Distributed Energy

A distributed energy power plant, designed to help bring more reliability to California’s power grid, is being developed by a company whose investors include Alphabet, the parent company of Google. The project when fully developed would be the world’s largest residential virtual power plant (VPP). Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (SIP), a group that builds, owns, operates, […]

BOULDER, Colo. (Dec. 1, 2020) – The City of Boulder is partnering with Fermata Energy to test the ability to reduce the city’s building energy costs with an innovative pilot at the North Boulder Recreation Center. Typically, electric vehicle (EV) chargers provide energy in one direction: from the energy grid or building to the car. […]

Culver City, California & Marlborough, Massachusetts- (November 24, 2020) –TerraScale, a clean infrastructure design and development firm committed to transforming and modernizing digital infrastructure, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Ambri, to deploy its proprietary Liquid Metal Battery technology. As part of the agreement, TerraScale and its data center development partners will […]

COSTA MESA, Calif. (November 19, 2020) — Veritone, Inc. (Nasdaq: VERI), the creator of the world’s first operating system for artificial intelligence, aiWARE™, today announced that it has received three new patents for its battery control technology, bringing the total number of issued patents covering its Veritone Energy Solutions to 13, with another 16 patent applications pending. “With […]

MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Nov. 19, 2020 — A&I Power, a company dedicated to developing sustainable innovations to help combat today’s climate issues in power generation, today announced the launch of their revolutionary technology which offers a highly efficient method of electrical production. A&I Power’s patented generator doesn’t require fossil fuels, is self-contained, and doesn’t have […]

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19, 2020 — Sunrun (NASDAQ: RUN), the leading provider of residential solar, battery storage and energy services, today announced that it has contracted with one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, Southern California Edison (SCE), to increase grid resilience and lower power costs. SCE will send signals to Sunrun […]

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19, 2020 — sonnen, a global market leader in smart residential energy storage and virtual power plants, today announced the launch of sonnenCore. The new compact, affordable, and fully sonnen-designed sonnenCore home battery solution is built using sonnen’s proven energy management expertise. This product evolution expands sonnen’s premium offerings to include a […]

By Aurelien Guichard Manager, Arthur D. Little As we near the close of 2020, companies are under greater pressure to source more energy flexibility to ensure security of supply as renewables and other “green” alternatives shift the energy mix. From board rooms to investors to social media, the decisions companies are making and the approaches […]