The Sense And Nonsense Of Virtual Power Plants

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lemming741@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Moss Landing battery storage facility has repeatedly caught fire, which highlights another potentially major savings for grid operators, as the fallout of such events are instead borne by the operator of the battery, which for the DSGS would be the home owner.

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FishFace@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Did I understand right that VPPs are just a way of grouping some generation and storage together in such a way that you can pretend it will act as a CCGT plant?

If so, surely this is papering over the challenge. A real solution will present all the information used to operate a “VPP” to the entire grid, and allow all the available resources to be managed by the grid.

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