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U.S. DOE Announces $15 Billion Loan Guarantee to Pacific Gas & Electric Company to Expand Hydropower Generation, Battery Energy Storage, & Transmission

January 20, 2025 admin 0 Comments batteries, California, clean power, Energy Storage, grid, hydroelectric, investing in america, Joe Biden, lithium-ion batteries, loan programs office, pacific gas & electric, PG&E, us department of energy (doe), virtual power plants

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 04:51:32 +0000

Section 1706 Loan Guarantee Will Maintain Affordability for Customers and Improve System Resilience and Reliability As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced today the closing of a $15 billion loan guarantee to Pacific Gas & Electric Company … [continued]

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Central Theme for Energy’s Future: Decentralizing Power Generation

January 3, 2025 admin decentralized, ders, distributed energy, distributed energy resources, Distributed Generation, distributed power, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, engineering, microgrid, news, power, Renewables, Research and Development, Technology, utilities, virtual power plants, vpp

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:13:00 +0000

The use of distributed energy resources (DERs) will continue to grow as utilities, businesses, and residential neighborhoods look for ways to balance the power grid and support more reliable and resilient

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Industry Experts Say Storage, Renewables, Transmission Key Parts of 2025 Energy Outlook

December 30, 2024 admin 2025, aeroseal, climate change, Coal, cpower, data centers, distributed energy, Distributed Generation, electrification, Energy Storage, Environmental, ferc, Fossil Fuels, Gas, International, Interview, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, Markets, natural gas, news, Nuclear, power, Power Demand, Renewables, Research and Development, Solar, supply chain, supply chains, sustainability, T&D, Technology, transmission, trends, Trump, virtual power plants, vpps, wartsila, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 17:11:39 +0000

The outlook for the power generation sector in 2025 promises a continuation of the energy transition, though there’s plenty of debate about the direction of the industry. Advocates for renewable […]

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Massive 1-Gigawatt Virtual Power Plant Created From Thin Air

November 11, 2024 admin alphabet, clean power, consumer technology, Energy, google cloud, grid, home energy management, Nest, NRG Energy, renewable energy, smartphone apps, Solar energy, texas, virtual power plants, vivent, vpp, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 16:13:47 +0000

The virtual power plant movement is scaling up, powered by smart thermostats that enable utilities and ratepayers to collaborate on grid resiliency and affordability.

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20% of US Rooftop Solar Systems Are Sunrun Systems, 45% of New Battery Installations Are Sunrun

October 30, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, cleantech talk, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, Energy Storage, grid, rooftop solar, Solar energy, sunrun, virtual power plants

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 03:55:34 +0000

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]

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Ice Energy Reaches Big California Virtual Power Plant Milestones

October 22, 2024 admin California, demand response, Energy Storage, grid, ice energy, Smart Grid, southern california edison (sce), thermal energy storage, virtual power plants

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 01:13:42 +0000

Thermal energy storage company Ice Energy has a 25.6 MWh utility-scale energy storage program in the Southern California Edison (SCE) utility district. It’s been in operation for five years and is spread out across 100 customer sites. It’s part of the Southern California Virtual Power Plant (“VPP”) Thermal Storage Project. … [continued]

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Virtual Power Plants: An Untapped Resource for Improving Grid Reliability

September 25, 2024 admin ders, distributed energy, distributed energy resources, Distributed Generation, distributed power, Energy Storage, hybrid power, Instrumentation & Controls, news, power grid, sustainability, T&D, Technology, uplight, virtual power plants, vpps

Credit to Author: Gisela Glandt| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 18:02:13 +0000

Utilities are in a tricky spot. While reliability is one of three key focus areas for utilities as they navigate the clean energy transition, along with decarbonization and affordability, it’s […]

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Rooftop Solar & Virtual Power Plants Take Center Stage As Oil & Gas Wilt

September 16, 2024 admin clean power, distributed energy, distributed energy resources, Energy, grid, home energy storage, net metering, renewable energy, rooftop solar, Solar energy, sunrun, texas, usa, virtual power plants, vistra energy corporation

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 19:08:23 +0000

The rooftop solar and home energy storage trends are pushing the case to replace gas peaker plants with zero emission “virtual” power plants.

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Virtual Power Plants May Hold The Key To An All-Electric Future

September 15, 2024 admin clean power, demand response, distributed energy resources, grid, policy & politics, virtual power plants

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 15:40:29 +0000

Virtual power plants can help us use electricity more wisely and reduce the need for expensive new generating resources.

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Ford EV Owners Can Now Get Paid To Support Southern California Grid

September 13, 2024 admin California, clean transport, demand response, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, ford, ford f-150 lightning, ford mustang mach e, grid, Smart Grid, southern california edison (sce), virtual power plants

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 22:26:32 +0000

If you own or lease a Ford electric vehicle, you can now get paid to support the electricity grid in Southern California, and you don’t even need vehicle-to-grid technology. This is specifically in the Southern California Edison utility district, and it is initially only an option for Ford EV owners … [continued]

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