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And while not making money, there has been a lot of talk around Virtual Power Plants, that is unifying the larger demand devices to help stabilize the grid in t
by infecto 1y ago
And while not making money, there has been a lot of talk around Virtual Power Plants, that is unifying the larger demand devices to help stabilize the grid in times of peak demand.
- 7thaccount 1y agoVirtual Power Plants (VPPs) are essentially the same thing as the Distributed Energy Resource Aggregators (DERAs) I mentioned above. I guess a VPP is technically a more general term and could also refer to the same concept under different structures like in a micro grid. The industry has a ton of jargon (literally thousands of acronyms amongst the US regional markets) and in many cases there are 8 terms that mean the exact same thing.
- infecto 1y agoNot sure I follow but seems like a weird thing to mention. The DERA is the who, the VPP is the what. Similar but far from essentially the same thing.
- 7thaccount 1y agoThe DERA is frequently discussed as being both the market entity as well as the collective what. Language is weird.
- infecto 1y agoTo be honest I cannot even understand what you are saying. DERA is the who. VPP is the what.
- 7thaccount 1y agoI'm saying the language isn't so cut and dry. People commonly refer to both the who and the what (to use your terms) as the DERA.