I spent a lot of time at the dentist in the past week and a half. (It’s a long story.) At one point, I was talking to the dental hygienist who was cleaning my teeth, and we got to the topic of rooftop solar power. She said she considered it … [continued]
Sunrun, the largest rooftop solar company in the United States, recently hit a big milestone — one million customers. We recently sat down with Chris Rauscher, Head of Grid Services & Virtual Power Plants at Sunrun, to discuss this and related matters. Listen to the podcast via the following embedded … [continued]
Easy, convenient home EV charging takes center stage as Ford launches new “Ford Power Promise” to attract potential electric vehicle buyers.
The rooftop solar and home energy storage trends are pushing the case to replace gas peaker plants with zero emission “virtual” power plants.
Plan would scale DPPs to boost energy democracy, grid services and savings Washington, DC — Solar United Neighbors (SUN) has developed a groundbreaking state model policy to develop Distributed Power Plants (also known as Virtual Power Plants). By coordinating numerous small-scale solar and battery systems, Distributed Power Plants (DPPs) can add … [continued]
Sunrun and Ford are running a potentially game-changing first of its kind vehicle-to-home energy storage experiment this summer, leveraging the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck.
Sunrun creates the country’s largest virtual power plant to participate in statewide program designed to strengthen California’s stressed electrical grid and reduce blackouts by providing load generation during extreme events
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 … [continued]
Sunrun, the leading provider of residential solar, storage and energy services in America, this week announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022. In the fourth quarter of 2022, Sunrun says it added 37,359 customers, including 27,493 subscribers. Sunrun grew new installed solar energy … [continued]
PG&E will test two types of virtual power plant technology this summer to determine which is best for supporting the utility grid.
