Network Operations Centre Explainer
Edgecom Energy's NOC seamlessly integrates into your Distributed Energy Resource (DER) operations and connects your facilities' various energy assets to our energy portal. The system maximizes the savings and income from your DER using Edgecom Energy's industry leading coincident peak and price prediction engines. Our security infrastructure and redundant connectivity ensures the highest level of security.
The Role of Security in IoT Systems
It is incredibly important to make sure your IoT solutions are secure. Having an unsecure network will not only lead to losses, but might put your company and its employees’ security at risk. Read on to learn how we secure our IoT solution, IoTrack!
What is a Virtual Power Plant (VPP)?
Virtual power plants (VPPs) are the future of our electric grids. The grid's current aging infrastructure was built around electricity flowing in one direction, from the central power plant to the end-user. However, with the introduction and the resulting rise in popularity of distributed energy resources (DERs) like solar panels, wind turbines and battery storage systems, the grid is now required to handle electricity coming from the central power plants and the end-users.
Demand Response: Ontario’s Capacity Auction Program
In modern grids, optimizing efficiency in electricity consumption and reducing strain on grid infrastructure has become crucial. During times of high demand […]
Network Operations Centre for DER Management
Edgecom's NOC enables secure and reliable DER asset management powered by Blockchain technology.
What is an Energy Baseline?
Calculating an accurate baseline is one of the first steps in identifying the impacts of any changes or new services implemented on a system. In this blog post, we'll cover why baselines are important and how to calculate your own.
What is Demand Response and Capacity Auction
Demand Response (DR) programs are used by many system operators to improve grid reliability. Unfortunately, most of the available literature will give you very technical and complex answers when describing DR. This blog post aims to explain DR in digestible and straightforward terms.
What is a “Duck Curve”
The energy “duck curve” is a term used to describe the shape of a graph that represents the daily electricity demand and […]