Peak Load Operation
By trading the power output of the biomass plants within its virtual power plant on the spot market of the energy exchange, Next Kraftwerke also enables the plant operators to sell their product – green power – at peak prices. Traditionally, biomass plants served the base load. But operational enhancements such as better, cheaper gas tanks for biogas plants and improved CHP units, as well as increased silage prices, have made the flexible production of biogas and solid biomass power in peak load times more promising. Being a certified power trader at EPEX, Next Kraftwerke has extensive and first-hand knowledge of peak load prices and times. Thus, our power traders create an operational schedule for each biomass plant in our portfolio that wants to participate in the flexible, demand-driven production of biomass power.