Effectiveness of virtual power plants being proven in South Africa

Virtual power plants (VPPs) have been tested and are being proven in South Africa, and their widespread use could reduce the need to build some new transmission and distribution infrastructure while ensuring that the network is stable and reliable. These plants could defer some grid capital expenditure by providing energy services in a localised area, thereby reducing congestion on the grid, climate and energy strategy advisory firm Meridian Economics climate, policy and energy analyst Nic van Doesburgh has said.

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