Grid-Forming virtual power plants: Concepts, technologies and advantages

Khalil Gholami; Behnaz Behi; Ali Arefi; Philip Jennings

doi:10.3390/en15239049

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Grid-Forming virtual power plants: Concepts, technologies and advantages

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Grid-Forming virtual power plants: Concepts, technologies and advantages

Khalil Gholami, Behnaz Behi, Ali Arefi and Philip Jennings

Energies (Basel), Vol.15(23), Art. 9049

2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/en15239049

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Energy & Fuels

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Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) are efficient structures for attracting private investment, increasing the penetration of renewable energy and reducing the cost of electricity for consumers. It is expected that the number of VPPs will increase rapidly as their financial return is attractive to investors. VPPs will provide added value to consumers, to power systems and to electricity markets by contributing to different services such as the energy and load-following services. One of the capabilities that will become critical in the near future, when large power plants are retired, is grid-forming capability. This review paper introduces the concept of grid-forming VPPs along with their corresponding technologies and their advantages for the new generation of power systems with many connected VPPs.

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Title: Grid-Forming virtual power plants: Concepts, technologies and advantages
Authors/Creators: Khalil Gholami - Islamic Azad University of Kermanshah
Behnaz Behi - Murdoch University
Ali Arefi - Murdoch University, Centre for Water, Energy and Waste
Philip Jennings - Murdoch Univ, Discipline Engn & Energy, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
Publication Details: Energies (Basel), Vol.15(23), Art. 9049
Publisher: MDPI
Number of pages: 26
Identifiers: 991005564669907891
Murdoch Affiliation: School of Engineering and Energy
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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Collaboration types: Domestic collaboration; International collaboration
Citation topics: 4 Electrical Engineering, Electronics & Computer Science; 4.18 Power Systems & Electric Vehicles; 4.18.204 Smart Grid Optimization
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