technology
Why you’re likely to keep hearing about utilities and blockchain in 2020
Utilities continue to test promising uses for the digital ledger software despite caution and lack of widespread knowledge.
electric vehicle charging
To shift EV charging habits, Minnesota co-ops turn to technology, incentives
Without programs encouraging drivers to charge overnight, utilities worry electric vehicles will strain the grid at peak times.
Entergy
How one company could transform energy in Southern states
Entergy Corp. is positioning itself as a utility company of the future — even if critics lament what that could mean for electricity choices and costs in the South.
Illinois
ComEd looks to blockchain as tool to manage an increasingly complex grid
The Illinois utility has partnered with a California company called Xage to test out its blockchain-based software.
cleantech
This Boston startup wants to take the noise — and emissions — out of boating
Flux Marine recently won a $10,000 prize as part of this year’s Cleantech Open Northeast competition.