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Plugging into electricity’s energy challenge

Envirotec Magazine

How is technology helping to address the challenges faced by power grids? According to the International Energy Agency, global electricity demand rose by more than 6% in 2021, the largest increase since the recovery from the financial crisis in 2010. The energy distribution model is becoming decentralised.

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Why There Won’t Be A ‘Nest For Water’.

Seyi Fabode

Most utility industry folk, and investors who are bullish on energy-tech, point to Nest as the poster child of a successful product that snuck into the power utility industry and created a new ‘market’. Or at least claim to do so. Nest also partnered with solar companies, hardware stores (Lowes/Home Depot) etc. Win, win, win, win.