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Comment: Massive IoT enables massive opportunities for utilities

Envirotec Magazine

Massive IoT , alias massive Machine-Type Communications (mMTC), is already impacting multiple industries. From fleet management to environmental monitoring and smart grid management, to consumer applications including smart watches, smart buildings and, ultimately, entire smart cities.

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3 Ways to Boost Grid Resilience During Heat Waves

AutoGrid

Transmission upgrades are vital to help build the net zero carbon grid of the future by integrating large-scale solar and wind farms into the nation’s power grids. But building transmission lines is contentious and time-consuming. These dispatches delivered a large amount of capacity to energy markets worldwide.

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WoodMac: Biggest US Battery Build-Out Ever in Q3

GreenTechMedia

energy storage industry smashed its quarterly installation record with an influx of major projects in the third quarter. The growth came in spite of the coronavirus fallout, which slammed the broader economy and conventional energy companies in particular. Energy Storage Monitor. market is expected to reach 7.5

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ERCOT Heat Wave Is No Sweat for AI-Powered DERMS

AutoGrid

With this comes a surge in electricity use, mostly from cooling systems. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is predicting a historic demand of over 80,000 MW , putting immense pressure on the state’s power grid. Texas heat waves often result in slim reserve margins, where supply barely meets demand.

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AutoGrid Responds Across the Globe to a Summer Like No Other

AutoGrid

This heat feeds surging demand for electricity and increased strain on already taxed power grids. GW of dirty power plant usage Controlling over 1.1 million grid-edge resources, including households, with DERs ranging from smart thermostats, rooftop solar photovoltaics and electric vehicles.

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Better Grid Management Through AI-Powered EV Managed Charging Program Targeting & Engagement

Bidgely

In most parts of the United States and the world, electric vehicle adoption has not yet reached levels where EV charging is detrimental to grid operations. The increasing pace of transportation electrification is making managed charging an essential strategy to maintain grid resiliency. But it’s approaching fast.

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What is DERMS?

AutoGrid

The energy industry is notorious for acronyms and buzzwords. Though terms such as microgrids and virtual power plants (VPPs) have been bandied about for more than a decade, the concept of distributed energy resource management systems – DERMS – is more recent. Many come; many go. Yet some stick.