New Orleans will use residential solar + storage to keep larger grid online during outages

The New Orleans City Council has approved a $30 million virtual power plant (VPP) program that will protect residents during power outages. The resolution establishes a citywide distributed energy resources (DER) program, creating a VPP of batteries installed at approximately 1,500 homes and 250 community institutions across New Orleans, Louisiana. “This is a historic step…

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About Ritesh Pothan

Ritesh Pothan, is an accomplished speaker and visionary in the Solar Energy space in India. Ritesh is from an Engineering Background with a Master’s Degree in Technology and had spent more than a decade as the Infrastructure Head for a public limited company with the last 9 years dedicated to Solar and Renewable Energy. He also runs the 2 largest India focused renewable energy groups on LinkedIn - Solar - India and Renewables - India
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