virtual power plant – Thinking Port

Measure Twice, Cut Once—A Roadmap for Enabling VPPs Through Policy and Program Design

March 14, 2024 admin California, distributed energy, Distributed Generation, hybrid power, Legal, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, Massachusetts, New England, Policy, regulatory, Renewables, sustainability, utilities, virtual power plant, vpps

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 13:23:30 +0000

Virtual power plants (VPPs), as aggregations of dispatchable distributed energy resources (DERs), can deliver grid services ranging from resource adequacy to reliability at scale—all while making energy more affordable. Yet, […]

The post Measure Twice, Cut Once—A Roadmap for Enabling VPPs Through Policy and Program Design appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Magazines

The Need for Consumer Engagement in the Transition to Clean Energy

February 29, 2024 admin Commentary, demand response, ders, distributed energy, Distributed Generation, distributed power, electrification, hybrid power, uplight, virtual power plant, vpp

Credit to Author: Hannah Bascom| Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 20:24:06 +0000

To state it simply, current decarbonization goals cannot happen without deeper engagement between utilities and their customers, and utilities are not yet truly harnessing the potential that their customers bring. […]

The post The Need for Consumer Engagement in the Transition to Clean Energy appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Magazines

DOE Offers $3B Conditional Loan Guarantee to Virtual Power Plant Initiative

April 24, 2023 admin Business, Distributed Generation, distributed power, DOE, eaas, energy justice, finance, full coverage, loan guarantee, news, power, Puerto Rico, Renewables, Solar, sunnova, virtual power plant

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2023 14:00:03 +0000

Sunnova Energy Corp., an energy-as-a-service (EaaS) provider, has snagged a first-of-its-kind conditional federal loan guarantee commitment of up to $3 billion for a project that could further future virtual power […]

The post DOE Offers $3B Conditional Loan Guarantee to Virtual Power Plant Initiative appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Magazines

OhmConnect, Carrier, SunPower Collaborate to Support Grid Resiliency

March 31, 2022 admin carrier, distributed energy, Distributed Generation, ohmconnect, Solar, sunpower, virtual power plant, vpp

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 13:09:37 +0000

A California company known for its residential energy management systems has announced it is collaborating with a provider of building energy solutions and a solar technology company to modernize energy infrastructure and provide support to the power grid. OhmConnect is an Oakland-based group that creates grid-connected homes to leverage energy storage, solar power, heating, cooling, […]

The post OhmConnect, Carrier, SunPower Collaborate to Support Grid Resiliency appeared first on POWER Magazine.

CleanTech Energy News Science

Australia Solar & Storage News — In Your Face, ScoMo!

January 2, 2020 admin allume energy, Australia, batteries, clean power, Energy Storage, evergen, gippsland solar, hybrid microgrid, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar service group, virtual power plant, zenith energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 03:56:07 +0000

Ready or not, Australia is on the cusp of a renewable energy and battery storage boom, no thanks to its federal government.

Magazines

EV-Based Virtual Power Plants Shift Peak Load and Save Money

October 17, 2019 admin Business, distributed energy, distributed power, electric vehicle, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev, jackson associates, Markets, news, peak shift, Power Demand, research, Smart Grid, study, T&D, Technology, virtual power plant, vpp

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 15:45:10 +0000

The post EV-Based Virtual Power Plants Shift Peak Load and Save Money appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A recent study found that electric vehicle (EV) batteries used as a utility virtual power plant (VPP) could shift the entire residential peak load to nighttime hours with only 10% EV market saturation. The research was conducted by Jackson Associates, an Orlando, Florida-based firm that does energy forecasting, data development, and energy-related analysis. The study […]

The post EV-Based Virtual Power Plants Shift Peak Load and Save Money appeared first on POWER Magazine.

CleanTech Energy News Science

Honda & Nike Secure New Renewable Energy Supplies

September 26, 2019 admin biomass, clean power, e.on, geothermal energy, honda, nike, renewable energy, Solar energy, virtual power plant, wind energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 18:23:33 +0000

Honda and Nike have both recently announced new commitments to renewable energy that move the clean energy revolution forward.

Magazines

Blockchain Pilot Shows Promise for Grid Balancing

June 2, 2019 admin battery storage, blockchain, Business, connected plant, Energy Storage, grid, iiot, iiot power, International, news, Solar, sonnet, storage, Technology, tennet, virtual power plant, Wind

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

A blockchain pilot wrapped up by European transmission operator TenneT and storage solutions provider sonnen Group this May showed “tremendous potential” when used to network decentralized home storage

The post Blockchain Pilot Shows Promise for Grid Balancing appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Magazines

Blockchain-Enabled VPP Planned for South Korea

December 11, 2018 admin blockchain, Busan, connected plant, Energy Storage, iiot, iiot power, news, Renewables, Solar, South korea, Technology, virtual power plant, vpp

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 19:03:45 +0000

The South Korean government has pledged 4 billion Korean won (about $3.5 million) to support a blockchain-enabled virtual power plant (VPP) in Busan, the country’s second-most-populous city after Seoul. Busan officials said they have selected a project to build a VPP on a “citizens-shared” blockchain. Technology Aggregates Resources, Standardizes Transactions A VPP is a cloud-based […]

The post Blockchain-Enabled VPP Planned for South Korea appeared first on POWER Magazine.