Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pa.) Uses Viridity Energy’s Smart Grid Technology
Drexel University is deploying Viridity Energy’s VPower System™ to provide a real time view of power usage. By better understanding real time usage and real time pricing they can buy power when costs are low / lower sand sell back when power is more expensive. This is smart grid technology.
Drexel hopes to show how they can “ … manage its energy costs and environmental impact … will allow the University to purchase power at times of the day when demand is low and sell excess power back to the larger power grid.”
Drexel will look at how organizations can balance solar, wind and energy storage to save money and even become less impacted by grid disturbances / outages.
PECO, the local electricity generator, is working with Drexel to see how this might be applied more broadly across the region.
Via: Drexel University LINK
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