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Chevy Silverado EV turns into a mobile generator with GM’s new home energy bundle

The Verge: Energy

Image: GM General Motors’ initial new home energy products are now available to purchase, including the equipment necessary to turn your GM-made electric vehicle into a mobile power generator for your home. A “properly equipped home” and “proper grid interconnection” may also be required, GM says.

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Will the Pandemic Curb Grid Edge Momentum in 2020?

GreenTechMedia

Even under pandemic restrictions, distributed energy resource project lifecycles are ongoing. Distributed energy resources (DERs), sensors, and smart meters are enabling utilities and their partners to access a plethora of grid and customer data, enabling remote operations. The power of data in a crisis.

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Western Heat Wave Tests California’s Clean Grid Transition

GreenTechMedia

this weekend will push California’s grid to the limits, as the state charts a course to eliminating fossil fuel power. To prepare, grid operator CAISO issued a Flex Alert , asking customers to reduce electricity consumption during the late afternoon and evening Friday as the grid copes with “near-record or record-breaking heat.”

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Consumers Energy seeks rate hike for grid modernisation

Smart Energy International

Investor-owned utility, Consumers Energy has proposed a $272 million investment in Michigan’s electric grid in what it said is a bid to increase reliability and prepare the grid for more renewable energy. In the second half of 2021, Consumers Energy filed a five-year, $5.4 per month.

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Empowering India’s Energy Revolution with AI and Prosumers

AutoGrid

With a power grid that has been notoriously unreliable in the past, India’s goal to transform formerly passive consumers into prosumers would seem an uphill battle. The stakes are particularly high because India is the world’s third largest energy consumer.

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National Grid ESO and Octopus Energy launch winter flexibility trial

Smart Energy International

The ‘domestic reserve scarcity’ trial with participants from among Octopus Energy’s smart meter customers will incentivise them to reduce their power consumption below their usual levels for pre-defined two-hour windows across several key periods during this winter, and which should enable them to save money on their electricity bills.

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E.ON increases German grid security with 450MHz radio network

Smart Energy International

has announced using the 450MHz radio network to connect and control local grid stations and smart meters in homes when conventional communication systems are down. The Germany-based electric utility company is aiming to ensure that essential components of critical infrastructure remain connected, even during catastrophic events.