VPP

Sunrun Adds Batteries to a Record 75% of New Customers in Q3
A record 75% of Sunrun's new customers took a home battery in Q3, and the company set 2026 Cash Generation guidance at about $200 million, its prior low end.
Nov 5, 2026 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, Sunrun, financial results, North America, VPP, residential storage
Brattle Finds Distributed Energy Could Avoid $614B in US Power Costs
Expanding rooftop solar, batteries and flexible demand could avoid $614 billion in US power-system costs through 2050, a Brattle report for Pew finds.
Nov 5, 2026 // Residential, Grids, Market Research, USA, North America, rooftop solar, VPP, Distributed Energy, brattle group
Sunrun Doubles Puerto Rico Battery Power Plant to 60,000 Customers
Sunrun's Puerto Rico distributed power plant doubled to more than 60,000 customers and regularly delivers 45 MW for four hours during island grid shortfalls.
Nov 3, 2026 // Residential, Storage, Software, USA, Sunrun, North America, Puerto Rico, VPP
Google Expands Voltus Deal to 1-GW Virtual Power Plant in PJM
Google expanded its Voltus deal to a 1-GW virtual power plant in PJM, adding 1,070 MW of flexible home and business capacity to 100 MW signed in June.
Oct 23, 2026 // Commercial, Grids, Software, USA, PJM, North America, Google, VPP, Voltus
ev.energy Wins $11 Million to Grow ChargeWise to 79,000 EV Drivers
ev.energy secured $11 million from the California Energy Commission to grow ChargeWise managed EV charging from 9,000 to 79,000 drivers by 2028.
Oct 21, 2026 // Grids, Software, Transport, California, USA, North America, ev charging, VPP, ev.energy
San Diego’s Virtual Power Plant: Rescuing the Grid During Peak Demand
SDG&E is using advanced technology to pilot a virtual power plant (VPP) to reduce energy demand in San Diego and put electricity back on the grid during peak hours. Learn how the VPP is connected to customer-owned smart thermostats, rooftop solar, energy storage, and more.
Aug 29, 2023 // Plants, Grids, VPP, virtual power plant, SDG&E
Gogoro's battery-swapping stations in Taiwan are currently virtual power plants
Taiwanese two-wheeler battery exchanging company Gogoro has a strategy to offer power back to Taiwan's electrical grid and also earn money while doing it.
Apr 19, 2023 // Storage, Grids, Taiwan, VPP, Gogoro
China, Malaysia Explore Development of Virtual Power Plants
Last year, SETD, united with universities both in China and Malaysia to come up with a report providing an understanding into the potential for development of and also cooperation prospect of VPP in the two countries. Despite the fact that VPPs are still in a stage of infancy, a number of reports agree that they are the future.
Jan 3, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, TESLA, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, VPP, Shanghai Energy Technology Development, State Power Investment Corporation Limited, State Power Rixin Tech
Sunrun hails first season of virtual power plant in wholesale market
US domestic solar as well as storage carrier Sunrun Inc (NASDAQ: RUN) on Tuesday claimed it has actually finished its first season operating a household virtual power plant (VPP) in a wholesale capacity market in what is a novelty for the United States.
Oct 12, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Sunrun, North America, VPP, Mary Powell
Australian virtual power plant aggregates very first plan of residentially created energy
A virtual power plant (VPP) pilot programme in Western Australia that intends to adjust grid management to support higher uptake of rooftop solar has actually accumulated its first plan of residentially generated energy.
May 5, 2022 // Residential, Rooftop PV, Australia, AEMO, Oceania, Western Australia, VPP, virtual power plant, pilot project, synergy
Virtual power plant professional Swell Energy reveals software application platform ahead of 80MW Hawaii project
Swell Energy, a United States firm being experts in virtual power plant (VPP) projects accumulating property solar PV and also battery storage, has introduced a distributed energy resources administration system (DERMS) software application platform.
Feb 14, 2022 // Plants, Residential, Storage, Software, VPP, virtual power plant, utility, Swell Energy, aggregation, algorithmic optimisation
SUSI Partners purchases 50% risk in Australian residential solar-storage supplier
Swiss fund supervisor SUSI Partners has actually obtained a 50% interest in Starling Energy Group, an Australian installer of incorporated solar PV as well as energy storage space systems for the domestic field.
Dec 13, 2021 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, VPP, virtual power plant, acquisition, SUSI Partners, Starling Energy Group
Dutch installer Zonneplan launches maiden smart grid system that tracks rates in real time
Dutch solar installer Zonneplan has launched its initial 'smart grid' system called that will certainly use customers energy based on real-time rates.
Nov 22, 2021 // Grids, Germany, Europe, VPP, p2p, smart meters, zonneplan
SunPower launches VPP in three US states as it looks for to enhance residential solar offering
United States solar installer SunPower has released its ConnectedSolutions virtual power plant (VPP), allowing SunVault battery energy storage system (BESS) consumers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut to make "thousands of dollars a year" for allowing utility access to their saved power during peak need.
Nov 17, 2021 // Residential, Storage, Grids, USA, SunPower, BESS, North America, VPP, virtual power plant, Peter Faricy
Swell Energy preps solar-plus-storage VPP offer for SCE consumers ahead of wildfire season
Solar-plus-storage is on deal from Swell Energy to Southern California Edison (SCE) customers signing up in its two online power plant (VPP) programs, which are set to improve neighborhood durability.
May 11, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, California, USA, ENERGY STORAGE, solar plus storage, Southern California Edison, North America, VPP, United States, SCE, Swell Energy, Suleman Khan