The Verge: Energy

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

By 2040, the goal is for heat pumps to account for 90 percent of the HVAC and water heating market. And because they’re electric, they can feasibly run on renewables like wind and solar once there’s more clean energy coursing through power grids. They signed a letter of support for the MOU yesterday.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

A new partnership in the US combines a demand response programme with smart air conditioners, enabling a gamified reward system to incentivise consumers to lower consumption at times of peak demand on the power grid. ” LG and OhmConnect have plans to expand and enhance the service later in 2023.

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Solar Industry

AUGUST 28, 2023

Instead, it uses advanced software to aggregate and coordinate the functions of a collection of small-scale, decentralized resources located at customers’ homes and businesses to meet grid needs. The pilot first came online last December and will run through December 2023. So far, the opt-out rate has been very low.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 31, 2023

As extreme heat records fall across the West of the US and strain the power grid, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) is testing new approaches to demand response through a new virtual power plant. The pilot first came online December 2022 and will run through December 2023.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 2, 2024

However, it is crucial that new AI use cases do not introduce new risks to the grid, the report states. Thus AI models for grid applications should be rigorously validated as well as scalable in performance and adherent to power grid governance standards. Have you read?

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

The US Clean Investment Monitor published its annual report for 2023, which saw clean investment total $239bn, up 38% from 2022. Total 2023 investment was up 133% compared to the prior year. Meanwhile, wind investment slipped 37% in 2023, reflecting the year’s headwinds in wind. Happy Monday!  of dollars put to work.

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Better Ventures

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The New York Times , 2023. Our power grids will buckle and we don’t yet have the wherewithal to manage so many distributed energy resources coming on line at once. How will Walmart, for instance, understand its sprawling inventory of HVAC systems so they can replace oil furnaces with clean energy powered electric heat pumps?

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