Sunrun crews install rooftop solar panels in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Image: Sunrun.
Residential energy solutions provider Sunrun has been selected to develop a 17MW energy storage virtual power plant (VPP) in Puerto Rico.
The Nasdaq-listed firm has been selected by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) to organise the VPP programme using distributed energy storage resources. It is part of an effort to rebuild the US territory’s energy system after the devastation of Hurricane Maria in 2017.
Sunrun said it is the first distributed large-scale storage programme on the island. The VPP will lower energy bills, reduce emissions and shore up the country’s grid by aggregating more than 7,000 Sunrun residential solar-plus-battery-storage systems, the company said.
It will start enrolling customers for the next 12 months and begin networked dispatches in…