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Making Energy Programmable | Union Square Ventures

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We’ve previously written about the storage gap. The proliferation of solar has led to an abundance of energy when the sun is out and a dearth when it’s not. Batteries help address this gap by storing excess energy in times of plenty and discharging stored energy as needed. The push to build out storage capacity is just one example of how the edges of the grid are manipulating energy in increasingly complex ways. Originally, the grid was designed to have energy flow unidirectionally: from centralized power plants to end-customers, similar to how centralized mainframe computers were connected to “dumb” terminals . And just as the PC revolution pushed greater computing capabilities to the edge, energy systems are evolving into a more multi-directional network, with energy now moving between the grid, behind-the-meter generation and storage, and end-consumption. Though technological and societal pressures are pushing this transformation through, it’s been occurring on legacy infrastructure

We’ve previously written about the storage gap . The proliferation of solar has led to an abundance of energy when the sun is out and a dearth when it’s not. Batteries help address this gap by storing excess energy in times of plenty and discharging stored energy as needed. The push to build out storage capacity is just one example of how the edges of the grid are manipulating energy in increasingly complex ways. Originally, the grid was designed to have energy flow unidirectionally: from centralized power plants to end-customers, similar to how centralized mainframe computers were connected t

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