Gridmates - A potentially world-changing energy innovation

To this end, Gridmates, the world's first cloud platform enabling the giving of energy, was launched in 2014.

"The idea of crowdsourced energy is very innovative and Gridmates has found a unique niche that, if it can help people in need live a dignified life and can channel donors' interest in eliminating energy poverty to help supply electricity to those without that, I support it," Patty Durand, executive director of the Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative (SGCC), told Smart Grid News. "Their goal of eliminating energy poverty through a donor network is unique and a worthy goal."

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