This book provides a general overview of virtual power plants (VPP) as a key technology in future energy communities and active distribution and transmission networks for managing distributed energy resources, providing local and global services, and facilitating market participation of small-scale managing distributed energy resources and prosumers. The book also aims at describing some practical solutions, business models, and novel architectures for the implementation of VPPs in the real world.
Each chapter of the book begins with the fundamental structure of the problem required for a rudimentary understanding of the methods described. It provides a clear picture for practical implementation of VPP through novel technologies such as blockchain, digital twin, and distributed ledger technology.
The book will help the electrical and power engineers, undergraduate, graduate students, research scholars, and utility engineers to understand the emerging solutions regarding the VPP concept lucidly.
Preface
Chapter 1 : Practical Implementation of VPP in Real-World Based on Emerging Technologies Chapter 2 : Virtual Power Plant with Demand Response Control in Aggregated Distributed Energy Resources of Microgrid Chapter 3 : Exploiting the Flexibility Value of Virtual Power Plants Through Market Participation in Smart Energy Communities Chapter 4 : Renewable Energy Community VPP Concept Design and Modelling for Sustainable Islands Chapter 5 : A Comprehensive Smart Energy Management Strategy for TVPP, CVPP, and Energy Communities Chapter 6 : Virtual Energy Storage Systems for Virtual Power Plants Chapter 7 : Centralized and Decentralized Optimization Approaches for Energy Management Within The VPP Chapter 8 : Decision-Making Frameworks for Virtual Power Plant Aggregators in Wholesale Energy and Ancillary Service Markets Chapter 9 : Decentralized Energy Management System within VPP Chapter 10 : Distributed synchronism System Based on TSN and PTP for Virtual Power Plant Chapter 11 : Complementarity and Flexibility Indexes of an Interoperable VPP Chapter 12 : Experience of Building a Virtual Power Plant of the Island of El Hierro
