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EV charging

NYC's grid is stressed. A 'smart' EV charging program aims to help

Con Ed’s revamped SmartCharge program will tap direct-to-EV communications to track and pay drivers for charging at times that reduce grid strain.

By Jeff St. John . 5 April 2023

Fun stuff

Canary Live Boston: Watch the event on Thurs., April 6 at 6:00 PM ET

We're broadcasting our event live from Greentown Labs in Somerville, Mass. this week.

By Nicholas Rinaldi . 5 April 2023

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Grid edge

Inside a $110M plan to turn NYC apartments into virtual power plants

Logical Buildings and Keyframe Capital are behind the push to help multifamily buildings earn money from cutting energy use and curbing CO2 emissions.

By Jeff St. John . 28 March 2023

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Grid edge

Sunnova seeks $3.3B DOE loan guarantee to expand virtual power plants

An SEC filing suggests the federal Loan Programs Office is gearing up to help lower-income households access rooftop solar and batteries that can help the grid.

By Jeff St. John . 21 March 2023

Two technicians install a blue rectangular solar panel on a rooftop with red tiles. A blue cloudy sky is overhead

Clean energy

Puerto Rico's first community-led microgrid is ready to launch

The Adjuntas microgrid project is a high-profile example of how Puerto Ricans are devising solutions to the island's fragile and unreliable electricity system.

By Maria Gallucci . 17 March 2023

A large gray metal box installed on the back porch of a wood-paneled house. An orange cat lounges on the patio.

Batteries

Itochu quietly assembled a gigantic home battery network in Japan

The conglomerate controls a 36,000-unit virtual power plant. Up next? Unleashing it to help the national grid decarbonize.

By Julian Spector . 9 March 2023

A contractor installs a Shifted Energy water heater control module in a Hawaiian home

Grid edge

This startup turns electric water heaters into grid batteries

Shifted Energy is tapping water heaters in lower-income communities to create virtual power plants that help balance the grid, starting in Hawaii.

By Jeff St. John . 6 March 2023

Suburban homes with solar panels on their roofs

Grid edge

Inside the software running Sunrun's home solar-battery fleets

Virtual power plants are only as good as the software that controls them. Here's how Lunar Energy is making the most of Sunrun's grid potential.

By Jeff St. John . 21 February 2023

Sunrun employee installing an LG battery at a California home

Grid edge

PG&E is testing different flavors of virtual power plant

What's the best way for home batteries to help ease summer grid stress? This California utility is trying out two different models with Tesla and Sunrun.

By Jeff St. John . 20 February 2023

A woman sits on a couch looking at a smartphone with a message on energy savings from company OhmConnect

Grid edge

Want your home to help the grid? These startups are making it happen

Homes that respond to signals from the grid could play a pivotal role in the clean energy transition. But getting customers on board isn't easy.

By Julian Spector . 8 February 2023

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NYC's grid is stressed. A 'smart' EV charging program aims to help

Canary Live Boston: Watch the event on Thurs., April 6 at 6:00 PM ET

Inside a $110M plan to turn NYC apartments into virtual power plants

Sunnova seeks $3.3B DOE loan guarantee to expand virtual power plants

Puerto Rico's first community-led microgrid is ready to launch

Itochu quietly assembled a gigantic home battery network in Japan

This startup turns electric water heaters into grid batteries

Inside the software running Sunrun's home solar-battery fleets

PG&E is testing different flavors of virtual power plant

Want your home to help the grid? These startups are making it happen