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A Guide to Effective Participation in Ontario’s Industrial Conservation Initiative Program
Ontario’s Industrial Conservation Program presents businesses with a significant opportunity to contribute to energy sustainability while benefiting from potential cost savings. However,…
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What is the Internet of Things?
From traffic lights that use sensors to alleviate traffic to air-conditioning systems that automatically turn…
What is the Industrial Internet of Things?
While the word “industrial” conjures images of factories and warehouses, the Industrial Internet of Things…
What is Greenwashing?
In recent weeks, the term greenwashing has made international headlines with companies like Shell and…
What is an Energy Baseline?
Calculating an accurate baseline is one of the first steps in identifying the impacts of…
What is a Virtual Power Plant (VPP)?
Virtual power plants (VPPs) are the future of our electric grids. The grid's current aging…
What is a System-Backed Capacity Import Resource?
System-Backed Capacity Import Resources are one of the newer resource classes eligible to participate in…
What is a Peaker Plant?
Everyone’s heard of coal, nuclear and hydroelectric plants but what about base load and peak…
What is a Network Operations Center (NOC)?
With new technological developments occurring every day, it is essential to stay on top of…
What is a good Net Zero Target?
With the United Nations’ COP26 event in full swing, climate change and the term net-zero…
What is a Demand Response (DR) Aggregator?
Edgecom Energy is an Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) market participant that acts as a…
What happened on July 19th, 2019?
Missed a Peak on July 19th, 2019? We didn’t. pTrack™ was able to accurately predict…
VPN vs. Blockchain: Which One is Better for DER Dispatch?
Blockchain helps make the energy sector more environmentally sustainable. It also overcomes legacy energy sector…