The internet platform designed by AutoGrid uses predictive-controls technology to balance supply and demand for connected distributed energy resources and storage systems.
"On a large scale, this technology enhances energy efficiency, thereby reducing costs and emissions," says Philippe Sauquet, president of Gas, Renewables & Power at Total. "It also improves integration of renewable energies into the grid."
The AutoGrid buy-in by TEV follows on from Total's earlier acquisition of stakes in smart grid specialist companies Sunverge and Stem, and the take-over of French battery-maker Saft.
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