renewable energy in zaanstad: from theory to practice - e-harbours

The VVP concept has the following capabilities [16]:
� Individual renewable distributed generators will be able to gain access and visibility across all
the energy markets, and will benefit from VPP market intelligence in order to optimize their
position and maximize revenue opportunities.
� System operation will benefit from optimal use of all available capacity and increased
efficiency of operation.
Figure 13. Detailed (left) and general (right) overview of the concept of Virtual Power Plant [10]
From the Market Orientated Smart Grid perspective this concept has a lot of benefits. First of all,
since the system trades in the energy market itself consumers no longer have to pay energy
companies to do this. Besides that, consumers can profit by providing ancillary services like reactive
power control and balancing power.
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