Mengxi energy storage virtual power plant

How many virtual power plants are in Shanxi province?

Fifteen virtual power plants in Shanxi province have completed construction. Their combined daily electricity output of 1.568 million kilowatt-hours could supply power to about 224,000 households a day during peak time, said State Grid Shanxi Electric Power Co, a major builder of the plants.

What is a virtual power plant (VPP)?

A virtual power plant (VPP), as a combination of dispersed generator units, controllable load and energy storage system (ESS), provides an efficient solution for energy management and scheduling, so as to reduce the cost and network impact caused by the load spikes.

What is a virtual power plant?

Virtual power plants play an important role in aggregating and managing flexible distributed energy resources in the local energy community, mitigating security risks such as network congestion and power flow reversal induced by distributed renewable energy sources.

Why is Shanxi building a virtual power plant?

The construction followed Shanxi's launch of an action plan in June last year to regulate the building and operation of virtual power plants in case of power shortages after a large number of renewables connect to the grid.

What is a multi-objective optimization strategy for a virtual power plant?

This paper investigates a multi-objective optimization strategy for a local energy community virtual power plant engaged in both energy and frequency regulation markets through coordinated dispatch of mobile energy storage and multiple independent prosumers.

Does mobile energy storage reduce operational costs in virtual power plant dispatch operations?

The empirical results indicate that incorporating mobile energy storage into virtual power plant dispatch operations leads to reductions in operational costs for the local energy community, driven mainly by enhanced economic efficiency.