Virtual Power Plants Thwart Plot Against Renewable Energy - CleanTechnica

The article from CleanTechnica highlights the resilience and ongoing growth of the US renewable energy transition despite recent political challenges, emphasizing the rapid expansion of solar plus storage capacity as the leading source of new utility-scale energy additions. Wind energy continues to contribute steadily, while virtual power plants (VPPs) are emerging as a critical technology to harness distributed energy resources (DERs)—which include rooftop solar, electric vehicles, smart thermostats, and other electricity-consuming or producing devices outside traditional centralized power plants. By aggregating and managing these DERs, VPPs enable grid operators to balance supply and demand dynamically, reducing the need for new gas peaker plants and enhancing renewable energy integration. A notable development in the VPP sector is the acquisition of Texas-based Resideo Grid Service by Brooklyn-based EnergyHub, combining their DER management platforms to offer utilities a unified system for overseeing more than 2.5 million DERs. Both companies share origins in the property security industry, suggesting a promising technology crossover between security