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Vermont turns home batteries into a virtual power plant
Original: Vermont replacing power plants with home batteries
Vermont is replacing traditional peaking power plants by networking thousands of home batteries into a virtual power plant. During storms and periods of high demand, stored electricity in residents' basements is drawn on collectively to keep the grid stable, reducing the need for new fossil-fuel infrastructure. The approach is being closely watched as a model other states could copy to cut costs and emissions.
Why now: It offers a concrete example of how distributed home batteries can replace conventional power plants, resonating with debates on grid resilience and the energy transition.
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- Vermont replacing power plants with home batteries · devonnull · 374
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