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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...

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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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    EPRI Gains $2M Funding for Commercial Building VPP Demonstration Project

    Oct. 31, 2024
    EPRI has been awarded a three-year $2 million grant from the California Energy Commission to demonstrate scalable, community-based virtual power plants for commercial buildings...
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    Generac Securing DOE Funding to Support $100M Battery Microgrid VPPs for Water Utilities

    Oct. 27, 2024
    Under the planned water infrastructure power project, microgrids using battery energy storage and managed by distributed energy resources management systems (DERS) would form ...
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    RMI’s New Report: VPPs Could Prevent up to 28 Million Tons of Carbon Emissions by 2035

    Sept. 26, 2024
    A new report from RMI and Virtual Power Plant Partnership (VP3), concludes that VPPs can reduce costs and carbon emissions while also maintaining reliable grid operations.
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    New VPP Business Model Seeks to Transform the Utah Energy Ecosystem

    Sept. 5, 2024
    Rocky Mountain Power, along with battery manufacturer sonnen and solar installer ES Solar, aim to transform nearly 32,000 intermittent solar resources into dispatchable assets...
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    Are Virtual Power Plants the Solution to the Grid’s Energy Crisis?

    Aug. 14, 2024
    Virtual power plants have emerged as one of the leading solutions to decarbonizing the grid and meeting explosive demand for electricity. While they offer many potential benefits...
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    After Hurricane Beryl, Microgrid-Equipped Grocery Stores and Homes Weathered Outages for More Than a Week in Houston

    July 19, 2024
    Microgrids went to work during the southern Texas outages caused by Hurricane Beryl, proving their value in a crisis. They served as sanctuaries, providing hundreds of megawatts...
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    Mobile Microgrids: Toyota, Electric Utility Pepco Researching Vehicle-to-Grid Impacts in Maryland

    June 19, 2024
    Many V2G proponents can envision bidirectional charging technology as enabling electric vehicles to become mobile microgrids.