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Powerful group. The Soleil Lofts is the first all-electric apartment complex in the U.S. to run on a virtual power plant (VPP) network where smart energy
generated can be shared by the entire community. COURTESY OF SONNEN
Hidden in plain sight. A sonnenBatterie energy storage unit, seen here on the Big dreams. sonnen co-founders Christoph Ostermann and Torsten
far left, can sit nearly inconspicuously in a room next to other household Stiefenhofer changed the landscape of energy storage when they
appliances. COURTESY OF SONNEN introduced sonnenBatterie in 2010. COURTESY OF SONNEN
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