A global energy movement
Since winning the Initiate! Start-up Award in 2017 in Amsterdam, we have closed two rounds of funding and are working with 5 network and system operators across 3 continents.
At the end of this year we are going for the first commercial trading so quite a journey with the transactive grid. This will be the first deal with physical flows and paid trading fees.
Jo Jo Hubbard, Electron
www.electron.org.uk
During the first Initiate! Impact Challenge to take place at African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa, in Cape Town in May, a team of students from Strathmore University in Nairobi, Kenya won ZAR20,000 in prize money for an innovative concept to provide equitable energy access to remote villages based on, among others, “Uber(ising)” solar energy.
Strathmore University
GridX won “Supplier of the Year” from Arizona Public Service (APS) in April; and a Consumers Energy revamped customer portal powered by GridX’s billing analytics engine went live in May and September.
The company expanded by hiring new executives including VP of Product Management, VP of Retail Energy Services, and VP of Sales. Total staff has increased from 45 to 85.
GridX
www.gridx.com
Attending the Young Talent Program as a Brand Ambassador gave me the opportunity to connect with individuals and companies shaping smart energy of the future.
As a result of connections I made at EUW, a European company even hired me as an independent consultant.
Alexandra M. Ryan, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University
Solcast recently participated in the !Initiate start-up pitch program at Asian Utility Week in Kuala Lumpur. It was an excellent and well-organised show and put our solar irradiance forecasting and historical data in front of 100's of organisations and many thousands of attendees. It was a smashing success and a great opportunity for Solcast to update Asia on the latest developments in our solar data products.
Dr Nick Engerer, CTO, Solcast
www.solcast.com
