The future of virtual power plants is technology agnostic
The virtual power plant market today is fragmented and inefficient, dominated by technology-specific programs and operating platforms that lack interoperability. As a result, neither the market nor individual VPP providers have achieved significant economies of scale. The majority of VPPs include single distributed energy resource technologies, such as smart thermostats or commercial battery energy storage […]
Exclusive: US warns hidden radios may be embedded in solar-powered highway infrastructure
U.S. officials say solar-powered highway infrastructure including chargers, roadside weather stations, and traffic cameras should be scanned for the presence of rogue devices – such as hidden radios – secreted inside batteries and inverters. The advisory, disseminated late last month by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration, comes amid escalating government action over […]
Rogue communication devices found in Chinese solar power inverters
U.S. energy officials are reassessing the risk posed by Chinese-made devices that play a critical role in renewable energy infrastructure after unexplained communication equipment was found inside some of them, two people familiar with the matter said. Power inverters, which are predominantly produced in China, are used throughout the world to connect solar panels and […]