State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power builds municipal virtual power plant monitoring and management platform in Changzhou
This article was originally published by the Global Times on 8th August 2024.Recently, State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power has developed the first municipal virtual power plant monitoring and management platform in Changzhou, East China's Jiangsu Province. The platform has an adjustable capacity of more than 120,000 kilowatts, effectively promoting the participation of micro-grids, energy storage, charging piles, and other resources in the flexible adjustment of the power grid. This contributes to power supply security and the consumption of new energy on-site.
As an emerging technology in the field of supply and demand coordination, the technical standards, market mechanisms, and operational models of virtual power plants are still being explored and refined.
In June of this year, State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power piloted a virtual power plant monitoring and management platform in Changzhou, integrating services such as standardized resource access, adjustment capacity verification, and operation monitoring and evaluation.
Leveraging the new load management system of Jiangsu Province, the platform has established a unified demand-side interface and connected with nine local virtual power plant operators. It aggregates 3,561 users, including photovoltaic, energy storage, charging piles, and 5G base stations, with a total capacity of 454,500 kilowatts. This forms a real-time adjustable resource pool with an adjustable capacity exceeding 120,000 kilowatts.
