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Will power plants move into the cloud?
Holy Cross Energy and NREL have partnered to pilot the first real-world test of ‘a cloud-based power plant’ system involving homes occupied by people. Instead of modifying energy production at a centralized power plant, NODES' algorithm is optimizing the power balance by adjusting energy levels in the newly built residential solar-plus-storage systems. What are the benefits? So far, it is cheaper, cleaner and more resilient. What are the drawbacks?
Will power plants move into the cloud?
A Colorado community has become a test subject for a new approach to the power grid, called a "virtual power plant" — 27 networked smart homes, with one key feature: a common brain that, in times of crisis, can autonomously optimize energy across the ne
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