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In August 2019, Hawaiian Electric and Minneapolis-based Open Access Technology International, Inc. (OATI) finalized a pioneering grid services purchase agreement. As part of that agreement Shifted Energy, which is apart of the OATI Energy Alliance, collaborated with Avalon Commercial LLC to install 57 grid-interactive water heaters at the 7000 Hawaii Read more…

Hawaiian Electric (HECO) recently added 2.5MW of grid services to its grid, allowing it to store energy during peak solar and wind production periods, and did so without any traditional batteries, flywheels, or pumped hydro. Even better, the hardware required is very minimal, and in fact, most of it already Read more…

San Francisco-based Particle, which develops what it claims is one of the world’s most popular internet of things (IoT) platforms, today announced that it’s raised $40 million in a series C funding round led by Qualcomm Ventures and Energy Impact Partners. The tranche, which saw participation from Root Ventures, Bonfire Read more…

Hawaiian Electric Company has signed an agreement to incorporate grid-interactive water heaters (GIWH) into the utility’s emerging grid services market as part of a Grid Services Purchase Agreement. Shifted Energy has signed an agreement with Hawaiian Electric Company as part of the Grid Services Purchase Agreement led by Open Access Read more…

October 10, 2019 | By Randall Fish, Shifted Energy and Trevor Gibson, SEPA Water heaters, one of the largest energy consumers in our homes, typically perform a simple function: heating water and keeping it hot until we need it. Yet, by leveraging intelligent controls and basic signaling, the energy consumed by Read more…

Company Partners with Hawaiian Electric and OATI to Engage and Reward Residents in Large Grid-Interactive Water Heater-based Grid Services Procurement HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Shifted Energy has signed an agreement to incorporate its industry-leading grid-interactive water heaters (GIWH) into Hawaiian Electric Company’s emerging grid services market as part Read more…

Excerpts from a Hawaii Business Magazine article from October 4, 2018: Another Excelerator-supported company, Shifted Energy, saw that the state’s renewable energy movement is excluding renters and low-income residents who cannot afford solar panels, batteries or electric vehicles. The local company’s solution: using software and controllers to turn electric water Read more…

An excerpt from a GreenBiz article from May 2, 2018 #6. Shifted Energy is developing and deploying integrated solutions that retrofit electric water heaters into grid-interactive energy storage devices, transforming them into aggregated, flexible load assets. The goal? Enabling greater integration of renewables via real-time demand response and increased energy Read more…

UPDATE: April 20, 2018, noon Congresswoman Hanabusa Attends Earth Day Energy Summit Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa encouraged the continued diversification of Hawai‘i’s energy sources and stressed the need to accelerate the pace of efforts to move the state closer to clean, sustainable sources of power. Congresswoman Hanabusa shared her comments after Read more…

Excerpt from the January 9, 2018 Popular Science article: But any renewable future must include reliable storage that can bank surplus power from wind and solar, and then release it on command. So far grid operators have found two solutions. One is the type of storage found in batteries. Another Read more…