Blogs

Jul 29 / 2020

3 Key Insights For a Cost-Effective Distribution Grid Investment

There are two types of energy grids – transmission and distribution – and each type requires a different set of considerations when looking for investment upgrades. Transmission investments are rare, and often happen in bulk, whereas distribution investments are much...

Jul 29 / 2020

How to Make Your Distribution Plan More Sustainable

There has been a huge rise in demand for sustainable energy amongst consumers – and this demand inevitably impacts utility companies. There are many factors at play that contributed to making sustainability more popular, and the bigger demand can leave...

Jul 09 / 2020

Limitations of Legacy Energy Systems

It’s 2020, and the world has transformed faster than anyone could have imagined. Technological advances have surpassed most people’s wildest dreams, and have helped to improve everyday lives and business processes for the better. We can communicate with loved ones...

Jul 09 / 2020

3 Ways DERs affect your distribution planning

In recent years, there has been a big push for greener, more renewable energy as consumers and industries take note of their carbon footprint. Along with this push, there has also been a huge jump in technological advancements that have...

Jul 09 / 2020

How Utility Companies Can Adapt Post COVID-19

Over the past number of months, countless lives and businesses have been impacted by the events surrounding COVID-19. Many businesses were forced to adapt quickly to the sudden changes in an effort to protect the health and safety of their...

Jun 25 / 2020

Check out the latest features in GridOS Integrated Distribution Planning

Our cloud-hosted GridOS Integrated Distribution Planning (IDP) application continues to add new features and functionalities to help you run thorough scenario studies and make the best grid investment decisions, especially as more distributed energy resources connect to the grid. New...

Apr 29 / 2020

Is flexibility expertise tomorrow’s export opportunity?

Ofgem is getting a new chief executive. Jonathan Brearley will take over in February at a time of “unparalleled change in the energy industry,” according to the regulator’s chairman, Martin Cave. But while the new chief executive may be pressed...

Apr 29 / 2020

The world is burning, but energy needs to think local

A violent weather event, a critical piece of infrastructure down, a population left without power for hours or even days. And then the necessary repairs to get everything back up and running as they were before. That’s the new normal...