virtual power plant

W.A. names all 10 “solar schools” selected for PV and battery VPP scheme

Western Australia government names all 10 public schools selected to form a solar and battery-based virtual power plant on the…

September 2, 2020

W.A. launches “solar schools” VPP pilot in Goldfields region

W.A. government plans to transform up to 10 schools into solar and battery enabled virtual power plants kicks off with…

August 6, 2020

Redflow adds virtual power plant functionality to zinc-bromine flow batteries

Australian energy storage company teams with carbonTRACK to incorporate Virtual Power Plant functionality into its Redflow zinc-bromine flow batteries.

July 24, 2020

Solar Victoria expands battery rebate scheme to pave way for VPPs

Solar Victoria says it will expand its home battery rebate scheme starting July to encourage the aggregation of distributed battery…

April 22, 2020

Bushfire crisis shows the answer to future energy security lies on our rooftops

Australia's current bushfire crisis has underscored the urgent need to decentralise our electricity grid. Building up networks of household solar…

January 23, 2020

“Australia’s largest” virtual power plant completed by AGL in South Australia

AGL marks installation of 1,000th battery system in its South Australia VPP, a milestone it says makes the 5MW scheme…

September 26, 2019

Alpha-ESS to set up fifth solar + battery virtual power plant in South Australia

Alpha-ESS ramps up Adelaide battery production to meet demand for S.A. 5th virtual power plant, a joint effort of ShineHub…

September 26, 2019

AEMO opens registrations for major virtual power plant trial

Australian Energy Market Operator opens registrations to participate in ARENA-funded virtual power plant demonstration program.

August 1, 2019

Here comes the world’s biggest virtual power plant

Japan takes leap ahead of rest of the world, with help from California's Autogrid, to develop what’s described as the…

June 27, 2019

Labor to link 4,000 solar schools in 364MW national virtual power plant

Federal Labor plans to create virtual power plant of solar schools across Australia, through $1bn CEFC loans scheme to help…

April 30, 2019