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The Sense And Nonsense Of Virtual Power Plants (hackaday.com)
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[–] FishFace@lemmy.world 5 points 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.