Real barriers to virtual power plants

The technology is available for virtual power plants to be rolled out across the United States, argues Jigar Shah, the director of the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office. Their implementation would result in a cascade of benefits, including extending the adoption of distributed energy resources like rooftop PV and lowering electricity costs for consumers.

Issue 09 – 2022

The US National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Power Systems Integration Lab uses a range of equipment to form multi-scale microgrids from renewables and other sources.

Image: Werner Slocum/NREL

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