Finland telecommunications firm Elisa has received €3.9 million from the government to form a VPP using batteries which could be the largest of its kind in Europe.

A roundup of news from the residential energy storage sector from Australia to California.

Google’s smart home division has joined a group of companies including Ford, Sunpower and Sunrun in founding a new partnership centred around scaling the market for virtual power plants (VPP).

Agilitas Energy, a developer of distributed solar PV and energy storage with a focus on the north-east US, is our latest contributor.

FlexGen has completed the first project in its 40MW buildout for a set of electric cooperative utilities in North Carolina.

Swell Energy has raised US$120 million funding towards its 600MWh virtual power plant programme across the US.

Before the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, FERC Order 2222 was considered a big deal.

GM partnering with one of California’s main investor-owned utilities to explore vehicle-to-grid and vehicle-to-home integration.

Virtual power plant in Western Australia will demonstrate how distributed energy resources can help stabilise the electricity grid.

sonnen Inc CEO Blake Richetta joins our series of exclusive energy storage industry leader interviews from RE+ 2022.