Increase in battery storage announced by Green Mountain Power, the Vermont utility which was first in the US to deploy Tesla Powerwalls in virtual power plant.

sonnen and Sunnova’s new business models aim to turn residential and distributed battery storage into key components of energy networks.

Another edition of our news in brief from around the world in energy storage.

Energy stored in EV batteries will be traded on European power markets by The Mobility House, a specialist in vehicle-to-grid technologies.

Electric vehicles have been used to help balance the grid in what has been dubbed a first for vehicle-to-grid tech in the UK.

Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) company Nuvve grew its MW under management by 10% in quarter two 2022 and is eying applications for school buses and the marine sector.

Annual deployments of distributed energy storage connected to virtual power plants (VPP) is expected to reach 3GW by 2030, according to research firm Guidehouse Insights.

Volatility and demand for distributed energy solutions in Australia are among the motivations for UK’s GridBeyond to set up offices there.

Technologies from US V2G solutions company Nuvve and NGK’s sodium sulfur batteries will provide ancillary services and other grid stability applications in Japan. 

Microinverter supplier Enphase Energy has been selected by Vermont, US, utility Green Mountain Power to supply its home battery system for a virtual power plant (VPP) programme.