The aim is to develop a community-based Virtual Power Plant (cVPP) and a viable business model to support it in 5 communities of Finland, Iceland, Ireland and Faroe Islands.
Specific objectives are to:
- The overall objective is to use transnational cooperation to exploit information technologies to link multiple small energy systems and operate them in coordination like a utility-scale power station to balance electricity demand and production.
- The main output is a cVPP model for deployment in a typical NPA community with 5 distributed energy resource (DER) solutions applied and an online demonstration service.
EU Programme: Northern Periphery and Arctic (2021 - 2027)
Project Budget: €1,498,935
Start Date: Jun, 2023
Finish Date: May, 2026
| Partner | Role | Contact Person |
|---|---|---|
| ERNACT Network (Lead Partner) |
Overall project manager, communications and administration and reporting. | Caitriona Strain |
| CENTRIA University of Applied Science | Centria will provide expertise in biogas production ecosystems combined with other renewable energy (RE) solutions. |
Fabian Sander |
| Donegal County Council | Donegal County Council will actively contribute to all project activities across all 3 WPs. |
Paul Earley |
| Nolsoy Energy Ltd | Nolsoy will take part in the joint development of all pilot actions and implement/test a DER pilot in their own region where heating energy is produced, stored, and distributed to local households. |
Bjarti Thomsen |
| University of Iceland | The University of Iceland will actively contribute to all project activities across all 3 WPs. This includes the co-design and development of the cVPP in WP1. |
Rúnar Unnþórsson |
| University of Oulu | The University of Oulu will contribute to all 3 WPs, including co-design/development of the cVPP and verification of its estimate calculations in practice. | Markku Kananen |