Ford wants to make powering your home with an EV a lot cheaper. Its upcoming sub-$30,000 Fathom electric truck will feature a new bidirectional charging system that ditches the need for an expensive external inverter.
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Residential battery storage maker sonnen is reporting two very different stories today: Its German business has filed for insolvency, while sonnen USA says sales have doubled and it’s preparing to expand.
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Californians who can’t install rooftop solar are getting another way to tap into the sunshine. Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill opening the door to small plug-in solar, also known as balcony solar, alongside two laws designed to get more out of home energy devices and the grid California already has. All three were signed on September 30.
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Green Mountain Power’s virtual power plant (VPP) – the state’s largest energy source – cut an estimated $6 million from all customers’ peak electricity costs during Vermont’s early July heat wave.
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Ava Community Energy’s SmartHome Battery program is offering income-qualified North California residents up to $6,000 in up front incentive cash to install a FranklinWH smart battery and connect it to the utility’s virtual power plant (VPP).
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Ann Arbor is about to test a new way to power homes — and it could become a model for other cities.
Starting this week, energy management company FranklinWH will begin installing solar + battery storage in homes across Ann Arbor, Michigan, as part of a pilot run by the city’s Ann Arbor Sustainable Energy Utility (A2SEU).
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California senate bill 913 would allow utilities and grid operators to treat home backup batteries like real power plants, opening the door for programs that can pay homeowners to share excess energy capacity during peak demand.
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