Oregon Wants Clean Energy? Hello Demand Response + Energy Storage
The Pacific Northwest is highly reliant on renewable energy and this dependency is not letting up. The region’s proximity to the Columbia River makes them especially reliant on hydroelectricity. The region’s clean energy initiatives are a…
Trilliant Continues to Roll Out New and Innovative Smart Meters, But Where Are the Patents!?
Trilliant Networks, headquartered in Cary, NC, connects customers, devices, and utilities with its smart grid and smart meter technologies, and its communication platform. Trilliant is a relatively small player in the demand response…
X Development (Formerly Google X) Spin-Off, Malta, Sees Potential in Siemens’ Patents and Forms a Partnership
Siemens, who used to be quite active in the demand response space, is beginning to lag behind the competition. The company’s patents in the space are primarily directed towards methods of demand response usage and management. If Siemens…
Demand Response Sector Poised For Changes – Patents Show The Way
In the last year alone, since the start of July 2020, 37 companies have entered the demand response patent space. Patent Forecast® categorizes demand response patent assets as either consumer devices, such as smart meters and appliances,…
Uplight Predicts Behavioral Energy Efficiency is Key to Demand-Side Management
In 2018, The AES Corporation, a leading power generation and distribution company, made a strategic investment in Simple Energy, the top provider of utility-branded marketplaces. The following year, in 2019, AES announced the merger of…
EnerAllies Demands Change with New Patent − Demand Response Programs are Due for an Update
As energy supply and demand remains an issue, companies such as Honeywell, Johnson Controls, EnergyHub and others are continuing to roll out patents for consumer energy devices like smart meters and programmable thermostats; however, the…
2021 is Causam Enterprises’ Year of EV Charging Patents
Causam Enterprises, a Raleigh-based grid services company, has entered into a new space in 2021: electric vehicle (EV) charging. In January 2021, the company was issued a patent claiming a System and Methods for Electric Vehicle Charging…
Landis + Gyr Sees Electric Vehicle Charging Patents on the (H)Orison
Landis + Gyr, a Swiss-based company focused on smart meter technology, is taking its knowledge of load management and demand response technologies into new industries, specifically electric vehicles (EVs). The first sign of this expansion…
Renewable Energy Patents Are Down – Which Foreshadows Shifts in Investment. But Why?
Renewable energy had its biggest year worldwide in patents and publications in 2012, but the number of inventions in green energy have plummeted and only recently started to slowly rise in the past year or two. The number of PCT patents in…
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