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Blog PODCAST Blog Blog 15 Mar, 2021 Author Michael Copley With concerns growing about the reliability of the electric grid, investors are increasingly focused on technologies that can help tie together distributed energy resources like this rooftop solar array at an Amazon facility. Source: Amazon Two weeks after a winter storm nearly took down Texas' power grid in February, a software company called Uplight Inc. that promises to make the U.S. energy system more resilient vaulted to unicorn status with a new round of funding valuing the firm at $1.5...

A growing number of U.S. developers are installing “virtual power plants” in their properties as a way to offset costs, generate revenue and fortify against severe weather.

A Herriman apartment complex features a unique amenity: its own power plant (Lindsay D'Addato | The New York Times) Soleil Lofts, a solar-powered apartment complex in Herriman, Feb. 21, 2021. The solar energy collected at Soleil Lofts is stored in batteries that can be tapped by Rocky Mountain Power, the local utility. By Patrick Sisson | The New York Times   | March 3, 2021, 4:38 p.m. | Updated: 4:42 p.m. Soleil Lofts, an apartment development in Herriman, offers a lot of amenities — pools, three spas, a basketball court, electric appliances, a dog park — to lure potential residents....

BY: LEIGHTON SCHNEIDER, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — President Joe Biden hopes to put the United States on a path to net-zero carbon emissions across the economy by 2050.  One way to get there is by using virtual power plants.  A virtual power plant, or VPP, uses software to better control renewable electricity generation – [...]