Accelerating the Energy Transition with Data Science

Eneco has built the first Virtual Power Plant (VPP) operating at scale in the Netherlands. The VPP connects our wind farms, solar parks, batteries, and other smaller and larger assets in order to control and optimize them. This makes it possible to steer assets on and off withing a few seconds whenever there is either too little or too much electricity production. The fact that we can now deliver flexiblity with renewable energy sources contributes to the decarbonisation of the energy supply. This brings us closer to a system in which fossil fuels are no longer needed. This talk will dive into the data science use cases within the VPP such as now-casting solar park production and optimizing batteries.