Economic Benefit Analysis of Virtual Power Plants Participating in the Electricity Market Enabled by Digitalization

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10.2991/978-94-6239-787-3_15How to use a DOI?

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digital economy; virtual power plant; electricity market; economic benefit; digital enablement

Abstract

Against the integration of the digital economy and energy transition, virtual power plants are emerging as important participants in the development of a unified national electricity market. From the perspective of the digital economy, this paper systematically expounds the connotation and digital economic attributes of virtual power plants, analyzes their benefit components in conventional transactions, demand response and derivative services, and further identifies the key sensitive factors in terms of policy rules, technical level and market ecology. On this basis, safeguard paths for optimizing economic benefits are proposed from the perspectives of policy, technology and operation. The research shows that the economic benefits of virtual power plants highly depend on the enabling depth of digital technologies and the improvement of the mechanism for participating in the electricity market. Constructing a value transformation system centered on data elements can promote the high-quality development of economic benefits.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xinyu Lu
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/29
TI  - Economic Benefit Analysis of Virtual Power Plants Participating in the Electricity Market Enabled by Digitalization
BT  - Proceedings of the 2026 4th International Conference on Management Innovation and Economy Development (MIED 2026)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 123
EP  - 129
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6239-787-3_15
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6239-787-3_15
ID  - Lu2026
ER  -