Designed to help households save with subtle, personalized, intelligent home energy shifts. With more than 5 million households, Renew has the country’s largest residential virtual power plant platform to help support a more reliable grid.
The companies will begin installing Nest and Vivint smart thermostats in Texas homes next spring. They eventually hope to supply capacity equivalent to the peak demand of 200,000 average homes.
AI Thermostats Pitched for Texas Homes to Relieve Stressed Grid
NRG and Renew Home partner in initiative using Google Cloud Program to tap houses to shave off 1 gigawatt power by 2035.
Renew Home Redefines Energy Efficiency With Help From Nest Thermostats
Virtual power plants can help energy providers balance demand and smart thermostats are an essential element of maximizing energy efficiency across the grid.
Virtual power plants could ease growing strain on US electric grid
Energy-saving networks that link smart devices, solar panels and batteries could regulate power demand and help avoid fossil fuel use at peak times.
Google’s Nest Renew, OhmConnect combine with goal of managing 50 GW of residential demand by 2030
The new entity, Renew Home, says it is “North America’s largest residential virtual power plant” and can help to support the electric grid and manage home energy costs.
Google’s Nest Renew is now Renew Home
Google’s energy-shifting program for its Nest thermostats is officially under new ownership.
