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J-Power and Kddi Enter Deal for Onshore Wind Power

A virtual power purchase agreement has been signed by J-POWER’s J-Wind Co., Ltd. and KDDI Corporation for an onshore wind farm.In a statement, J-Power sai…

Virtual power plants

Texans Can Now Join a VPP and Get 2 Sonnen Batteries at No Upfront Cost

A new sonnen storage + solar VPP for TexansSOLRITE Energy, which finances solar and battery storage, and global battery storage manufacturer sonnen today announ…

Virtual power plants

RACV Launches Solar and Battery VPP, Asks Commercial Customers to Join

Australia’s original motoring club continues its move into renewable energy with the launch of its own solar and battery backed virtual power plant &ndash…

Photovoltaic （PV）

New Sonnen VPP Offers Solar Panels and Batteries to Texans With No Upfront Cost

Wedoany.com Report-Jan 19, SOLRITE Energy and sonnen are launching a new virtual power plant (VPP) power purchase agreement in the ERCOT market in Texas. Under …

Microgrid

California Electricity Aggregator Targets Low-Income Customers With Its First Virtual Power Plant

The Clean Power Alliance (CPA), one of California’s largest Community Choice electricity aggregators and green energy suppliers, is partnering with climat…

Solar project

Massachusetts City Sources Solar Power From Illinois

The electrons won’t be delivered across state lines, but the City of Cambridge will match its electricity use with a virtual power purchase agreement from…

Virtual power plants

Plico Virtual Power Plant Activates 2,500 Home Batteries to Counter WA Heatwave

Western Australia’s clean energy solutions company Plico has seen its virtual power plant activated twice during recent heatwave warnings for the state, o…

Virtual power plants

US Grants $305 Million Loan Guarantee for California VPP With Ice Storage

The US Department of Energy (DoE) has granted a $305 million loan guarantee to finance Project IceBrick, a virtual power plant (VPP) that will deploy up to 193 …

Solar project

Neoen and Equinix Ink Solar PPA to Power Italian Data Centres

Digital infrastructure company Equinix has signed a 10 year virtual power purchase agreement (PPA) with renewable energy producer Neoen for 53MW of solar power.…

Virtual power plants

Energy Department Announces $289.7 Million Loan Guarantee for Widespread VPPs

The conditional loan guarantee will help deploy up to 1,000 solar and battery energy storage systems in a virtual power plant that spans as many as 27 states.Th…

Virtual power plants

The Grid’s New Secret Weapon: Your Home

Rising energy costs and environmental concerns are pushing buyers toward sustainable features, making virtual power plant capability a valuable selling point.Th…

Virtual power plants

The Great Untapped Potential of Virtual Power Plants

We need every tool in the toolkit to improve grid reliability, and we need them now, RMI’s managing director, Mark Dyson, told the pv magazine USA Week au…

Virtual power plants

Inside the Plan for a 1 GW Virtual Power Plant in Texas

NRG and Renew Home expect to roll out their VPP program to Texas customers in the spring of 2025.NRG Energy announced it is partnering with Renew Home, a virtua…

Carbon Emissions

J-Power, Tokyo Metro Ink VPPA to Decarbonise Railway Operations

J-POWER unit J-Solar Co., Ltd. has concluded a virtual power purchase agreement with Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd that will allow the latter to procure only the environ…

Microgrid

In Texas, a New Battery VPP Takes Shape

(Solar rooftop homes in Austin, Texas. Image: 123rf)Vistra announced a new program for homeowners in partnership with Sunrun to aggregate power stored in reside…