Edmonton’s Blatchford neighbourhood, the former municipal airport site being transformed by the city into a sustainable residential community for urban living, is now home to this country’s first energy storage-based virtual power plant.
“Blatchford is a unique proof of concept for innovations in sustainable urban living and renewable energy — so it’s really fitting that this first-of-its-kind integrated VPP is launching right here with one of our homebuilders (Landmark Homes),” said Tom Lumsden, Blatchford’s development manager in regards to the VPP launch in late June. “By combining green-built, highly energy-efficient homes, a fully renewable District Energy Utility and a neighbourhood designed to encourage a vehicle-free lifestyle, Blatchford is emerging as a hub for planet-friendly land development, construction, and technologies.”
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