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Ancillary Services

Your access to the balancing energy market

Which assets can be used for ancillary services?

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

Battery Storage

Biogas plants

Biogas Plants

Wood stove heating systems

Wood Stove Heating Systems

Waste incineration plants

Waste Incineration Plants

Air conditioning systems

Air Conditioning Systems

Compressors and emergency power generators

Compressors and Emergency Power Generators

Run-of-river power plants

Run-of-River Power Plants

Pumps

Pumps

Pumped storage power plants

Pumped Storage Power Plants

Photovoltaic systems

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.

Automatic connection of your systems

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.

Pre-qualification and market access

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.

Marketing of flexibilities

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.

Optimization of flexibility
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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

SDV Variante

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.

SDL Variante

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.10sAsymmetric / Symmetric

SRL (Secondary)

0.5%/sec* rated powerFrom September 20252sAsymmetric / Symmetric

PRL (Primary)

in 30 sec.100msSymmetric

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.

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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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