The two companies are working together to build on the existing 100 sonnenBatterie systems, to provide even more storage capacity for grid stabilisation in the future.
A virtual power plant for every home. (Credit: Centrica plc.)
Centrica and sonnen have installed a network of 100 domestic batteries to form the UK’s most advanced Virtual Power Plant.
The network of decentralised home energy storage systems has been approved by National Grid allowing the batteries to be aggregated in a cloud platform in order to provide Dynamic Firm Frequency Response (FFR) – selling storage space when the grid is overloaded or providing stored energy during periods of peak demand.
It allows customers to maximise the amount of solar generated electricity in their home, reducing their energy bills whilst contributing to the stability and sustainability of the UK’s electricity system.
Jean-Baptiste Cornefert, Managing Director, sonnen eServices said: “The digital energy transformation, towards a clean energy system, is taking place all over the world and our technology is an important key to its success. sonnen is the first provider in the UK to prequalify with a virtual power plant of decentralised home storage systems. Every megawatt provided across the network replaces one that would have been generated by conventional fossil fuel power stations.”
Source: Company Press Release