The fleet of small-scale solar systems, batteries and flexible loads in our electricity system will grow rapidly in coming years. But how to coordinate them efficiently in our complex electricity grid, and how to make sure their owners get a fair return?
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| Sculpture-like solar panels near the Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, SA, Australia. |
Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) are the talk of the town right now. But they may turn out to be like using a sledgehammer on a walnut. More nuanced systems are being developed to integrate large numbers of small-scale solar systems and batteries into the grid. If successful, they will be able to apply market principles to deploy and reward these so-called distributed energy resources.
Read the piece on The Conversation - “Virtual power plants are in vogue, but they can be like taking a sledgehammer to a nut.”
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