Statkraft Launches First Virtual Power Plant in the UK

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Statkraft, Europe’s largest provider of market access services, and energy & meteo systems, a leading provider of forecasting services and virtual power plants are connecting intermittent wind and solar generation with battery storage capacity and flexible gas engines in one virtual power plant in UK. This will help integrating the increasing share of renewable power into the British energy market.

“Our business model in the UK to producers of renewable power involves marketing renewable assets with maximum efficiency – for our partners, but also towards the power market. The idea is to match renewable power production with market demand within seconds,” says Duncan Dale, Vice President Sales & New Products of Statkraft in the UK. “The increasing... ... More: Official Press Release Statkraft