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DOE Pushes Accelerated Deployment of VPPs with New Liftoff Report

Jan. 17, 2025
“Utilities, regulators, policy makers and industry partners all have a role to play to adopt an innovation mindset to accelerate the deployment of virtual power plants and serve...

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Revolutionizing Defense: The Crucial Role of Microgrids and Schneider Electric in Department of Defense Energy Resiliency

Sept. 13, 2024
Last month, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) said that U.S. power grids are becoming more susceptible to cyberattacks every day, with vulnerable attack...
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PowerSecure Powering Edged's New Data Center in Atlanta

Jan. 16, 2025
The Edged Atlanta campus includes a recently completed 27-MW data center within an overall 168-MW critical Information Technology site.
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What Will Drive Clean Energy, DER Progress in 2025? Expert Panel Weighs In

Dec. 30, 2024
During a World Resources Institute teleconference, a panel of experts predicted that the Trump administration may implement changes to the Inflation Reduction Act, Environmental...
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Nabors Chooses e2's Virtual Utility Technology to Electrify On-Site Drilling for Oil, Gas and Geothermal

Dec. 10, 2024
Oil and gas operations account for about 15% of global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. Decarbonizing the drilling sector significantly with electrification, such as potential...
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Launched in Chelsea, Mass., Virtual Microgrid Concept Could Expand to Other Cities

Dec. 9, 2024
Chelsea’s virtual microgrid could serve as a model for deploying distributed energy resources from the community up, changing the architecture of the aging grid, say developers...
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Ports of Stockholm Demonstrating Microgrid Technology at Nearby Port

Dec. 2, 2024
The demonstration project for the collaborative effort--connecting wind, solar and battery storage--is starting in the Port of Kapellskär, one of several cargo and passenger ports...
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Everything’s Bigger in Texas, Including Virtual Power Plants

Nov. 25, 2024
NRG Energy and Renew Home have announced plans to create a 1-GW AI-powered virtual power plant in Texas, delivering capacity equivalent to that of 200,000 homes during peak demand...
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Two VPP Models Help Utilities and their Customers Reap the Benefits of DERs and Microgrids

Nov. 4, 2024
As utilities begin to embrace the benefits of deploying distributed energy resources, different models are emerging for how utilities and their customers can participate. Programs...