The consortium brings together the global utilities, technology providers, policy makers and research institutions to identify opportunities for smart grid technology deployment.
Smarter Grid Solutions is developing products that allow power firms and utilities to increase their existing grid capacity in order to connect more renewable energy and respond to the global increase in electricity demand.
The company works with five of the UK’s six electricity distribution network operators.
Smarter Grid Solutions has recently opened an office in Brooklyn, New York to serve the North American smart grid market, and
The company is currently working with Con Edison on a NYSERDA-funded project to model and simulate microgrid applications for the New York metro area.
Smarter Grid Solutions chief technology officer and co-founder Bob Currie said, "Smarter Grid Solutions is delighted to join the Consortium as its first Associate Member, we are looking forward to collaborating with the Consortium to modernize New York State’s grid in a way that will provide immediate as well as long-term benefits for customers across the Empire State."
