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 already operates Europe’s largest VPP – a 12GW plant that comprises more than 1,400 wind and solar installs in Germany – with control signals, forecasts and generation data exchanged every second. Statkraft currently operates Europe 's biggest VPP , a 12 MW facility in Norway .
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 .