Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2022 19:54:18 +0000
The heatwave that’s been hitting California and other states in the West has been a beast of a problem. It’s crippling grids, which even has utilities and governments asking people to not charge their electric cars, turn down their AC, and wear dirty clothes rather than do the laundry*. What’s really needed, though, is more […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2022 02:37:21 +0000
Let’s start with the ABCs: what are inertia services on an electricity grid? Even before that, what is inertia in a grid setting? Most of us should remember “inertia” from our younger years in primary school. Inertia is an object’s natural inclination to just keep moving (if it weren’t for friction) or just keep sitting […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 03:30:49 +0000
OAKLAND, California — Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Tesla Inc. have launched a new pilot program that creates a virtual power plant, to help support electric grid reliability and save customers money. On June 22, Tesla invited approximately 25,000 PG&E customers with Powerwalls to join the VPP and help form the world’s largest […]
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 18:05:38 +0000
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).
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 17:35:12 +0000
A new solar-enabled virtual power plant in Richmond, California, will not leave low- and middle-income households out in the cold
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2022 21:18:04 +0000
Through the Emergency Load Reduction Program (ELRP) pilot, participants will receive $2 for every additional kWh their Powerwall delivers during an event.
Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2022 21:53:24 +0000
A recent study into the use of virtual power plants (VPPs) in Australia has shown that the market is not quite ready for them. The returns to the participants appear to be less than what they would achieve by storing their excess solar generation in their home batteries and using it themselves overnight. “The average […]
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2022 03:40:12 +0000
Tesla held a virtual power plant (VPP) workshop for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) on May 31. Gail Alfar, the writer at What’s Up Tesla?, attended and shared her thoughts. Also in May, Tesla made a request for Powerwall owners in Texas to opt into the Tesla ERCOT Demonstration to show the utility exactly […]
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 05:00:29 +0000
Texan Powerwall owners can help Tesla change the mind of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) about allowing homeowners to opt into virtual power plants (VPPs). The Texas power grid is well known for its struggles, and in recent news, it’s been reported that the grid is weak in the face of the summer […]
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 04:14:07 +0000
Tesla is helping Australian bushfire victims with its part in the collective efforts alongside 5B, a solar provider in Sydney, and Mike Cannon-Brooks, the founder of Atlassian. The goal is to install solar panels and batteries in towns that have lost power completely due to the devastating bushfires of 2019–