Mergers and acquisitions
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What’s next for Uplight and AutoGrid?
As the companies work to integrate their tech stacks into a single platform, they’re eyeing DER aggregation dominance.
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Google sells VPP capabilities to OhmConnect
The VPP market has entered a phase of consolidation.
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Schneider Electric is selling AutoGrid to Uplight
The move may speak to an emerging utility desire to ‘close the gap between the control room and the customer.’
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Oil giant BP will fully own solar developer Lightsource
The joint venture will help BP expand its work in sectors such as biofuels and EV charging, the company said.