentiate household loads and appliances using only meter data.

by Jeff St. John

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

10.29.18 Energy Efficiency 4

There is new a opportunity in the U.S. for energy efficiency to be part of an attractive offering.

Bundled Energy Is (Finally) Ready for Prime Time in the U.S.

A renewed focus on customer-centric offerings and technology advancements could make bundling a reality for customers of all sizes.

by GTM Creative Strategies

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

10.17.18 Energy Storage 1

The long-term value of batteries is intimately tied to how effectively they’re managed.

Why Advanced Microgrid Solutions Is Bullish on Managing Australian Batteries

How a U.S. startup intends to put its software to use in Australia’s fast-growing energy storage market, from behind-the-meter to utility-scale.

by Jeff St. John

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by Nicholas Rinaldi | September 11, 2018

09.10.18 Software & Analytics 0

Monday’s Series D round brings total funding for AutoGrid to more than $75 million.

AutoGrid’s $32M Series D Adds Major New Utility Investor-Partners

Hong Kong’s CLP, Germany’s Innogy, Denmark’s Ørsted and U.S. generator Tenaska join the roster of utilities investing in and using the startup’s grid analytics and controls.

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

08.15.18 Grid Optimization 2