Distributed generation is not a new concept. The first power plants, including Thomas Edison’s Pearl Street Power station, were essentially distributed generation and constructed to serve a local area ...
WASHINGTON ― Net metering practices should be revised to reflect the value that distributed electricity generation ― for example, electricity generated by rooftop solar panels ― can provide to society ...
Grid Rails today announced the official launch of its enterprise-grade Virtual Power Plant (VPP) platform, a comprehensive software solution designed to help utilities, energy suppliers, and ...
Buildings are evolving from passive consumers to active grid resources, helping to balance energy demand during peak hours. Industry standards such as OpenADR and CTA-2045 facilitate interoperability ...
When distributed generation causes net reverse power flow on a distribution feeder, several voltage-related issues can occur. According to studies published by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory ...
PG&E (NYSE:PCG) received approval in California for the first AC vehicle to grid integration using Tesla Cybertrucks. The ...
OpenVPP has today announced its first platform licensing deal to Grid Rails, which aims to commercialize next-generation settlement solutions for the energy industry. OpenVPP has built an on-chain ...
The use of distributed energy resources (DERs) will continue to grow as utilities, businesses, and residential neighborhoods look for ways to balance the power grid and support more reliable and ...
In the early days of telecom deregulation, it was said that customers learned BYOB (Be Your Own Bell). In today’s energy environment, the acronym could be BYOE — “Be Your Own Edison.” With the ...
South Korea unveiled its next-generation distributed grid strategy at a recent discussion forum in Seoul, with plans to expand distributed generation and support region-specific electricity production ...
Brazil has reached 37 GW of installed capacity in distributed generation (DG). The Brazilian Association of Distributed Generation (ABGD) projects a 20% growth in installed DG capacity in 2025, which ...
Australia’s grid is under growing strain as renewables rise. Now the focus shifts to smarter, more flexible solutions to keep the system stable.