Vermont replacing power plants with home batteries

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13 hours agoJack CarrollBBC/ Serenity Strull(Credit: BBC/ Serenity Strull)Spread across thousands of ordinary homes, this "power plant" has become Vermont's largest power source. As well as providing individual homes energy security during power outages, these batteries form the backbone of a new kind of system known as a virtual power plant that mimics the resources of a traditional power plant. Through GMP's programme, its virtual power plant has quietly become Vermont's biggest source of power. Now the company's virtual power plant has effectively replaced them, says McClure.

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