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VPPs roll out across the US

Virtual power plants (VPPs) coordinate distributed resources and demand for a more resilient, cost-effective energy transition. And they are gaining traction in the United States, as pv magazine USA’s Ryan Kennedy reports.

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Ryan Kennedy

09 Jun 2023

VPPs may have a role in multi-family homes, such as this one in Texas. | Image: The Solar Company

VPP pilot programs have run for years in the United States. The market is maturing as the technology competes with centralized utility scale power plants as a low-cost alternative with benefits to the grid and end-users alike.A VPP is a virtual aggregation of small-scale, distributed energy resources (DERs) including PV, energy storage, electric vehicle chargers, …

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