The world of sonnen

Cutting-edge environmental building veteran to lead the acceleration of sonnen’s residential community VPP business deployment efforts in the U.S.

The latest generation of energy automation, with the Adapt Energy and sonnen ecoLinx, including advances in energy monitoring and thermostat control, will be showcased in live demonstrations at CEDIA Expo 2019 and Solar Power International 2019.

The Soleil Lofts project will provide the largest installed and operational utility managed residential battery demand response solution in the United States.

Soleil Lofts will eventually have 600 units with solar panels and utility-controlled batteries, making the development a virtual power plant that Rocky Mountain Power can tap when energy demand is high.

The virtual power plant outside of Salt Lake City underscores the role of utility involvement in emerging grid products. As distributed energy increases on the grid, many utilities are looking for ways to leverage behind-the-meter solar, especially when paired with energy storage.

Today, energy storage company sonnen, Inc. (a subsidiary of Shell), real estate developer Wasatch Group, and utility Rocky Mountain Power (a subsidiary of Pacificorp) announced a unique and ground-breaking virtual power plant (VPP) in Herriman, Utah, just outside of Salt Lake City.