Virtual power plants (VPPs) are revolutionizing the energy landscape, offering a path to phase out reliance on traditional, dirty power plants. By coordinating smaller, decentralized energy resources like batteries, electric vehicles, and solar arrays through advanced software, VPPs stabilize the grid while supporting clean energy goals.
Renewable energy sources like solar and wind are invaluable but inherently variable—they only generate power when the sun shines or the wind blows. This intermittency challenges grid stability, which requires consistent energy supply. Virtual power plants address this by managing distributed energy resources dynamically, ensuring reliability without compromising sustainability.
At Peak Power, our proprietary software and real-world pilot projects demonstrate how VPPs can integrate batteries, EVs, and buildings into cohesive, grid-interactive systems. This innovation is more than theoretical—it’s actively transforming how energy is generated, stored, and used.
At Peak Power, we take a pragmatic approach to the future.
We focus on developing projects that will provide near-term benefits to customers, host sites, and system operators, but also look to future-state, wider-scale applications.
We work with innovative utilities and independent system operators to enable our energy partners to build a distributed energy future.
Electric vehicles are not just the future of transportation – they’re a better way to store and move energy.
We conducted a pilot project where 21 EVs were deployed as mobile batteries to reduce coincident peak charges for an office building in downtown Toronto.
Creating over $10,500 in value in just four hours
On January 21, 2020, Ontario’s Independent Electric System Operator (IESO) called a test Demand Response event. Peak Power responded to this call with a virtual power plant consisting of a group of four 500kW batteries, twelve 30kW electric vehicles (vehicle-to-grid), and load reductions in eight different commercial buildings in downtown Toronto.
Operating as a single virtual power plant, these assets provided an average of 1 MW in reductions over four hours and created over $10,500 of value within the time frame.
Toronto, Ontario
Multiple
$10,500 in a 4-hour period
1 MW
Creating over $10,000 in value in just 4 hours
On Jan 21, 2020, Ontario’s Independent Electric System Operator (IESO) called a test Demand Response event. Peak Power responded to this call with a Virtual Power Plant consisting of four 500kW batteries, twelve 30kW electric vehicles, and load reductions within 8 different commercial buildings in downtown Toronto.
Operating as a single virtual power plant, these assets provided an average of 1 MW in reductions over 4 hours. These reductions created over $10,500 of value within the 4-hr period.
This real-world success demonstrates how VPPs benefit businesses, utilities, and communities, making them critical for the future of clean energy investments.
Toronto, Ontario
Multiple
$10,500 in a 4-hour period
1 MW
Toronto, Ontario
Multiple
$10,500 in a 4-hour period
1 MW
On January 21, 2020, Ontario’s Independent Electric System Operator (IESO) called a test Demand Response event. Peak Power responded to this call with a virtual power plant consisting of a group of four 500kW batteries, twelve 30kW electric vehicles (vehicle-to-grid), and load reductions in eight different commercial buildings in downtown Toronto.
Operating as a single virtual power plant, these assets provided an average of 1 MW in reductions over four hours and created over $10,500 of value within the time frame.
Peak Power is developing a framework for what increased demand will mean for our grid. And we’re deploying adaptive solutions. Our technology can mitigate strain on the electricity grid and provide customers with avenues for energy resiliency and cost sustainability.
In the summer of 2022, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) selected Peak Power to receive $765,000 for a $1.6 million project to deploy 117 V1G chargers as part of the Canadian federal government’s Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program (ZEVIP).
The 117 chargers will encourage the adoption of EVs, as drivers have access to expanded infrastructure for charging. From the perspective of grid operators, the intelligent nature of the Peak Power software will allow more capacity from the grid without requiring major infrastructure upgrades.
We work with industry-leading partners to provide ad-hoc or turn-key solutions to our customers… and we work together on some rad innovation projects too!
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