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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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit 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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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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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 02:29:43 +0000
In addition to our electric vehicle news roundup, here’s a new roundup on clean energy and energy storage stories. From solar roofs to EV battery reuse for stationary storage in Spain to community solar and virtual power plants — there’s a lot to share. Read on for all the fun! … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 16:35:12 +0000
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.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sally Jacquemin| Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 14:55:56 +0000
Most people, when they imagine a power plant, picture equipment like smokestacks that stretch hundreds of feet into the sky, massive, spinning turbines and the hum of electric transmission lines […]
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