As distributed energy resources such as residential solar rooftop increase in the next decade, aggregation into virtual power plants could save US utilities up to US$35 billion, according to The Brattle Group.
Soltech Energy Solutions is installing a 12MW/12MWh battery storage unit in Sweden for municipal energy firm Nybro Energi, set to come online before the end of the year.
California utility PG&E has received approval for the US’ first vehicle-to-grid (V2G) export compensation mechanism for commercial EV charging customers.
Renewable energy company Statkraft participated in what it says was the largest dispatch of energy from battery storage to the Ireland grid to-date, on July 14th.