Already today, Virtual Power Plants demonstrate that they are an integral asset of a modern power grid. In recent years, Virtual Power Plants have shown that they can provide a reliable power supply and that an aggregated system comprised of power producers, consumers and storage facilities is economically sound. The power production of such a Virtual Power Plant can be controlled similar to the power production of any regular large-scale power plant. Together they form a so-called Virtual Power Plant (VPP). These units are networked via mobile data connections with a central control station that monitors and controls all events in its area of operation.
Self-sufficient island power grids with a large share of renewable energies usually consist of many small-scale, individual units that either consume electricity, produce electricity or store electricity.
