Voltus VPP and DER Platform

Voltus is a United States virtual power plant operator and distributed energy resource technology platform, with a San Francisco address on its website. It pays commercial and industrial energy users, and DER owners, to reduce or shift electricity use when the grid needs it, and gives them access to wholesale electricity markets.

The platform combines demand response, AI-driven peak demand charge avoidance, 30-second interval energy data, battery monetisation for behind-the-meter batteries and carbon-avoidance payments. Customers track earnings and avoided CO2 in a dashboard, and developers and OEMs connect through a public API. Named customers include Walmart, Madison Square Garden and Vornado.

• Demand response: pays users to reduce or shift load, or switch to batteries or generators, when the grid signals.
• Peak demand charge avoidance: AI-powered programme that lowers demand charges at a site.
• Real-time energy data: 30-second interval data and AI optimisation of site loads.
• Battery monetisation: earns revenue from behind-the-meter batteries in wholesale markets.
• Carbon avoidance payments: reports and rewards avoided CO2 emissions.
• Developer API: documented API for access to wholesale electricity markets.

Reference model for Vietnamese industrial parks and large factories preparing demand-response participation. Pilot design for utilities and aggregators that want to pool behind-the-meter batteries and backup generators. Partnership option for Vietnamese DER and BESS vendors seeking a market-access platform.

Turns flexible load, batteries and backup generation into a revenue stream rather than a cost. AI-based peak demand charge avoidance lowers demand charges. Real-time data and a cash dashboard give visibility into earnings per market. A public API lets OEMs and DER providers connect assets to wholesale markets without building market access themselves.

Load growth from data centres and electrification is pushing grid operators to buy flexible capacity, and VPPs are a faster route than building new plants. Vietnam and Southeast Asia are at an earlier stage, with pilots and demand-response rules still developing, so US operators such as Voltus mainly serve as technology references.

Headquartered in San Francisco, United States (website footer). 2026 news on the website: Series D of 225 million USD targeting 20 GW by 2030, a 1 GW Bring Your Own Capacity agreement with Google in PJM, a Siemens partnership, a Sunrun capacity agreement and the acquisition of Brightfield AI.