6月22日,，湖南湘江新區(qū)虛擬電廠正式啟動(dòng),，成為湖南省首家實(shí)體運(yùn)行的虛擬電廠。目前,，湘江新區(qū)虛擬電廠已接入資源運(yùn)營(yíng)商12家,，容量30萬(wàn)千瓦，實(shí)時(shí)可調(diào)能力相當(dāng)于1臺(tái)小型火電機(jī)組,。

On June 22, the virtual power plant (VPP) of Hunan Xiangjiang New Area was officially launched, becoming the first one in physical operation in Hunan Province. So far, this virtual power plant has access to 12 resource operators with a capacity of 300,000 kilowatts. The real-time adjustable capacity of this VPP is equivalent to a small thermal power generating unit.

虛擬電廠是參與電網(wǎng)運(yùn)行和電力市場(chǎng)的能源供給,、協(xié)調(diào)管理系統(tǒng),，通過(guò)信息,、互聯(lián)網(wǎng)技術(shù)等,，將海量分散的、小型的可再生能源發(fā)電單元,、儲(chǔ)能設(shè)備,、可控負(fù)載以及電動(dòng)汽車(chē)等資源整合起來(lái)，加以?xún)?yōu)化控制,，參與到電網(wǎng)調(diào)度,，是降低全社會(huì)用電成本的“云端電廠”。計(jì)劃到2030年,，新區(qū)虛擬電廠調(diào)節(jié)能力達(dá)到20萬(wàn)千瓦,，形成虛擬電廠完整產(chǎn)業(yè)鏈。

The virtual power plant works as an energy supply and coordination management system in grid operation and the electricity market. It can use information and Internet technologies to integrate numerous resources, including distributed and small-scale renewable power generation units, energy storage devices, controllable loads, and electric vehicles, then optimize them for the grid dispatch. It is a "cloud power plant" that can lower the electricity cost for the society. By 2030, the regulating capacity of this virtual power plant  will have reached 200,000 kilowatts, forming a complete industrial chain of the virtual power plant.