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The Right Combination: Solar, Storage, & Demand Response — Webinar Series
February 25–26, 2021
Utility Adds 2.5 MW Of Demand Response Capabilities With Very Unusual “Batteries”
Hawaiian Electric (HECO) recently added 2.5MW of grid services to its grid, allowing it to store energy during peak solar and wind production periods, and did so without any traditional batteries, flywheels, or pumped hydro. Even better, the hardware required is very minimal, and in fact, most of it already exists in every residential grid in the world.
Solar Enables More Homes to Participate in Demand Response
As more households and businesses install rooftop solar and begin tracking their energy production, an increasing number of solar hosts are diving into a variety demand response opportunities —some at the behest of the utilities — to reduce their electricity bills.
Nissan & EDF Partner To Explore Potential Of Demand Response
Nissan and EDF Energy have partnered up to explore the potential to leverage second-life plug-in vehicle batteries in EDF’s demand response platform, PowerShift.
UPDATED! Next Kraftwerke Teams Up With Jedlix On Electric Vehicle Charging Demand Response Pilot
Cologne, Germany-based Next Kraftwerke has partnered with electric vehicle smart charging platform provider Jedlix on a new pilot that will aggregate electric vehicle charging stations as a deployable demand response unit aka secondary control reserve (aFFR) on its Virtual Power Plant (VPP) platform. The pilot was tendered by the Transmission System Operator (TSO) TenneT to assess the viability of aggregated demand reserve using a handful of new technologies.
New Behavioral Demand Response Service Drives Consumer Engagements For Retail Energy Providers
Internet solutions company People Power has announced a new block of energy-focused microservices designed to help consumers to save money on electricity through more efficient use of electricity. The new services are bundled into People Power’s new Behavioral Demand Response 2.0 product.
ESB Chair Says Demand Response Could Kill Need For New Power Plants
The chair of Australia’s newly formed Energy Security Board, Dr Kerry Schott, has stressed the importance of demand response in meeting the energy security and affordability needs
$8.7 Million For Demand Response To Help Deal With Aliso Canyon Leak Shortfall
The recent, massive Aliso Canyon natural gas leak led directly to the shutdown of the regionally important facility. In order to deal with the energy shortfall accompanying that shutdown (and stave off potential blackouts next summer), the state is reportedly pursuing a number of different strategies — including an energy … [continued]
Bidgely Demand Response Trial Averaged 30% Load Reduction For Peak Events
The Bidgely HomeBeat consumer engagement mobile app delivered an average of 30% load reduction for peak events in a recent trial in Australia. Recently, Australian utility United Energy conducted a trial in its 640,000-customer service territory using the Bidgely HomeBeat consumer engagement mobile app to more effectively engage its customers … [continued]
