May 8th, 2026
Via Volts, commentary on how dynamic, time- and location-specific retail prices, communicated directly to consumer devices, would be a better way of coordinating the behavior of thousands of distributed energy resources by cutting out the middleman and leave more value with customers: David Roberts Hello everyone, this is Volts for May 8, 2026: “The case […]
Read more »A Colorado River ‘Water Market’ Could Bring Security to Farmers, Fish, and Families
June 25th, 2025
Via The Hill, a look at how a Colorado River ‘water market’ could bring security to farmers, fish and families: Applying a market-based approach to Colorado River management could ensure more robust and reliable supplies for farmers, communities and the environment, a new study has found. Without considerable cutbacks in basin-wide water consumption, fish populations […]
Read more »May 7th, 2025
Via Clean Technica, a look at an innovative distributed VPP power plant: As California prepares for yet another summer marked by extreme heat, wildfire risks, and rising electricity demand, Sunrun is significantly scaling up its innovative CalReady distributed power plant. The project now links together 75,000 home solar batteries — four times larger than last year’s […]
Read more »Texas Looks To Bolster Grid With “Virtual Power Plants” Fueled By People’s Homes
February 18th, 2025
Via Texas Tribune, a look at how – as the state’s energy demand soars – a pilot program looks to bolster grid with “virtual power plants” fueled by people’s homes On sunny days in the Hill Country, Tom Cook taps open an app on his phone and watches the power generated from the solar panels […]
Read more »November 13th, 2024
Via Volts, an interesting interview examining how residential solar is becoming residential solar + storage + VPP: Hello everyone, this is Volts for November 13, 2024. “Residential solar is becoming residential solar + storage + VPP.” I’m your host, David Roberts. Last month, I was in Brooklyn for the third annual DERvos conference celebrating distributed […]
Read more »Why One Developer Won’t Quit Fighting To Connect America’s Grids
September 25th, 2024
Via MIT Technology Review, an article on efforts to connect the U.S.’s grids: Michael Skelly hasn’t learned to take no for an answer. For much of the last 15 years, the Houston-based energy entrepreneur has worked to develop long-haul transmission lines to carry wind power across the Great Plains, Midwest, and Southwest, delivering clean electricity […]
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