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Smart home app gamifies grid-reactive air con for consumers

Smart Energy International

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.

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Emerson Acquires OSI for $1.6B as Grid Edge Software Landscape Consolidates

GreenTechMedia

In the latest example , Emerson, one of the country’s biggest industrial, commercial and residential automation and HVAC systems providers, is acquiring OSI Inc. It’s also a long-time player in grid-enabled devices such as smart thermostats and remote-controllable water heaters.

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AI can significantly improve grid management reports DOE

Smart Energy International

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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British food firm serves up smart grid first

Business Green

Demand response specialist Flexitricity enables first company to take advantage of new real time grid balancing mechanism. Roisin Quinn, head of national control at National Grid ESO, hailed the move as a major milestone for the UK's transition towards a smarter and more flexible power grid.

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The retrofitting strategy behind Sonoma Clean Power's all-electric headquarters

Business Green

Using a microgrid controller and WattTime software that can track grid emissions and identify times of peak demand or high carbon intensity the building can also place power back onto the grid to reduce its dependency on fossil fuel power plants.

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SDG&E Tests Virtual Power Plant to Meet Grid Demands

Solar Industry

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. In August, as temperatures soared, SDG&E deployed its VPP pilot three times to support the grid during peak demand periods.

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Lessons from inside the heat dome about the future of the electric grid

GreenBiz

Even without extreme weather events, the power grid needs love. The grid was largely built in the 1950s and 1960s with a 35- to 80-year life expectancy , meaning much of it should have been retired and replaced by now. All-electric HVAC systems are more efficient. Make the grid smarter and more flexible.