Bidding strategies for virtual power plants considering CHPs and intermittent renewables

摘要

Energy efficiency and renewable-energy sources (RES) are fundamental parts of the European energy policy. For this reason, efficient distributed generation technologies such as combined heat and power coupled to district heating (CHP-DH) and RES based electricity are largely promoted. Additionally, the flexibility that CHP-DH offers to the power system is seen as an option to balance the intermittent output of RES-based generation. This could be done by aggregating RES based electricity generation and CHP DH in a virtual power plant (VPP).