Darcy Partners Announces Top Power and Utilities Innovators of 2024

Posted on February 27th, 2025 | Filed under Press Releases

HOUSTON, Feb. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Darcy Partners (“Darcy”), a leading provider of technology-focused market intelligence to the energy sector, recently announced awards for the Top Innovators across four key areas in the power and utilities value chain.

Each year, Darcy Partners evaluates top innovators; selection is based on customer feedback from pilots and deployments, along with insights from the Darcy Connect platform about which technologies are gaining the most industry interest. This annual designation recognizes outstanding technology providers in the energy industry.

Darcy’s Best of 2024 Innovators in power and utilities are awarded in four categories: Best of Transportation Electrification, Best of Grid Edge, Best of Innovative Grid Technologies and Best of Grid-Scale Energy Resources.

“This designation represents technologies that have a strong potential for impact in the utility business, and in some cases, may not be on their radar,” said Jon Mele, Director at Darcy Partners. “Through our Darcy Connect platform, we’re always scouting for these emerging technologies, and checking which solutions have captured the industry’s attention.”

This year’s award-winning innovators are strategically positioned at the forefront of 2025’s critical power and utility imperatives, addressing large load growth through advanced grid infrastructure solutions, driving climate and grid resiliency with cutting-edge technologies, and accelerating generation decarbonization. Breakthrough innovations in AI and digitalization are enabling unprecedented operational efficiency, empowering utilities to navigate complex regulatory landscapes and meet escalating energy transformation challenges.

The full list of Darcy’s Partner’s ‘Best of 2024’ Innovators in Power & Utilities:

Transportation Electrification: Beam Global, dcbel, FlexCharging, Flipturn, GreenLane Infrastructure, Highland Electric Fleets, Hubject, itselectric, Kempower, Synop

Grid Edge: Budderfly, EPEX SPOT, Gradient, Gridsight, Kestrix, Kraken, Piclo, Rock Rabbit, Sense, Smarter Grid Solutions

Innovative Grid Technologies: Buzz Solutions, envelio, Exodigo, GridUnity, Heimdall, N5 Sensors, Rhizome, Skydio, Switched Source, Veir

Grid-Scale Energy Resources: Antora Energy, Energy Dome, Energy Vault, ESS Inc., Form Energy, Highview Power, Pearl Street Technologies, Turboden SPA, X1 Wind

About Darcy Partners

Darcy Partners (www.darcypartners.com) exists to help the energy industry solve its toughest technology challenges. Customers use Darcy’s software platform and research services to identify, vet, and deploy new technologies and to collaborate with industry peers on vital engineering and innovation challenges. Darcy supports over 100 corporate members in the energy, utilities, industrials, and private equity industries.

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