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Connected Energy Future.

Virtual Power Plant technology, installation and coordination
for municipalities, asset owners and the communities they serve.

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Power on demand for vulnerable grids.
Coordinated by Lumena Energy.

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From energy strategy
to coordinated operation.

Three connected services.
A coordinated approach to your energy infrastructure.

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The bigger picture

What is a
Virtual Power Plant?

A Virtual Power Plant connects distributed energy resources through software, coordinating when they generate, store or use electricity to help balance the grid.

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The power is distributed.
The intelligence connects it.

How does coordination help the grid?

By combining available generation, stored energy and flexible demand, a VPP can supply electricity or adjust consumption in response to grid needs. Its capabilities depend on the connected equipment and program.

Read the U.S. Department of Energy VPP report

Lumena Energy’s Mixed Asset VPP

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Customer benefits

Stronger grids.
Stronger communities.

Energy infrastructure should protect what matters: essential services, local independence and the communities that depend on it.

01 / Essential services

Keep critical services moving.

Build energy resilience around the facilities your community depends on.

02 / Community independence

Put local energy to work.

Connect local generation and storage around shared community needs.

03 / Grid reliability

Make every resource count.

Coordinate distributed assets to help manage demand and grid constraints.

04 / Disruption & recovery

Prepare for the unexpected.

Plan backup power and recovery capabilities around essential loads.

What could this mean for your community?

Discuss your energy strategy

From strategy to the field

Case Studies

Explore the work, the approach
and the story behind each project.

Lumena Energy participating in a Colombia consultation meetingColombia · 2025Project story 01Colombia’s energy future.Read the case studyProject Nehemiah groundbreaking participants beside a Lumena Energy sponsor signProject Kandor · Ford HeightsProject story 02Project Kandor: A Smart City for Ford Heights.Read the case studyLumena Energy team working on the REDAO in its officeGreenovate REDAO · IllinoisProject story 03Greenovate REDAO: Municipal Green Bonds for Community Development.Read the case studyLumena Energy’s yellow and blue solar-equipped ice cream truckVehicle-to-grid conversionsVehicle-to-gridA new role in the energy network.Read the case study

Find your place in the network

Choose your starting point.

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The connected perspective

Meet Parsecc.

Lumena’s Virtual Power Plant DERMS.

A unified view of your distributed energy network.

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Connected across communities

Where we operate.

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