SMART GRID APPLICATIONS

"A 21st century electric grid is essential to America’s ability to lead the world and create jobs in the clean energy economy of the future." – The White House.

What is the SMART GRID?
We believe that YOU, the Entrepreneurs, will help define the future of the Smart Grid. Tell us what you think by sending us your applications! We are looking for entrepreneurs working on Smart Grid Applications that will improve the efficiency, reliability and versatility of the electric grid.

Come to work on the fully deregulated and completely off-the-grid utility market: Texas

Key Potential Application Areas:

• Distribution Automation
• Data Analytics
• Demand Response
• Cyber Security
• Carbon Management
• Home Energy Management
• Electric Vehicle

Read more about the 21st Century Electric Grid »

ENERGY TRADING and RISK MANAGEMENT

The volatility, complexity and pace of change in the wholesale energy markets present significant opportunities – and equally significant risks. In this environment, energy companies need to build sophisticated, functionally rich capabilities to address price, credit, operational and regulatory risks. At the same time, they need to remain flexible enough to respond to new opportunities and competitive pressures. This requires a combination of deep industry knowledge, robust business processes and integrated, scalable IT systems.

We are looking for entrepreneurs that understand and can develop software solutions that offer commodity exposed companies the ability to manage all aspects of the front, mid and back-office processes.

Key Application Areas:

• Market Data acquisition
• Real-time data, connectivity and analysis
• Regulatory compliance
• Analyzing and managing transaction and portfolio risk
• Clearing and reconciling transactions, as well as transaction invoicing and accounting
• Carbon trading
• Weather Integration
• Demand-Response integration

DIGITAL OILFIELD

The Digital Oilfield potentially extends from the use of 4-D seismic imaging, through to “data-to-desktop” initiatives that take production data through to marketers and traders. This means that it can, potentially, impact the entire oil and gas value chain, with all the technical, process and human impacts that go with it.

We are looking for entrepreneurs interested in transforming traditionally labor-intensive, down-and-dirty oil operations into modern, technology-driven “digital oil fields,” in which a handful of skilled people can accomplish what required a few hundred in the past.

Key Application Areas:

• Real time data acquisition
• Reservoir management
• Well modeling
• 4D Seismic
• Smart Wells
• Wireless remote operations

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

The increasing demand for energy has compelled everyone to look at ways to conserve it and use it most effectively. 

Have you answered the call with a software solution that will manage and optimize energy consumption?  We are looking for software entrepreneurs that are interested in making energy efficiency a worldwide reality with innovation.

Key Application Areas:

• Home energy management
• Remote energy monitoring
• Site energy optimization

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

In the US domestic market, FERC compliance has  become a growing challenge for companies striving to meet the demands of energy consumers in the industrial space.

The energy industry needs ideas to implement processes that will leverage compliance and further monitor those processes.

Can your technology and software ideas can help energy companies meet those requirements?

Key Application Areas:

• Carbon Management
• Source verification and tracking