Virtual power plants are the key to
promoting energy transition and realizing large-scale grid integration of renewable energy
Network
Distributed Energy Resources
Virtual Power Plant
A virtual power plant is a smart energy system that aggregates controllable resources such as adjustable loads, energy storage, micro-grids, charging piles, and distributed energy resources in different spaces, and uses it as a special power plant to achieve independent coordination of power resources and optimal control.
VPP is a network of decentralized, medium-scale power-generating units
as well as flexible power consumers and storage systems
core of
Virtual Power Plant
Control System
First of all, it can analyze the collected charging piles, residents or commercial and industrial electricity consumption, and other data, to achieve accurate response and management on the demand side; Secondly, it can communicate with the power grid and the electricity market,
All assets, that are networked in the VPP
can be efficiently monitored, coordinated, and controlled by the central control system
objective of
Virtual Power Plant
smoothing impacts
When the demand-side power supply is insufficient, VPP can supply power to the grid positively, and when the power generation side is too large for the demand-side to load, VPP can absorb power in the reverse direction, helping to cut the peaks and fill the valleys, smoothing the series of impacts brought by new energy sources to the grid.
fluctuations in the generation of renewables can be balanced by ramping up and down power generation and power consumption of controllable units to help stabilize the power grids
objective of
Virtual Power Plant
capturing gains
VPP not only helps optimize the entire grid system, but also provides a way for market players such as internally aggregated companies, customers, charging piles, energy storage, and distributed energy to participate in market-based power trading, allowing them all to become micro-generators and participate in power market transactions, thereby capturing arbitrage gains.
Based on the fact that small plant generation varies too much or because it does not meet the minimum bid size of the market, VPP is traded in the market by aggregating power from multiple units
Improve analysis
efficiency and accuracy
Artificial intelligence
VPP connects adjusts generation, grid, load, energy storage, and other links , and judges multiple data such as power generation, power consumption, and electricity prices. The integration of AI technology is expected to greatly improve the efficiency and accuracy of analysis. VPP mainly affects the power consumption level of the Customer Side, and has little impact on the overall stability of the power grid, so it is expected to be the first to be connected to the Foundation Model.
Regulation and management are at the heart of virtual power plants， and the integration of
AI technologies will strengthen these capabilities