I am puzzled  about usage of my battery at times. Yesterday I had a full battery  and when I started the airconditioner at 10am to heat the house the VPP software decided to draw from the grid for 35 minutes to keep the battery full. I guess it was pretty windy and all that energy needed to go somewhere  but the sun was pretty weak. Is that why I had to purchase grid power?  Is there a daily minimum that flows from the grid (? as a test of the system ) as I always have about 0.2KW/hr /day even when the battery is near full. ... View more

By being a part of AGL’s virtual power plant you get a discounted battery price, helping you to enjoy the benefits of battery technology in your home for less. You can also store more renewable energy for use when it’s needed, and AGL can actively manage participating batteries to help reduce demand on the grid when it is struggling – like on a hot day when everyone is turning on their air conditioners. That could be by discharging your battery within your home so you draw less from the grid, or by exporting directly to the grid and paying you your standard Retailer Feed-in Tariff. ... View more

Yes. With AGL’s Virtual Power Plant, you own the battery that is installed in your household - unlike some other virtual power plant projects where participants access the technology via a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) and someone else owns the system. ... View more

  Any energy discharged from the battery will be used by the home first, and any additional energy discharged that can’t be used by the home at the time will be exported to the grid.   You will receive your standard Retail Feed-in Tariff (RFiT) when solar energy stored in the battery is exported to the grid. ... View more

The AGL Virtual Power Plant program includes LG Chem RESU10H, with a usable capacity of 9.3 kWh.^  Your LG Chem battery can be paired with either a SolarEdge StorEdge inverter or a Solar Edge HD-Wave inverter.   The LG Chem battery + SolarEdge StorEdge inverter bundle can be configured to provide backup power at an additional cost. The LG Chem + SolarEdge HD-Wave bundle is our most affordable battery offer but is not configured to provide backup power.     ^Battery Cell Only energy capacity at Depth of Discharge 95%. ... View more