1.0South Africa Voicehttps://southafricavoice.comSouth Africa Voicehttps://southafricavoice.com/author/southafricavoice01/GM, Ford, Google Partner to Promote 'Virtual' Power Plants - South Africa Voicerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="OIp3E2SM3P"><a href="https://southafricavoice.com/gm-ford-google-partner-to-promote-virtual-power-plants/">GM, Ford, Google Partner to Promote ‘Virtual’ Power Plants</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://southafricavoice.com/gm-ford-google-partner-to-promote-virtual-power-plants/embed/#?secret=OIp3E2SM3P" width="600" height="338" title="“GM, Ford, Google Partner to Promote ‘Virtual’ Power Plants” — South Africa Voice" data-secret="OIp3E2SM3P" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> WASHINGTON — Companies including GM, Ford, Google and solar energy producers said on Tuesday they would work together to establish standards for scaling up the use of virtual power plants (VPPs), systems for easing loads on electricity grids when suppl...