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Packetized Energy Builds ‘Virtual’ Batteries for a Cleaner Grid

Greentown Labs

Packetized Energy’s software allows smart devices to pull energy from the grid when cleaner energy sources are available—for example, stocking up on energy mid-day before solar power peters out. The startup joined Greentown Labs in January 2020, and was drawn to the incubator for its active community. “We

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Greentown Labs and Vineyard Wind Announce Offshore Wind Challenge Startup Participants

Greentown Labs

12, 2020 — Greentown Labs , the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America, and Vineyard Wind , developer of the first utility-scale offshore wind energy generation facility in the United States, have selected three startups for the Offshore Wind Challenge. Somerville, Mass., About Greentown Labs.

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#Greentown10: A Look at Greentown’s Biggest Annual Event Throughout the Years

Greentown Labs

After moving a few miles from Boston’s Seaport District to Somerville’s Union Square—nearly doubling the square footage of its incubator in the process—Greentown hosted its first-ever DEMO Day. The second annual DEMO Day featured company presentations held throughout the 33,000-square-foot Somerville, MA incubator.

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What is Climatetech?

Greentown Labs

Climatetech entrepreneurs are pushing the envelope here, both by improving and iterating on current technologies and by developing technologies the world has never seen (for a look at the latter, check out our member Power For Humanity ). . We hope you’ll join us at our Climatetech Summit on Nov. The post What is Climatetech?

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What a Year! 10 Stories That Propelled Energy Storage in 2019

GreenTechMedia

” Batteries perform miniscule adjustments to grid frequency, or lower businesses’ electricity consumption during a peak hour, or sit around waiting to provide clean backup power, but try messaging that to voters. This year, finally, big renewables projects with batteries attached closed deals and even entered operations.

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A New Look For Greentown Houston

Greentown Labs

This further leads into a beautiful green cityscape of efficient recycling, wind power, solar power, and more, making Houston a clean, green, solutions-oriented, and earth-conscious city.”. From the lab tech workspace comes the climatetech inventions, such as electric bikes, battery storage, electric cars, and hydropower.