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03.12.21 News 43

Greentech Media in action at the 2019 Solar Summit, one of our last live events before the pandemic put us all behind screens.

Greentech Media Bids Farewell

A 14-year run covering an energy industry transformed — and just getting started.

by Jeff St. John

03.03.21 Grid Edge 16

East Bay Community Energy is tapping OhmConnect's residential virtual power plant as a hedge against energy costs during the state's summer peaks.

Energy Hedging: A New Way to Make Demand Response Pay in California?

OhmConnect and East Bay Community Energy take a novel approach to capturing value from home energy flexibility.

by Jeff St. John

02.18.21 Efficiency 17

Dandelion Energy wants to cut the costs and expand the market for residential geothermal heat pumps to replace oil and natural gas. (Credit: Dandelion Energy)

Dandelion Raises $30M to Scale Up Home Geothermal Energy

Breakthrough Energy Ventures leads round for the Google spinout’s software-enabled ground-source heat pump technology.

by Jeff St. John

02.05.21 Grid Edge 8

California regulators are planning a new approach to enlisting behind-the-meter batteries, solar, electric vehicles and other assets to replace grid upgrades.

California’s Plan: Crowdsource Distributed Energy to Replace Grid Upgrades

The Partnership Pilot could start to enroll solar, batteries, EVs and other behind-the-meter assets as non-wires alternatives later this year.

by Jeff St. John

02.04.21 Smart Homes/Smart Buildings 13

What Could Dethrone Solar in Residential Energy?

This week on The Interchange: Do we need to flip the model for the cleaner, energy-aware home?

by Stephen Lacey

01.28.21 Grid Edge 0

Social Energy plans to expand home solar-battery aggregations from the U.K. to Australia, Japan and continental Europe. (Credit: Social Energy)

UK Solar and Battery Aggregator Social Energy Raises Cash, Plans Expansion

CarVal Investors makes “significant investment” in startup controlling batteries for U.K. grid services.

by Jason Deign

01.27.21 1

Grocery stores can save on power bills by running their refrigeration systems more intelligently, software startup Axiom Cloud contends.

A Defunct Energy Hardware Startup Is Reborn as Software-Centric Axiom Cloud

Providing thermal storage for grocery stores didn’t work out for Axiom, but its energy management software proved valuable on its own.

by Julian Spector

01.27.21 Grid Edge 2

Utilities are using ConnectDER's meter collar device to smooth solar installation costs and capture grid data. (Credit: ConnectDER)

Con Edison Tests ConnectDER as a Utility Touchpoint for Distributed Energy

Can a meter socket plug-in device bridge the rooftop solar (and battery, and EV charger) gap between utilities and customers?

by Jeff St. John

01.26.21 Grid Edge 0

Span's smart electrical panel now offers Alexa voice control as part of $20 million investment round. (Credit: Span)

Span’s $20M Round Adds Alexa Integration to Its Smart Home Electrical Panel

Tesla alum’s startup adds voice control for batteries, EV chargers and household loads.

by Jeff St. John

01.11.21 Grid Edge 9

Schneider Electric's Energy Center brings an integrated circuit panel for distributed energy-equipped homes to market. (Credit: Schneider Electric)

Schneider Electric Unveils the Energy Center for Distributed-Energy-Enabled Homes

Integrated service for solar, batteries, EV chargers and whole-home energy controls is starting to go mainstream.

by Jeff St. John

01.08.21 Grid Edge 6

New Jersey's first large-scale smart meter deployment comes on condition of giving customers access to data.

New Jersey Approves PSE&G’s $778M Smart Meter Rollout

The state’s first big AMI deployment comes with a demand from the regulator to share data and value with customers.

by Jeff St. John

01.05.21 6

Google Nest and other major behind-the-meter flexibility providers say California's regulations need to change to enlist demand response to prevent grid emergencies.

California’s Big 2021 Decision on Grid Reliability: Expand Supply or Manage Demand?

Google Nest and other distributed energy providers demand fast action to bolster behind-the-meter flexibility.

by Jeff St. John

12.30.20 Grid Edge 1

The grid edge in 2020 was driven by decarbonization and climate change pressures, and by policy and technology advances.

Greentech Media’s Must-Read Grid Edge Stories of 2020

Decarbonization, resiliency, distributed energy market policy and M&A in the year of COVID-19.

by Jeff St. John

12.29.20 Grid Edge 3

Aggregated energy companies racked up new customer fleets and bigger investments in 2020.

10 Victories for Virtual Power Plants in 2020

When life went virtual, virtual power plants came alive.

by Julian Spector

12.11.20 Grid Edge 5

California startup Swell is tapping into growing investor appetite for behind-the-meter energy resources that can also serve grid needs. (Credit: Swell)

Swell Readies $450M in Financing for Solar-Plus-Battery Virtual Power Plants

The California startup’s plans for virtual power plants in three states add to a group of fast-growing investments in distributed energy as assets.

by Jeff St. John

12.09.20 Efficiency 20

Clean energy and health advocates are calling for California to expand regulations to require all-electric construction in new homes.

