As one of the leading markets for distributed solar+storage, with sufficiently flexible legislative and regulatory frameworks surrounding its electricity sector, Australia already boasts a strong pipeline of virtual power plants (VPPs). From big utilities to state governments, initiatives to orchestrate distributed energy resources that help support the grid have proliferated in recent years. pv magazine takes a look at Australia’s VPP ecosystem and how market players see it.
A PV installation atop the South Shore Shopping Center in Perth. VPPs can aggregate the output of thousands of distributed energy resources to provide support to a regional grid.
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