Alexander C. Kaufman
@kaufman
It’s a shame how we pit different clean energy solutions against each other in the U.S. but China just does them all. China isn’t just building large-scale and baseload electricity generating like nuclear stations, hydroelectric dams and vast fields of solar panels. It’s also figuring out how to tap into its distributed network of renewables via virtual power plants: https://x.com/pretentiouswhat/status/1915343257552540004?s=46
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Terry Bain
@terrybain
Is there a good source for what a virtual power plant is? I could probably google this, couldn't I.
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Nico
@nicom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_power_plant
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KMac🍌 ⏩
@kmacb.eth
Is that an invitation to be pedantic? 😆 VPP = Virtual Power Plant Think Enron, but decentralized but realtime supply & demand. One of the larger deals I worked on was with Origin Energy in Australia selling them cryptographic proofs as they aggregate decentralized energy resources (like home solar panels, wind farms etc) & coordinates them like a single power plant. Unlike a traditional plant that generates power in one place & sends it out, a VPP orchestrates many small nodes to balance supply & demand across the grid. Neighbor to neighbor if you will. Each house is both a producer (solar) & consumer (appliances, EVs). The VPP uses IoT sensors & smart contracts to monitor, decide, & route power dynamically. Thats where the proofs are generated.
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