Picture an all-electric home with smart appliances that talk to each other via WiFi to figure out when to pull power from the grid. That’s the idea behind something called ‘virtual power plant’ ...

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In October, the Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council hosted policymakers, energy insiders and community members on a tour of Ann Arbor’s newest and most innovative housing development. Veridian ...

California’s grid reliability and premier virtual power plant (VPP) program are in limbo as the state faces a $12 billion budget shortfall and has just weeks until its legislative session comes to ...

The tech industry needs massive amounts of electricity. The most overlooked power plant in the United States isn’t a gas turbine or a solar farm: It’s your house. Tech companies are locked into a race ...

Hot Texas summers continue to push peak demand for electricity to new heights as the population and economy grows, more data centers are built and EV adoption increases. The state’s monthly energy ...

(TNS) — Minnesota will soon have its first ever virtual power plant after the state Public Utilities Commission approved Xcel Energy’s pilot project this month. The decision places Minnesota among the ...

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increased digital dependency. Image: NASA/Unsplash. Virtual power plants are emerging as a potentially critical means of meeting the growing power demands from data centres in the US and beyond. David ...

North Carolina’s power demand is rising fast, driven in part by energy-hungry data centers and a shift toward electric vehicles and appliances. Meeting that demand ...