With hundreds of homes and businesses having received solar-plus-storage systems and monitoring equipment, an algorithm is managing a market for flexibility and capacity in Cornwall. Homeowners with storage can place bids to sell energy from their systems to the distribution system owner on an intraday basis.Virtual power plants have been around for a few years now, with ever-increasing capacities installed around the world. Cornwall, in the southwest of England, has taken center stage with what utility Centrica says is a global first. In the new energy network which has been established, electricity ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...