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VPP: Virtual Power Plants
VPP: Virtual Power Plants
This video is a recording of the Keynote from Clean Energy NH's Local Energy Solutions Conference, 2023.
Listen to Jennifer Downing present how your home appliances can help us have a sustainable power grid.
Jennifer Downing is a Senior Advisor at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office, where she focuses on accelerating deployment of Virtual Power Plants for a more reliable, affordable, and sustainable power grid. She is the lead author of the DOE report, Pathway to Commercial Liftoff for Virtual Power Plants. Prior to joining DOE, Downing was a Senior Manager at Bain & Company in the Sustainability and Strategy practice areas. She holds a B.A. in Ethics, Politics, and Economics from Yale and M.B.A from Harvard Business School where she was a Baker Scholar. Downing is based in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
Vehicle to Grid (V2G) also known as V2X
Vehicle to Grid (V2G) also known as V2X
A new vehicle-to-grid (V2G) standard could make it much easier for EVs to share data and power — and save money for drivers and utilities alike. By Jeff St. John, 20 February 2024, in Canary Media.
Annual sales of electric vehicles in the U.S. surpassed one million for the first time in 2023. As consumers transition from traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to EVs, they can provide value-added services to the homes, businesses, and power grids they connect to.
Watch Canary Media's discussion with GM Energy, BMW, EnergyHub, and RMI on the near-term opportunities and challenges associated with enabling EVs to be more than just clean transportation modes. From program design that maximizes driver satisfaction to the future of EV-based virtual power plants, hear the role these automakers expect to play in this transition. 16 May 2024 webinar by Canary Media.
San Francisco-based startup Zum wants to turn electric school bus fleets into grid batteries. This 74-bus depot in Oakland is testing the idea at large scale. By Jeff St. John, 20 February 2024, in Canary Media.
By tapping into our electric appliances, EVs, and solar panels, utilities could save money and avoid the need for dirty "peaker plants" often needed during periods of high electricity demand. State legislators and the PUC must enact policy to make this change. Read about plans to make VPPs happen.
"The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that hundreds of billions of dollars of consumer spending on EVs, rooftop solar, batteries, smart thermostats, and water heaters will create the potential for 80 to 160 gigawatts of VPP capacity across the country by 2030. That would be enough to meet 10 to 20 percent of U.S. peak grid needs and save utility customers roughly $10 billion in annual costs." ConnectedSolutions, a program run by utilities National Grid and Eversource in Massachusetts and other New England states, has delivered hundreds of megawatts during summer heatwaves. Why not in NH?
By Jeff St. John 11 September 2024 in Canary Media
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