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Yield Energy Launches a First-of-Its-Kind Agriculture-Focused DERMS Solution to Transform On-Farm Operations into Grid Resources
Yield Energy, formerly Polaris Energy Services, today announced the launch of the Yield Edge DERMS, the first agriculture-first distributed energy resource management system designed to unlock grid-ready energy flexibility from farms. The launch coincides with the company's rebrand to Yield Energy, reflecting its evolution into a hardware-agnostic energy platform built around a deep AgTech partner ecosystem and designed to deliver utility-grade grid services at scale.
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