Virtual power plants are an essential part of the energy transition. They combine the growing number of decentralized PV and wind power plants, but also increasingly consumers and battery storage. Many people are probably not aware of the sheer scale of these plants: As the operator of one of the largest Virtual Power Plants in Europe, Next Kraftwerke reached the amount of 10,000 MW of aggregated power in April this year, which is as much as 7 average nuclear power plants. What role do virtual power plants play in the electricity market? Which functions do they perform in the context of the energy transition today and in the future? And will we all be part of a virtual power plant at some point? We talk about this with Aleksandra Radwanska and Leonard Hirsch from Next Kraftwerke.

Timeline:

• 5.01: Virtual power plants help stabilize the power grids. How does it work?

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