reliability and resilience .” Moreover , the aggregated solar units on customers ’ homes could be used to sell energy back to the grid .
Indeed , this is exactly what German energy specialist sonnen offers : using its sonnenBatterie and ecoLinx products in conjunction with a PV installation , customers are able to satisfy as much as 75 % of their annual electricity needs . From these high-tech examples of smart equipment , the company is able to transform its swathes of batteries into a manageable , sustainable and revenue-generating VPP . Now with a presence in Europe , the US and Australia , the company has begun several projects to explore the VPP concept on a community-wide scale , such as those in Utah , Arizona , Florida and Illinois .
The newest of these – the Soleil Lofts apartment complex in Utah – was a partnership between sonnen , the Wasatch Group and Rocky Mountain Power . Featuring 600 ecoLinx batteries and PV setup capable of generating 12.6 MW of power , the VPP enabled Rocky Mountain
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