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Project: Research direct
A community-based Virtual Power Plant (cVPP)
Due to growing concerns about CO2 emissions, renewables such as solar and wind energy have increased substantially over the past years. Their growing deployment, intermittent nature and lack of storage facilities are however making it more challenging to balance demand and supply and to stay within the capacity limits of the electricity grid. A community-based Virtual Power Plant (cVPP) facilitates local community energy initiatives to aggregate distributed generation and flexibility through an Energy Management System (EMS) platform which models price changes, energy flows and weather conditions, and thereby helps to solve the grid problems. Being organized by the community and driven by their needs, a cVPP works for citizens: it enables energy communities to manage energy demand and supply within their community and to trade energy and flexibility on markets, which helps democratise the energy system. In the current regulatory framework the viability of cVPP business models is limited. Yet, updates of the EU’s energy policy framework (Winter Package) are expected to improve the level-playing-field for cVPPs.
cVPP is a Interreg NWE project
EU FUNDING
€ 4.26 million
TOTAL BUDGET
€ 7.1 million
Acronym | cVPP |
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Status | Finished |
Effective start/end date | 20/09/17 → 30/06/23 |
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Research output: Other contribution › Academic
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Wieczorek, Anna J. (Recipient), van Summeren, Luc F.M. (Recipient), Verbong, Geert P.J. (Recipient) & Groenewoudt, Aleid C. (Recipient), 23 Jun 2020
Prize: Other › Discipline related › Professional
Wieczorek, Anna J. (Recipient), van Summeren, Luc F.M. (Recipient), Van den Berghe, Laura H.G.J. (Recipient), Groenewoudt, Aleid C. (Recipient), Verbong, Geert P.J. (Recipient), Pernot, Sjoerd (Recipient), Veul, Josja (Recipient) & Papachristos, Georgios (Recipient), 17 Dec 2020
Prize: TU/e › Other › Scientific
Wieczorek, Anna J. (Recipient), 23 Apr 2021
Prize: KNAW › Other › Scientific
Luc F.M. van Summeren (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
Luc F.M. van Summeren (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
Luc F.M. van Summeren (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
27/09/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
14/01/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research