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Orchestral support for an evolving energy system

As one of the world leaders in PV+storage deployment, Australia has ample opportunity to develop a two-way energy system that could provide critical services to the grid and deliver additional revenue streams for rooftop PV and battery prosumers. Although still in their early days, some virtual power plant (VPP) projects are already proving their worth.

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Marija Maisch

09 Mar 2020

Image: pv magazine/ Dave Tacon

On October 9, 2019, the largest generation unit on Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) – located at Kogan Creek, Queensland – tripped unexpectedly. That is, 748 MW of capacity went missing, sending the power system frequency to 49.61 Hz. Hundreds of kilometers away, a Tesla virtual power plant (VPP) in South Australia detected the frequency …

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