Tabuchi Electric, a solar-plus-storage manufacturer, and Geli, announced a partnership that will deliver a residential solar-plus-storage solution designed to enable faster solar market growth. The combination of Geli’s software with Tabuchi’s hardware helps utilities manage distributed solar and additional home energy devices to optimize grid performance. By providing utilities with confidence that they […]
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., September 9, 2015 – Smart Wires was recently awarded in conjunction with Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) funding to implement a project in the utility’s territory. With this funding, which Smart Wires will use to manufacture and install distributed power flow control technology on the utility’s […]
Geli and Eguana Technologies, a market leader in power control and conversion solutions for distributed energy storage systems, have signed an agreement to pursue integration of Eguana’s residential AC Battery with the Geli Energy Operating System (Geli EOS). As a first step, Eguana’s AC battery now supports installation of the Geli EOS within its enclosure in minutes […]
by Kiva Allgood
This key component of the grid is not currently capable of easily throttling up or down throughput to match the intermittency of power generated from big solar or wind farms.
Today, grid operators either have to build out expensive new lines or curtail the generation of power from these new renewable sources. […]
Even with 300,000 miles of HV utility transmission lines spanning the US, there are few power firms not struggling with “gridlock,” Smart Wires Director of Product Management Frank Kreikebaum told us recently in an exclusive interview. In the last five years, his firm adopted and commercialized a power-flow-control technology that can help, Kreikebaum said.
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You Asked – They Answered: Q&A with Smart Wires
by Melissa C. Lott
The views expressed are those of the author and are not necessarily those of Scientific American.
I have received many interesting questions from readers in response to last Sunday’s article “
Smart Wire Grid, the leader in distributed power flow control for the electric grid is dropping the word “Grid” from its name to better align the brand with its mission. As Smart Wires, the company looks forward to pursuing a host of opportunities worldwide to address the challenges of the modern electric utility.
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If you thought you had to be based in Silicon Valley to make big money out of the internet, think again. Mark Seemann, 44, has sold his last two IT businesses in multi-million pound deals, and is confident his latest venture will make him a lot wealthier.
In 2012, he set […]
Cloud-based software product provider SYNETY Group PLC Tuesday said it has launched a new web-browser based plug-in that Executive Chairman Simon Cleaver described as a “game changer” that will greatly expand the market it can serve.
CloudCall Chrome is a plug in that works within the Google web browser and with […]
“If a phone can be smart, why can’t the electric grid?” quotes Maria LaRosa, the host of the Weather Channel’s AMHQ program.
Today, Smart Wire Grid’s CEO Jim Davis joined LaRosa on her program to talk about the weather related challenges and the congestion that the US grid is facing.
Davis […]