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.

In modern grids, optimizing efficiency in electricity consumption and reducing strain on grid infrastructure has become crucial. During times of high demand […]

Edgecom's NOC enables secure and reliable DER asset management powered by Blockchain technology.

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.

Recently, the government of Canada announced and launched two exciting new funding opportunities aiming to leverage Canadian ingenuity to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and fight climate change. In the following blog post, we will break down the high-level details of both of these programs to get you up to speed.

The Industrial Conservation Initiative (ICI) allows large industrial consumers to reduce their electricity costs by reducing their Peak Demand Factor on Top 5 peak days. Since 2011, this program has allowed consumers to remain competitive in Ontario, while helping maintain the grid's reliability.

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.

The energy “duck curve” is a term used to describe the shape of a graph that represents the daily electricity demand and […]