Next Kraftwerke cooperates with Toshiba in VPP project

In the new cooperation, it is Toshiba ESS and Next Kraftwerke’s objective to combine their expertise and provide services such as supply-demand forecast and optimized group control of the demand, generators and storage batteries. Toshiba ESS and Next Kraftwerke already cooperate in a project within a Proof of Concept (PoC) in Japan: Next Kraftwerke connects biogas units using NEMOCS, Next Kraftwerke’s VPP-as-a-service-solution, to control them. The new cooperation will consider the evaluated result. 

Japan currently promotes renewable energy under the Feed-In Tariff (FIT) policy. This policy will be updated so that renewable energy becomes the main power source. This will require improved balancing solutions to stabilize the grid and more market trading.

Next Kraftwerke operates one of the largest VPPs in Europe. It digitally connects thousands of decentral-ized energy producing and consuming units all over Europe. The aggregator forecasts and trades the electricity on various European exchanges and uses it for ancillary services such as balancing energy. The company also provides the software-as-a-service solution NEMOCS for third parties to build their own VPP. Jochen Schwill, CEO at Next Kraftwerke: “Toshiba provides energy technology and software world-wide. We are very happy to expand our activities in Japan with such a strong and progressive partner. Combining our expertise is a promising way to prepare for the changes on the Japanese market and beyond.”

Fotocredit: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation

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