As the installed capacity of new energy sources such as wind power and photovoltaics continues to rise, “virtual power plants” have emerged that assume an important regulatory role in new power grids. It doesn't generate electricity, and its core function is “regulation.” In Hangzhou, the maximum load on the power grid this summer is nearly 25 million kilowatts. According to peak estimates, it is necessary to build 12 more large-scale substations and invest nearly 10 billion yuan. However, when the peak of a year is full, it takes tens of hours, and construction is not economical. As a result, the virtual power plant stores the electricity generated by wind power and photovoltaics during peak power generation, and then releases it during peak electricity consumption. Regarding virtual power plants, there are three key words: fast: the AI model “Hangdianguang Engine” acts as a dispatching assistant and processes millions of pieces of data in seconds; stable: turning new energy fluctuations into stability and balancing the power grid; active: pulling office buildings, shopping malls, and new energy vehicles into the “circle of friends”. If you raise the air conditioning in hundreds of buildings by 1-2 degrees, you can build a medium-sized power plant. Hangzhou has also set up an “electricity bazaar” and used a market mechanism to make the “circle of friends” more active. Without building a plant or burning a gram of coal, a virtual power plant has revitalized tens of millions of kilowatts of electricity resources and has become an indispensable regulator for new power grids.

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