A virtual power plant (VPP) is one that connects a network of distributed energy resources (DERs) together using cloud-based control software to enable effective power generation and distribution.

China plans to increase the share of renewables (including hydro) in the power mix to 28.2% in 2020.

With many office buildings left empty through the summer months, demand for electricity to power offices, as well as restaurants, hotels and music venues is expected to drop significantly.

Plummeting wind, solar, and storage prices have fallen so fast that the United States can reach 90% clean electricity by 2035 – without raising customer costs at all from today’s levels, and actually decreasing wholesale power costs 10%.

In 2019, U.S. coal consumption totaled 590 million short tons (MMst).

Global electricity consumption continues to increase faster than world population, leading to an increase in the average amount of electricity consumed per person (per capita electricity consumption),

Iran signed an agreement on exports of electricity to neighboring Iraq, covering 2020 and 2021.

Ten countries, including Canada, Australia and Brazil, joined the United States last year to form the Energy Resource Governance Initiative, or ERGI,

The US in May extended Iraq's sanctions waiver for 120 days to import Iranian electricity,

"26% of the electricity produced in the EU comes from nuclear energy and it remains the largest source of low-carbon electricity. However, 50% of the EU’s electricity mix is still based on historic CO2-emitting fossil fuel technologies and these must be replaced by new low-carbon sources as the EU transitions to a carbon neutral economy by 2050.