A young startup is building a business around installing solar panels and batteries. Innovation in the energy industry isn't just about new technologies, it's about new business models, too.…
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Data center, meet the smart grid
Can data centers play a role in helping utilities maintain grid stability? It might sound weird, but data centers are built with about 20 percent extra capacity and on top of that can have utilization rates as low as 10 percent.…
Read MoreWhy FERC’s energy storage ruling is important
The Federal Regulatory Energy Commission recently passed a new rule for frequency regulation to support emerging technologies that can provide quick bursts of power to the grid. We break down what this new rule means and who will benefit.…
Read MoreClean power’s new best friend: the humble hot water heater
Is the answer to helping integrate solar and wind into the power grid the humble home hot water heater? That's one of the things that startup GridMobility is looking to find out.…
Read MoreAES Building World’s Largest Lithium-Ion Battery Grid Projects
Power company AES is in the process of scaling up its lithium-ion grid battery projects to a commercial size, and by the third quarter of this year, plans to start operating a 32-MW project in conjunction with grid operator PJM in West Virginia.…
Read MoreEnerNOC Reports Revenues & Losses Up in Q1
EnerNOC spent a lot of money on acquiring companies in the first quarter, and it showed in the U.S. demand response leader increased revenues and growing losses for the first quarter.…
Read MoreDemand Response “Negawatts” Getting a Pay Day
The federal grid regulator has ruled that the "negawatts" delivered by demand response companies deserve the same market prices as megawatts of generated energy — a ruling that could pay huge dividends for the demand response industry.…
Read MoreEnerNOC: Revenues Up, Profit Up, Denies PJM Claim
U.S. demand response leader EnerNOC took time during its Wednesday year-end conference call to defend itself in a market rules dispute with big customer PJM, saying the grid operator wants to "underpay" EnerNOC for its negawatts.…
Read MoreEnerNOC: What Heat Wave?
Power grids that emerged unscathed from the recent heat wave in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states have demand response companies to thank, and proved it's a good idea to get the demand response word out when the electrical grid starts feeling the strain.…
Read MoreWhen Negawatts Equal Megawatts, Demand Response Blooms
Is a negawatt worth the same amount of money as a megawatt? The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has said yes, at least tentatively, and this could spell big new opportunities in the demand response industry. At the same time, it could give technologies that enable turning down energy use new and interesting ways to pay for themselves.…
Read MoreDemand Response Still In Demand, CPower Closes $10.7M Round
Smart meter and home energy management companies have been getting the bulk of the attention when it comes to the rollout of…
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