2023年3月31日

发布2023年3月31日潜水简单:超过四分之一的虚拟发电厂在北美是在加州,哪些主机超过未来三个州的总和,据Wood Mackenzie周三发布的一项分析。四大虚拟电站经理,所有操作在加州,有一起积累了4000 MW。每个人都排在全国前十大独立电力生产商,据Wood Mackenzie。的第一个州采用虚拟发电厂,加州已经有更多的时间来建立虚拟电厂项目,VP3的董事总经理马克•戴森表示虚拟电厂行业联盟RMI。但市场动态也加速形成虚拟发电厂在加州,咨询公司Wood Mackenzie分析师Ben Hertz-Shargel说。潜水洞见:加州来主导虚拟发电厂市场就像太阳能和其他可再生能源技术,据Wood Mackenzie。国家拥有约140 500个虚拟发电厂操作在北美,Wood Mackenzie的报告说。它定义了一个虚拟电厂任何行动,聚集的分布式能源资源提供服务,公用事业和能源市场批发。多数虚拟发电厂将某些智能恒温器控制组合,直接负荷控制,电池存储、电动汽车、太阳能和分布式发电,根据该报告。最大的虚拟电厂运营商,其中包括CPower, Enel AutoGrid Voltus,主要集中在商业和工业客户提供直接负荷控制,Hertz-Shargel说。 Seven virtual power plant operators have amassed portfolios of over 1 GW. These large virtual power plant operators have mostly focused on providing a positive customer experience for the businesses that enroll in their programs, Hertz-Shargel said. And they’re all doing business in California. Hertz-Shargel said market dynamics are primarily responsible for the rapid adoption of virtual power plants in California. The state has seen energy demand charges surge during peak hours of the year, allowing virtual power plants to save money for participants, while the virtual power plant profits by selling emergency capacity services to utilities and regional transmission organizations. This holds true in the next-largest markets for virtual power plants, which include New York, Texas and the PJM Interconnection service area, he said. But Dyson said California has benefited from being one of the earliest states to adopt virtual power plant programs. “California was the first region to talk about the duck curve, and there are challenges facing California that are pretty distinct compared to what we see in the eastern markets,” Dyson said. “Those challenges create a market for virtual power plants.... But as other states and regions of the country follow along, probably faster than California, they are going to find themselves looking for a new set of solutions just like California has.” Dyson said policy remains the greatest obstacle for deploying virtual power plants. FERC’s order 2222 should go a long way toward unlocking more virtual power plant capacity, he said, by allowing virtual power plants to bid into wholesale markets covered by the order. But virtual power plant operators also need to find ways to make participation in a virtual power plant program easier for consumers, Dyson said. “Industry needs to show up with an easy button,” Dyson said. “We’ve seen different versions of that easy button over the years, but there is still work to be done to make it attractive and frictionless for customers to participate.”