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"Bring Your Own Capacity" - Google And Voltus To Deploy Virtual Power Plant
"Bring Your Own Capacity" - Google And Voltus To Deploy Virtual Power Plant
Google signed a three-year Bring Your Own Capacity (BYOC) agreement with Voltus for up to 100 MW of accredited distributed capacity in the PJM Interconnection. Voltus will aggregate batteries, smart thermostats, electric vehicles, and other flexible assets from homes and businesses into a Google-funded Virtual Power Plant (VPP).
When the grid needs relief, the software dispatches those resources in concert. Participants get paid, and Google gets capacity without waiting for traditional interconnection queues.
A VPP is not a physical...
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Will Buyers Skip Apple's iPhone Duo Amid "Crackgate"? UBS Flags Wait-Time Warning Signs To Watch
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"Crackgate" exploded last week on X and other social media platforms as dozens of users who dropped more than $2,000 on the new foldable iPhone Duo reported that, just days into owning the new handset, in some cases, hours into using the new smartphone, the screen cracked down the middle. Apple soon acknowledged the problem, calling it "display problems," and said it would offer replacement units. But the potential failure point might go beyond a quality...
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Which Countries Are Best (& Worst) For Women?
Which Countries Are Best (& Worst) For Women?
Where is the best place in the world to be a woman?
As Visual Capitalist's Srijaa Chatterjee highlights in the following graphic, according to the latest Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Index, the answer remains Northern Europe, where Nordic countries occupy all five of the top positions.
Published by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, the 2025/26 WPS Index ranks 181 countries using 13 indicators spanning women’s inclusion, justice, and security. The results form the basis for this 2026 ranking.
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