AUTOGRID VPPTM

Virtual Power Plant

The Energy Internet has opened extraordinary opportunities to control distributed energy resources
(DERs) on a massive scale. But as demand response (DR), distributed generation (DG), storage and
microgrids multiply, utilities and aggregators need new ways to manage their complexity and leverage
their capabilities. The solution lies in creating the next generation of integrated strategic resource: the
Virtual Power Plant (VPP).

VPPs allow you to assemble portfolios of DERs
and operate them as unified, flexible resources
tailored for grid services or to sell their power
into wholesale energy markets. An effective VPP
must deliver on four critical requirements:
> Balance the growth of renewables with lower-
cost sources of customer flexibility to avoid
new plant construction
> Participate in wholesale ancillary service
markets to capture new revenue streams
Meeting these requirements demands an
innovative approach to DER aggregation.
An anchor solution in the AutoGrid Flex™
Application Suite, AutoGrid VPP™ is the only
comprehensive VPP application proven to
aggregate and monetize tens of thousands of
flexible resources in energy markets in real time.
It delivers four powerful capabilities to position
you for success in the data-driven Energy
Internet:

> Self-supply ancillary services with storage
and industrial loads
> Deliver value to customers by helping them
monetize flexible capacity and increase
energy efficiency
1. Extracts maximum value from all assets and
all customer classes through the industry’s
most scalable real-time architecture
2. Increases flexible capacity across mixed
assets through broad out-of-the-box
connectivity

3. Speeds time to market of value-added

services with a modular framework for
rapid deployment

4. Reduces project risk through demonstrated

real-world deployments

A VIRTUAL POWER PLANT AGGREGATES A PORTFOLIO

OF DERs INTO A UNIFIED FLEXIBLE ENERGY RESOURCE
EXTRACT MAXIMUM VALUE FROM ASSETS
Harness flexible capacity,
create new revenue streams

Most scalable real-time architecture: AutoGrid VPP is the only comprehensive VPP solution with the
ability to collect data and optimize set-points every second.

> Forecast-based planning > Optimized market bids

algorithms powered by
AutoGrid Predictive
Controls™ technology to
predict, optimize, control
and extract maximum value
from flexible resources
> New revenue streams for
> Forecast model training
and evaluation on updated
data every few minutes–
even with thousands of
measured/forecasted
endpoints
enabled by creation of
a merit order based on
COST-EFFECTIVE, HORIZONTAL SCALABILITY
the marginal costs and
forecast availability of DERs DERs
each asset
DR and behind-the-meter
energy storage systems,
such as residential solar
+ storage

Broad out-of-the-box connectivity: No custom programming required for most asset types,
delivering maximum asset integration, scalability and flexibility.

BROAD CONNECTIVITY
> All common SCADA protocols
supported out-of-the box
> Open interfaces with rich APIs to
simplify system integration
> Broad standards support to
accommodate most asset types
ACCELERATE TIME-TO-MARKET
OF VALUE-ADDED SERVICES
Reduce project risk and time

Fastest, lowest-risk deployment: Easy configurability, flexible SaaS architecture, open standards
and rich APIs enable deployment typically within one to three months.

> Highly configurable, modular MODULAR SOFTWARE PROVIDES BOTH SPEED

AND BREADTH OF FUNCTIONALITY
architecture
> API-based integration with utility
enterprise systems
> SaaS deployment for rapid project
success

Proven deployments: AutoGrid Flex™ reliably manages distributed assets as part of VPP, DR
and distributed energy resources management systems (DERMS) use cases at dozens of energy
providers worldwide.

> Controlling 100 MW of combined

heat and power (CHP) units in real
time at Eneco’s virtual power plant in
the Netherlands
> 2000 MW of flexible capacity, including
distributed generation, storage and
demand response, world-wide
> Proven deployments that uniquely
forecast and aggregate thousands
Managing asset pools
of assets

ENECO
deployed AutoGrid VPP to aggregate a vast network of distributed energy
resources and manage them as a unified 100 MW resource to monetize into
the wholesale balancing market and balance intermittent wind generation in
real time.
KEY CAPABILITIES OF AUTOGRID VPP

> Aggregation > Event dispatch

> Resource optimization > Flexibility dashboard
> Disaggregation > Asset connection/real-time machine-
to-machine (M2M) technology

AutoGrid FlexTM Flexibility LEADING PROVIDER OF

Management Suite ENERGY INTERNET
APPLICATIONS
AutoGrid VPP is part of AutoGrid FlexTM –
the industry’s first truly integrated flexibility AutoGrid builds software applications
management suite. AutoGrid Flex up-ends that enable a smarter Energy Internet.
the old asset-centric paradigm of managing The world’s leading energy companies
distributed energy resources and demand use AutoGrid award-winning software
response. Instead, it employs a network- to deliver cheap, clean and reliable
centric approach to extract maximum value energy by managing connected energy
from all asset and customer classes across resources in real time and at scale.
the network, providing the ability to manage
both DR and distributed energy resources
on a single platform. With personalized
customer experiences, advanced analytics
and a modular architecture, you can balance
network supply and demand, maximize
returns and retain more customers while
speeding new assets, programs and services
to market.

LET’S CONNECT.
Speak to an AutoGrid sales executive, schedule a demonstration
or get more information at sales@auto-grid.com.
Address
AutoGrid Systems, Inc. Contact
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