These assets help keep the power grid stable and fulfill important tasks such as frequency control, voltage control, and the provision of reserve energy.
Battery Storage
Biogas Plants
Wood Stove Heating Systems
Waste Incineration Plants
Air Conditioning Systems
Compressors and Emergency Power Generators
Run-of-River Power Plants
Pumps
Pumped Storage Power Plants
Photovoltaic Systems
What do we offer you with our ancillary services?
Step 1
Automatic connection of your assets
With the VGT platform, you can easily and effortlessly connect your assets to the ancillary services market. Whether a small charging station or a large industrial plant—the integration is quick and straightforward.
Step 2
Prequalification and market access
We support you in prequalifying your assets for participation in the balancing energy market. Your devices are checked for compliance with the technical requirements for providing primary, secondary, and tertiary balancing energy, so you can become active on the market immediately.
Step 3
Marketing of flexibilities
The VGT platform enables you to monetize flexibilities from various sources such as battery storage, photovoltaic systems, and heat pumps. By marketing balancing energy, you can open up new sources of income and benefit from attractive remuneration.
Step 4
Flexibility optimization
All data and recommendations are displayed in an easily accessible and understandable way in the customer area of the VGT platform. This promotes acceptance and encourages implementation.
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How does access to the balancing energy market work with the VGT platform?
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Device Management and Prequalification
Your assets are automatically integrated into the VGT platform. We conduct a prequalification to ensure that your devices meet the requirements for the balancing energy market. This includes real-time verification of flexibilities.
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Market Access and Marketing
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Monitoring and Reporting
Ancillary Services
SDL
Your assets are automatically integrated into the VGT platform. We carry out a prequalification to ensure that your devices meet the requirements for the balancing energy market. This includes real-time verification of flexibilities.
Ancillary Services Managers
SDV
As an SDV, you can independently create, aggregate, and submit offers for your SDL customers to the balancing energy market at your TSO (transmission system operator).
Process schedule transactions directly via ECP (TPS, RPS, PPS, DPS, TCC, MarketOffers).
Real-time: Send monitoring data, receive and process grid control signals.
Technical requirements for marketing your assets
Max. power
Energy auction
Day auction
Week auction
Measurement interval
Offer type
TRL (Tertiary)
max. within 6 min.
✔
✔
✔
10s
Asymmetric / Symmetric
SRL (Secondary)
0.5%/sec* rated power
✔
From September 2025
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2s
Asymmetric / Symmetric
PRL (Primary)
in 30 sec.
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✔
❌
100ms
Symmetric
Benefits of ancillary services
With seamless integration, the VGT platform enables effortless connection of all types of assets – without extensive technical adjustments.
You achieve maximum flexibility by combining different flexibility products to efficiently control your assets and benefit from multiple sources of income.
Fast and easy market participation is made possible by prequalified assets and simple connection – so you can quickly and easily participate in the balancing energy market.
Real-time monitoring and optimization with the VGT platform give you control over your flexibility at any time and allow you to adjust your strategy based on current market data.
Ready to get started?
Use your flexibility and unlock new sources of income.
Frequently asked questions
Which assets can be used for ancillary services?
How does access to the balancing energy market work with the VGT platform?
What does the VGT platform offer for ancillary services?
How does prequalification for the balancing energy market work?
What is the advantage of ancillary services on the VGT platform?
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