DOE Issues $3 Billion Conditional Loan Guarantee For Virtual Power Plants Program
The DOE is backing a plan by Sunnova to bring virtual power plants to as many as 115,000 American homes, including those in Puerto Rico.
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Taiwan Includes Virtual Power Plant Technology In Its Energy Mix Using Battery Swapping Stations
In what is the now the first largest commercial deployment of a Virtual Power Plant in the world, energy expert Enel X and 1,300 Gogoro battery-swapping GoStations will be helping the energy-hungry Taiwan power grid by supplying power during times when the demand is high and an imbalance is detected. … [continued]
Two Stories Show How We Can Continue Progress On Grid Stability
The future of the power grid is a topic we’ve covered numerous times at CleanTechnica. While it’s an important topic, it’s definitely not the “Checkmate, libs!” talking point the anti-EV FUDsters think it is. But, just because the problem can be solved doesn’t mean there isn’t some work involved in … [continued]
Sunverge & Eaton Collaborating To Improve The Grid & V2X Tech
One of the big things anti-EV FUDsters like to say is that the electrical grid can’t handle EVs. They know that ICE vehicles use a lot of energy to move, and that providing that much electricity must be a sure recipe for disaster. They’d have us believe that the grid … [continued]
Octopus Energy & Enphase Bring Virtual Power Plant Technology To Texas
Octopus Energy and Enphase have introduced a virtual power plant program in Texas that allows customers to leverage home solar power.
Google, Ford, GM, & Solar Companies Partner To Promote Scaling Of Virtual Power Plants
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 … [continued]
Virtual Power Plant Model To Expand In Utah & Idaho (With Video)
Thanks to some bold moves by sonnen, the idea of using residential storage batteries to create a virtual power plant is taking hold in Utah.
AutoGrid Recruits Army Of Heat Pumps For Virtual Power Plants
Heat pumps, hot water heaters, and virtual power plants will do some serious generation-shifting on their own, with or without the Clean Power Plan (spoiler alert: without).
Vehicle-Grid Integration Unlocks TheTrue Potential Of Electric Vehicles And Renewables
Today’s electric vehicles are essentially big batteries on wheels, with a significant capacity to store and discharge energy. The average utilization of privately owned vehicles is 5%, meaning that the average battery on wheels is underutilized for the vast majority of its useful life.
Toward A More Democratized Energy World
If Jochen believes it’s the right thing, he likes to convince others of the same. First it was co-founder Hendrik Sämisch to realise their vision of a Virtual Power Plant, then investors helped move the vision along. Today, Next Kraftwerke aggregates and sells electricity from almost 5,000 independent renewable energy generators all over Europe.