Debate on All-Electric New Buildings in California Is Coming to a Head

Clean energy groups, utilities and corporate giants are running out of time on the push for all-electric baselines to limit new natural gas build-out.

by Jeff St. John

12.02.20 Grid Edge 4

Scottish and Southern Energy Networks has picked Oxfordshire for the next test of its grid market system for distributed energy. (Credit: SSEN)

How the UK Is Building Grid Markets to Reward Flexible Distributed Energy

Opus One and Scottish & Southern Energy take the next steps in the U.K.’s integrated-grid vision.

by Jeff St. John

12.02.20 Grid Edge 1

Munich-based GreenCom Networks is providing IOT platforms running smart home devices and virtual power plants across Europe.

GreenCom Lands Funding to Expand IOT Home Energy Controls in Europe and Beyond

New investors Shell Ventures and Japan’s EEI add strategic partners to expand virtual power plant controls to new markets and devices.

by Jeff St. John

11.30.20 Efficiency 8

Which of these New York City buildings are more likely to be more energy efficient? Their height may offer the answer. (Credit: Pixabay)

Getting Building Height Right for the Climate

Skyscrapers use and lose more energy than low-rise buildings, research shows. Can smarter design and technology change that?

by Ingrid Lobet

11.25.20 Grid Edge 3

IBM's Brad Gammons will discuss the global utility digital transformation at next week's virtual Grid Edge Innovation Summit 2020. (Credit: IBM)

Grid Edge Innovation Summit 2020: IBM’s Brad Gammons on Utility Digitalization in the Age of Decarbonization

IBM’s Energy, Environment & Utility industry lead explains how IT will enable the clean energy evolution.

by GTM Staff

11.09.20 Energy 4

Joe Biden's election victory is being cheered by clean energy industry groups eager to share their priorities for his first 100 days in office.

Clean Energy Industries Cheer Biden’s Victory, Lay Out Hopes for Early Action

Solar and wind power, energy storage and grid infrastructure groups have high hopes for a climate-friendly administration.

by Jeff St. John

10.28.20 Grid Edge 1

There's hard work ahead to achieve Order 2222's vision for batteries, electric vehicles, smart buildings and virtual power plants.

4 Big Challenges Facing FERC’s Plan to Open Up Power Markets to Distributed Energy

Utilities and state regulators may struggle with the new federal mandate to allow behind-the-meter resources access to wholesale energy markets.

by Jeff St. John

10.22.20 Grid Edge 14

VPPs can include batteries, electric vehicles, smart appliances, flexible heating and cooling loads, on-site generators, and other grid-responsive assets.

So, What Exactly Are Virtual Power Plants?

GTM helps explain a growing grid resource that can mimic power plants without dominating the landscape.

by Jason Deign

10.19.20 Solar 164

Customer economics for on-site renewables are compelling in California, the author writes.

Industry Perspective

I Fully Converted a Home to Electricity. Here’s How It Worked — and What It Cost

Currently available solar, battery and heat pump technology means every building under two stories with a sunny roof can be a net generator of energy.

by Barry Cinnamon

10.19.20 Grid Edge 2

DOE's funding seeks to combine solar, batteries and smart appliances to match building loads with grid needs.

Funding the Next Generation of Efficient, Electric, Grid-Interactive Communities

Department of Energy provides $65 million for “connected communities,” expanding projects to embed clean energy and grid services in new buildings.

by Jeff St. John

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

Greentech Media Bids Farewell

Energy Hedging: A New Way to Make Demand Response Pay in California?

Dandelion Raises $30M to Scale Up Home Geothermal Energy

California’s Plan: Crowdsource Distributed Energy to Replace Grid Upgrades

What Could Dethrone Solar in Residential Energy?

UK Solar and Battery Aggregator Social Energy Raises Cash, Plans Expansion

A Defunct Energy Hardware Startup Is Reborn as Software-Centric Axiom Cloud

Con Edison Tests ConnectDER as a Utility Touchpoint for Distributed Energy

Span’s $20M Round Adds Alexa Integration to Its Smart Home Electrical Panel

Schneider Electric Unveils the Energy Center for Distributed-Energy-Enabled Homes

New Jersey Approves PSE&G’s $778M Smart Meter Rollout

California’s Big 2021 Decision on Grid Reliability: Expand Supply or Manage Demand?

Greentech Media’s Must-Read Grid Edge Stories of 2020

10 Victories for Virtual Power Plants in 2020

Swell Readies $450M in Financing for Solar-Plus-Battery Virtual Power Plants

Debate on All-Electric New Buildings in California Is Coming to a Head

How the UK Is Building Grid Markets to Reward Flexible Distributed Energy

GreenCom Lands Funding to Expand IOT Home Energy Controls in Europe and Beyond

Getting Building Height Right for the Climate

Grid Edge Innovation Summit 2020: IBM’s Brad Gammons on Utility Digitalization in the Age of Decarbonization

Clean Energy Industries Cheer Biden’s Victory, Lay Out Hopes for Early Action

4 Big Challenges Facing FERC’s Plan to Open Up Power Markets to Distributed Energy

So, What Exactly Are Virtual Power Plants?

I Fully Converted a Home to Electricity. Here’s How It Worked — and What It Cost

Funding the Next Generation of Efficient, Electric, Grid-Interactive Communities