Grid Edge

Verizon Ditches Home Automation, For Now

An evolving market calls for a more robust offering.

With Reliability a Concern, Universities Are Looking to Microgrids

Several Midwestern schools have built or announced microgrid projects.

With Help From Supercapacitors, Trains Are Providing New Services to the Grid

The frequency regulation market gets noticed by the transportation sector.

Silent Power, Solar-Battery Startup, Out of Business

The beginning of the culling of the herd for venture-backed grid energy storage startups?

How Much Solar Can HECO and Oahu’s Grid Really Handle?

Testing the limits of a large island’s electrical grid with 10 percent PV penetration

Silver Spring’s Fiscal 2013, By the Numbers

New contracts with Hawaiian Electric and two unnamed utilities, plus a devices-as-apps platform launch, bolster reduced revenue growth.

Hawaii’s Solar-Grid Landscape and the ‘Nessie Curve’

How lots of solar on small islands can push grids to uncharted territory

Large-Scale Energy Storage to Reduce Load in New York City

With help from an SGIP-like incentive program

Green Jobs: Sunrun Acquisition and Executive Shuffle, Plus Tesla, Nest and BPA

Executive and boardroom moves in greentech, energy and utilities

Former Duke CEO Jim Rogers: The US Grid Will Be a ‘Blank Sheet of Paper’

Rogers calls for “de-coupling on steroids” in order to get utilities prepared to rewrite the future.

Happy 7th Birthday, Greentech Media!

A glimpse into GTM’s history on our golden birthday: 7 years old on the 7th.

Venture Capital Deal Counting: What’s Really Going On Behind the Numbers?

Can Transportation Reach Zero Emissions by 2050?

The Energy Gang explores short-term and long-term tipping points in transportation.

Smart Grid Death Watch: Calico Energy on the Ropes

Smart grid integrator replaces CEO, seeks financing amidst utility customer lawsuit

Powershop Takes On Utilities With Green Energy Supermarket

“This market is ripe for disruption.”

GridBridge: A New Contender in Grid Power Electronics?

A quiet startup with top semiconductor talent lands Duke Energy pilot for its Grid Energy Router.

Billionaire Island Owners Install Microgrids; Planet Now Safe for Supermodels

Plus, a microgrid roundup for the rest of us

Winter Electricity Price Spikes Put Clean Currents Out of Business

Clean energy companies are still at the mercy of fossil-fuel dominated wholesale markets.

Electric Trucks Provide Frequency Regulation in ERCOT

PJM isn’t the only grid with novel assets for ancillary services.

Is Distributed Storage Coming to Your Neighborhood 7-Eleven?

Green Charge Networks contracts a megawatt of distributed storage projects in California and New York.

REGEN Raises $7M to Bring Swarm Logic to More Rooftops

Smart sensor- and control-enabled AC units and other loads can drive smarter energy use for buildings and the grid.

DistribuTECH Highlights the Emerging Smart-Grid-to-Everything Ecosystem

Smart meters to EV chargers and solar inverters, home appliances to grid control centers, and all points in between

Primus Power Adds $20M in VC to Move Energy Storage to Utility Scale

Flow batteries in utility networks for peak shaving, frequency regulation and backup with help from a South African strategic investor