Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 03:06:02 +0000
A Vermont utility has filed a plan with state regulators that would enable the power company to offer more customers battery energy storage to keep the lights on during outages. […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2023 04:04:52 +0000
Energy industry analysts have said energy storage will be needed to support the integration of renewable energy into the U.S. power grid, and to provide grid flexibility and reliability. Energy […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 14:03:17 +0000
Extreme weather events, cybersecurity threats and volatility in energy markets at all levels puts intense strain on America’s power grid. Virtual power plants (VPP) are an important tool to secure the resiliency of this critical system. What is a VPP, you ask? As RMI puts it, VPPs are comprised of hundreds or thousands of households […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 12:10:25 +0000
PG&E will test two types of virtual power plant technology this summer to determine which is best for supporting the utility grid.
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2023 01:07:22 +0000
TenneT and sonnen have announced that they’ve powered the German grid with electric cars. TenneT is a top electricity network operator in Europe, and sonnen produces and manages stationary battery storage systems. Working together, TenneT tapped into the electricity stored in electric car batteries that are part of the sonnenCommunity. It did so when there […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 15:25:18 +0000
SolarEdge has launched its first “battery virtual power plant” in support of the UK’s national grid. More specifically, it is providing grid support through the National Grid ESO Demand Flexibility Service (“DFS”). Owners of SolarEdge home batteries are able to participate in the program. They also need to have smart meters, and of course they […]
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2023 16:46:12 +0000
Virtual power plants were virtually unknown just a few years ago, and now the floodgates are open thanks in part to a Trump-era ruling.
Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 13:00:27 +0000
Virtual power plants may be our most important and most overlooked domestic energy resource. Last summer, California’s record-breaking, grid-straining heat wave forced the state government to send text messages asking residents for emergency, voluntary energy conservation. And it worked. Energy demand dropped; blackouts were avoided. California’s successful response illustrates how devices in our homes and […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2023 21:30:52 +0000
Octopus Energy and Enphase have introduced a virtual power plant program in Texas that allows customers to leverage home solar power.
Credit to Author: Derek Markham| Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 23:38:43 +0000
A group of heavy hitters, including Ford, General Motors, Google Nest, OhmConnect, Olivine, SPAN, SunPower, Sunrun, SwitchDin, and Virtual Peaker, has formed a coalition that aims to scale up the market for virtual power plants in a bid to increase the resiliency of the grid and help decarbonize the electric sector. Virtual power plants, or […]