Why Xcel’s bid to reinvent the virtual power plant is so controversial

Back in the summer of 2024, Minnesota utility Xcel Energy proposed a novel approach to building virtual power plants , the ...
Monitor

Fragile power grid is forcing solar firms to think smarter

The next phase of growth for solar and wind power developers will belong to projects combining storage, smarter technology, ...

Snow and cold scrambled CT’s power grid. Here’s how it stayed up

As more than a foot of snow fell on parts of CT on Jan. 25, a massive shift was taking place within power plants across New ...
MLive

Could ‘virtual’ power plants help Michigan’s aging grid and cut costs? Some see promise

Some lawmakers and advocates hope to harden Michigan’s electric grid and cut utility bills by adding new power plants, all without moving a single shovelful of dirt. How is that possible? The state ...
Hackaday

The Sense And Nonsense Of Virtual Power Plants

Over the past decades power grids have undergone a transformation towards smaller and more intermittent generators – primarily in the form of wind and solar generators – as well as smaller ...