This report provides a cost benefit assessment of the economic benefits that could be provided by the operation of a virtual power plant (VPP) in Western Australia’s (WA’s) South West Interconnected System (SWIS).
Report extract
High levels of deployment of rooftop photovoltaics (PV) that inject electricity into the grid without any way for their output to be managed present significant challenges to the operation of the power system. Project Symphony, a collaboration between Western Power, Synergy and AEMO, supported by Energy Policy WA (EPWA), will demonstrate and assess the ability of a VPP to assist in ensuring a reliable, secure and affordable electricity system as the installation of distributed energy resources (DER) continues to increase.
