Norway 's Statkraft is working with German firm energy & gas systems to launch a 1 GW virtual power plant ( VPP ) in the UK , and plans to double capacity by the future . Electricity generated from the renewables , battery storage and flexible gas system will be monitored by a common control centre in real time and integrated in seconds , according to peak demand . Statkraft currently operates Europe 's biggest VPP , a 12 MW facility in Norway .
Norway's Statkraft is working with German firm energy & meteo systems to launch a 1 GW virtual power plant (VPP) in the UK, and plans to double capacity by the summer. Electricity generated from the renewables, battery storage and flexible gas system will be monitored by a common control centre in real time and integrated in seconds, according to grid demand. Statkraft currently operates Europe's biggest VPP, a 12 GW facility in Germany.