Statkraft, Europe’s largest renewable power producer and a leading force in the development of hydropower, wind, and solar energy, has added the 300 MW Thurrock battery storage project in the UK to the virtual power plant managed by emsys VPP, highlighting the expansion of coordinated battery capacity through digital platforms. With the addition of the Thurrock battery storage project, emsys VPP now manages gigawatt-scale installed battery capacity in Great Britain for Statkraft.
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A virtual power plant is a digital platform that pools and remotely controls distributed energy assets such as batteries, wind and solar plants, allowing them to be operated and traded as a single unit in electricity markets.
The integration allows the battery to operate across wholesale markets and balancing services at the same time. In addition to trading, the battery storage resource provides dynamic services and reactive power, which help in frequency regulation and voltage support in the grid.
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The Thurrock project underscores battery storage’s shift into core infrastructure, with large-scale assets unlocking multiple revenue streams as frequency products evolve and price volatility persists. (TF)
