Grid edge
Swell raises $120M for virtual power plants to link solar and batteries
Getting networks of homes with rooftop solar and batteries to help balance the grid requires innovative tech and financing. L.A.-based Swell Energy is on it.
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Texans can now sign up for virtual power plant to help grid, make money
Tesla, Octopus Energy and other power retailers are offering customers compensation to use their solar and batteries to make the grid more efficient and clean.
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Batteries
Hawaii is paying home-battery owners to help the grid. How's that going?
Hawaii's main utility reached a deal with pro-solar groups to reward households for sharing their clean energy. We check in on the results at the six-month mark.
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Grid edge
Californians saved the grid again. They should be paid more for it
Smart thermostats, solar-charged batteries, EVs and other household devices can shore up the stressed grid. Why isn't the state going all in on incentives?
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Batteries
In Utah, thousands of homes feed the grid stored solar power
Utility Rocky Mountain Power teamed with sonnen to set up a virtual power plant that's thriving. Now it plans to expand the model across Utah and Idaho.
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Batteries
Lunar Energy enters solar+battery field with $300M investment
Sunrun, SK Group and others back the startup's plan to break into a crowded market with integrated home battery systems and broader energy controls.
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Electric vehicles
Lucky drivers will get discount on Ford EV pickup for helping the grid
Some customers leasing Ford F-150 Lightning electric trucks will score lower monthly payments in exchange for sharing power with the grid at peak times, under a deal between Ford and Duke Energy.
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Batteries
This utility keeps customers cool during heat waves while saving them money
Vermont’s Green Mountain Power helped thousands of customers get home batteries. Now it taps them at peak times to prevent high costs and grid outages.
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Grid edge
Smart electric panels in homes could prevent overtaxing the grid
As more homes are electrified, utility circuits could face major upgrade costs. Or smart panels and controls could help save the day, a new study says.
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Solar
How rooftop solar got big: Sunrun hits milestone of 5 gigawatts installed
Canary talks to Sunrun CEO Mary Powell on the U.S. home-solar leader's first 15 years, its Ford electric truck partnership, and what comes next.
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Grid edge
OhmConnect raises $55M to enlist more homes to prevent blackouts
This summer will be tough on U.S. power grids. Startup OhmConnect is ready to pay 200,000-plus households to help out by saving energy.
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