06-24-2021, 07:20 PM
A new type of electrical power system is being tested on Maui. It will link thousands of homes into a smaller, shared network with solar energy and batteries, rather than a traditional grid. It sounds promising, and Hawaii Island is mentioned as a possible location for the future.
By installing behind-the-meter, solar-powered home batteries, 6,000 homeowners may provide the real estate for an aggregated virtual power plant, which promises to drop Hawaiian Electric Co. bills for participants, according to energy officials.
“Put simply, a virtual power plant is an an aggregated network of distributed solar and energy storage resources that can be centrally controlled by a grid operator and an aggregator instead, or in the place of, a traditional centralized power plant,
https://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news...r-islands/
By installing behind-the-meter, solar-powered home batteries, 6,000 homeowners may provide the real estate for an aggregated virtual power plant, which promises to drop Hawaiian Electric Co. bills for participants, according to energy officials.
“Put simply, a virtual power plant is an an aggregated network of distributed solar and energy storage resources that can be centrally controlled by a grid operator and an aggregator instead, or in the place of, a traditional centralized power plant,
https://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news...r-islands/
