The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) has approved a 200MW expansion of utility Xcel Energy’s Capacity*Connect virtual power plant (VPP) programme.
Ed Gunn, VP of revenue at home battery storage and virtual power plant (VPP) specialist Lunar Energy, on the market’s recent past and future potential.
The New Orleans, Louisiana, US City Council voted unanimously to approve a US$28 million virtual power plant (VPP) programme, reportedly, the first distributed energy resource (DER) programme in the city.
Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with John Farrell, Co-Director of The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), on rising utility costs and the role energy storage can play.
Nostromo Energy’s IceBrick thermal energy storage (TES) technology will participate in the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) wholesale energy market.
Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with Sky Stanfield, a member of IREC’s regulatory team and partner at law firm Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, LLP, about the PUC’s decision and how IREC was involved.
The non-profit Energy Policy Design Institute (EPDI) has launched the Virtual Power Plant (VPP) Convergence Project, with an advisory group that includes Jigar Shah, former director of the US Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office.
Microsoft, Sunrock, Zurich, and AlphaStruxure are among 20 participants joining Schneider Electric to deploy community-based energy systems across the US, supporting public and private sector organisations with “innovative solutions” and financing.
System integrator Wärtsilä has launched its newest energy management system (EMS) platform, while power solutions manufacturer Generac has acquired a company that makes them.
