Virtual Power Plants
Over the past few years, I've been on the cutting edge of the rollout of linking together distributed energy resources (DERs) - batteries, EV chargers, hot water systems - and selling their capacity to the grid. In the industry, we call that a 'virtual power plant.'
FranklinWH APower2 battery installed at a residential site
I've been actively supporting the rollout of virtual power plants in Texas, California, France, Australia, and Japan. My projects range from batteries in homes to EV chargers in office parks, and large industrial batteries at solar farms.
A big focus of mine has been on secure communications between the devices and utilities. My team has been installing custom software that verifies that the device is secure and the data coming from it is authentic. That's really important when it comes to critical infrastructure like our electrical grid.
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