NLR & Blip Energy Collaborate on Smart Home Battery System - CleanTechnica

Chicago startup Blip Energy is advancing its smart home battery and energy management platform, blipOne, through the 14th cohort of the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2), hosted at the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR). Selected alongside two other companies, Blip received $200,000 in nondilutive funding and technical support from NLR to rigorously assess the performance and market potential of blipOne. The device is a compact, self-install battery that plugs into standard outlets beside high-load home appliances to shift electricity use from peak to off-peak hours, reducing electric bills and easing grid strain. BlipOne’s technology enables energy arbitrage by charging when electricity is cheapest and discharging during peak demand periods, potentially saving users up to $300 annually. NLR’s mechanical engineer Ravi Kishore is conducting case studies to evaluate blipOne’s effectiveness across different building types and regions, with a focus on scaling beyond single-family homes to multifamily and commercial buildings.