The virtual combined power plant EnergyConnect is a modern real-time control system that aggregates, controls, and monitors different decentralized energy assets.
Through its PowerBot integration, EnergyConnect enables sophisticated direct marketing on spot markets, supporting both intraday and day-ahead trading strategies. Our system automatically optimizes dispatch decisions based on real-time market signals, ensuring maximum profitability for your asset portfolio. Beyond spot market trading, EnergyConnect supports critical grid services including redispatch activations and balance reserve provision. This dual capability allows operators to diversify revenue streams while contributing to grid stability and security.
EnergyConnect’s unique feature set includes:
Smart Dispatch
Our unique Smart Dispatch feature delivers intelligent control of your asset pool based on dynamic price signals. This resilient and robust mechanism maintains your trading schedule even during plant disturbances and outages, ensuring operational continuity and minimizing revenue losses.
API-First Architecture
EnergyConnect’s OpenAPI approach enables seamless integration of third-party applications and services – from dispatch optimization solutions to energy forecasting, price prediction tools, and availability management systems. This flexibility ensures your VPP can evolve with changing market requirements.
Universal Asset Connectivity
Connect diverse energy assets effortlessly, including wind power plants, photovoltaic systems, combined heat and power units, storage systems, electrolyzers, and more. Our platform’s modular design accommodates any asset type or configuration.
Built as a modern, scalable web application with high performance and flexible user and rights management, EnergyConnect is designed for secure operation in critical infrastructure environments and developed in accordance with the DIN EN ISO/IEC 27001 certification standard. Powered by Fraunhofer IEE’s proven technology foundation with continuous development since 2010, EnergyConnect represents the cutting edge of virtual power plant solutions.