Leap Joins Virtual Power Plant Partnership to Accelerate the Energy Transition

Virtual power plants are grid-integrated portfolios of distributed energy resources (DERs) aggregated across hundreds or thousands of households and buildings to offer flexible support to electric grids.

VPP solutions improve grid reliability, reduce the grid’s carbon intensity and help enable the integration of more clean energy sources.

Leap aggregates the battery storage systems, electric vehicle (EV) chargers, smart building systems and other DER technologies enrolled on its platform to supply VPPs in energy markets across the United States. Leap currently has over 65,000 meters and 660 MW of load authorized on the Leap platform.

Wood Mackenzie recognized Leap as the leading VPP market interface by number of aggregations in its recent Virtual Power Plant market report.

“We’re seeing a massive adoption of smart energy technologies in homes and businesses, and with that comes an unprecedented opportunity to scale up virtual power plant solutions,” shared Andrew Hoffman, Leap’s Chief Development Officer. “Leap is excited to join the Virtual Power Plant Partnership to help unlock the full potential of DER aggregation to balance the grid, lower carbon emissions and create real financial value for participants.”