Tag: Virtual Power Plants
Leap Powers National Grid’s Virtual Power Plant Initiative in Massachusetts
Following a successful pilot in New York, National Grid and Leap expand collaboration to bolster grid reliability. SAN FRANCISCO & BOSTON — Leap, a leading virtual power plant (VPP) platform, and National Grid, one of world’s largest energy utilities, today announced the expansion of their grid services collaboration to selected National Grid … [continued]
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Ava Community Energy Launches New Virtual Power Plant Initiative In N. California
Ava is a not-for-profit public power provider in the San Francisco Bay Area in Alameda County, which is across the bay from San Francisco. It also provides power in the cities of Tracy, Stockton, and Lathrop, which are not in the Bay Area, but are fairly near it. Ava has … [continued]
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Clean Energy Just Put China’s CO2 Emissions into Reverse for 1st Time
For the first time, the growth in China’s clean power generation has caused the nation’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to fall despite rapid power demand growth. The new analysis for Carbon Brief shows that China’s emissions were down 1.6% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025 and by 1% in … [continued]
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Queensland Makes Electric Vehicle Progress Despite Government Shift to the Right
Late in 2024, Queensland citizens voted out the left-leaning Labour state government and voted in the more conservative Liberal National Party. Electric vehicle purchases by government agencies have been affected. From the official website: “The QFleet Vehicle Emissions Reduction Strategy 2025-2030 (ER Strategy) was introduced on 10 March 2025, replacing … [continued]
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5 Myths About Solar + Storage
As Congress gears up to consider a tax package that will address credits for solar and storage, there are no shortage of talking points about the industry that lack context and are often misleading. Let’s set the record straight on solar and share the truth about the role solar plays … [continued]
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