At a glance
- The California-based Voltus would work with the energy use of thousands of homes and businesses.
- A gigawatt here is a target, not capacity already contracted or delivered to PJM.
- Google applied the same logic in its PG&E virtual plant, which this publication covered in September.
Google and Voltus said Thursday they are going after a gigawatt of virtual power plant capacity in PJM Interconnection, Canary Media reported. The California-based Voltus would work with the energy use of thousands of homes and businesses.
A gigawatt here is a target, not capacity already contracted or delivered to PJM. Canary Media described the plan as Google raising its ambition on using demand to free space on an energy-strapped grid for data centers.
Google applied the same logic in its PG&E virtual plant, which this publication covered in September.
Reported by the Energy Transition desk from Canary Media. Published . Corrections