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Leap Recognized as 2023 Global Cleantech 100 Company

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Thursday, January 19, 2023

Leap , a leading energy market access provider, has once again been recognized on Cleantech Group’s 2023 Global Cleantech 100 , an annual list of the most innovative and promising companies that will take us from commitments to actions in our efforts to reach net-zero.

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  • Leap , a leading energy market access provider, has once again been recognized on Cleantech Group’s 2023 Global Cleantech 100 , an annual list of the most innovative and promising companies that will take us from commitments to actions in our efforts to reach net-zero.
  • This is Leap’s fourth consecutive year on the list, having been selected as Cleantech 100 Early Stage Company of the Year in 2020 and included on the Global Cleantech 100 list in 2021 and 2022 .
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230119005551/en/
    Leap Recognized as 2023 Global Cleantech 100 Company (Graphic: Business Wire)
    The Leap platform facilitates easy access to energy markets for distributed energy resources (DERs), enabling energy devices to generate revenue while providing flexible support to the grid.
  • Leap’s recognition as a 2023 Cleantech 100 company follows a year of rapid growth, with over 50 partner companies contracted and over 65,000 unique energy devices enrolled on the Leap platform by the end of 2022.

Oracle Provides Advanced Distribution Management System for FirstEnergy

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Wednesday, November 2, 2022

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- To assist Ohio-based FirstEnergy in managing response to power outages across its six-state electric system, Oracle has helped the company implement the Oracle Utilities Network Management System (NMS). With the browser-based NMS Flex Operations, FirstEnergy can actively manage control centers across its 10 electric utilities, activate users to quickly respond to storms and other power outages, and direct restoration efforts from anywhere.

Key Points: 
  • Part of Oracle Energy and Water's Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS), Oracle Utilities Network Management System (NMS) enables utilities to monitor, manage, and effectively optimize the grid from distribution to customer.
  • The data-centric platform with integrated applications delivers unified user access to outage management (OMS), distribution management (DMS), and distributed energy resource management (DERMS).
  • Oracle Utilities NMS Flex Operations (FlexOps) securely extends outage management and dispatch capabilities beyond the control room.
  • Oracle Utilities NMS offers extensive functionality and reliable support for outage management, switching, power flow analysis, and distribution automation processes.

mPrest mDERMS and mTHM Now Available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace

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Monday, October 4, 2021

mPrest customers can now take advantage of the scalability, high availability, and security of Azure, with streamlined deployment and management.

Key Points: 
  • mPrest customers can now take advantage of the scalability, high availability, and security of Azure, with streamlined deployment and management.
  • mDERMS is designed and built in a micro-services architecture that is suited to leverage the Microsoft Azure hosting environment.
  • Jake Zborowski, General Manager, Microsoft Azure Platform at Microsoft Corp. said, Were pleased to welcome mPrest and its mDERMS and mTHM applications to the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, which gives our partners great exposure to cloud customers around the globe.
  • The Azure Marketplace is an online market for buying and selling cloud solutions certified to run on Azure.

AEMO Announces Open-Source Operating System For World-Leading Distributed Energy Marketplace Design Trial

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Thursday, September 2, 2021

The DER Marketplace solution will be developed in partnership with local market participants AusNet Services and Mondo, and technology providers Energy Web, PXiSE, and Microsoft.

Key Points: 
  • The DER Marketplace solution will be developed in partnership with local market participants AusNet Services and Mondo, and technology providers Energy Web, PXiSE, and Microsoft.
  • Combined with the rapid growth of energy storage, demand-side management, and utility-scale renewable generation, the Australian grid is transforming into a decentralized system in which consumer-owned DERs play a pivotal role.
  • This shared challenge is what makes an open-source infrastructure purposefully designed for the energy sector the best solution for tomorrow's energy markets."
  • The EDGE Project is being supported by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), with AEMO receiving almost $13 million in funding for the project.

AEMO Announces Open-Source Operating System For World-Leading Distributed Energy Marketplace Design Trial

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Thursday, September 2, 2021

MELBOURNE, Australia and ZUG, Switzerland, Sept. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), Australia's power system and market operator, has announced the architecture and technology partners for Project EDGE, a flagship initiative enabling distributed energy resources (DER) to provide both wholesale and local network services at enterprise scale within an off-market trial environment. The DER Marketplace solution will be developed in partnership with local market participants AusNet Services and Mondo, and technology providers Energy Web, PXiSE, and Microsoft.

Key Points: 
  • The DER Marketplace solution will be developed in partnership with local market participants AusNet Services and Mondo, and technology providers Energy Web, PXiSE, and Microsoft.
  • Combined with the rapid growth of energy storage, demand-side management, and utility-scale renewable generation, the Australian grid is transforming into a decentralized system in which consumer-owned DERs play a pivotal role.
  • This shared challenge is what makes an open-source infrastructure purposefully designed for the energy sector the best solution for tomorrow's energy markets."
  • The EDGE Project is being supported by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), with AEMO receiving almost $13 million in funding for the project.