Green Mountain Power Takes A Bold Step Toward Energy Resiliency
Green Mountain Power in Vermont has a plan to add a residential storage battery in the homes of all 270,000 of its customers by 2030.
Green Mountain Power in Vermont has a plan to add a residential storage battery in the homes of all 270,000 of its customers by 2030.
Green Mountain Power in Vermont is expanding its residential battery storage plan to more customers after a ruling by the state’s PUC.
Tesla may be gearing up to become a supplier of electricity in Germany claims a report by Reuters.
Green Mountain Power is leading the way to the future in the utility industry. This month, it has become the first US utility to allow rooftop solar customers to sell power to businesses directly on an app-based trading platform developed by LO3 Energy.
Tesla has kicked off a new initiative with progressive Vermont utility Green Mountain Power that lets customers lock in a flat monthly price for a solar-plus-storage system. The new program mirrors Tesla’s new tiered approach to solar rentals and loans, but with the addition of two Tesla Powerwalls to each system for an extra fee of $30 per month.
Green Mountain Power is ramping up its plans to get to 100% renewable energy by 2030. A collaboration with Tesla for Powerwall residential batteries is part of that plan.
We went “live” with our solar installation on April 9, 2018. To recap, we’ve got 8.125 kW of generation capacity from our roof-mounted array of 25 panels, each capable of 320 watt gross output with a Powerwall 2 and a 240V Tesla car charging station.
The latest study by GTM Research finds there will be as many as 40,000,000 public and private EV chargers globally by the year 2030. Its assessment is based on a belief that EVs will represent 11% of the cars on the road by that date, according to coverage in PV Magazine.
Green Mountain Power in Vermont says its virtual power plant system that involves up to 2,000 Tesla Powerwall residential batteries, saved it $500,000 during a recent heat wave.
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