Modernizing The Grid: An Introduction To Smarter DSOs

Clean Technica: A question that many in the tech world are asking is: How can we make the electricity grid more efficient and resilient? Tech companies like DEPsys, Greenbird, Cuculus, Venios, and Utilidata are firms with solutions to this question — forging the way in transforming the power grid and modernizing the role of the Distribution System Operator (DSO). To elaborate more on DSOs, we talk with venture capital firm Statkraft Ventures‘ founder, Dr. Matthias Dill, on why it has invested in smart-grid startups. And we spoke with founders Michael De Vivo and Thorsten Heller of DEPsys and Greenbird respectively, to find out how DSOs can be more than infrastructure and why that’s so important.

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