noun
virtual power plant; VPP
Technical term in energy and smart-grid contexts. Refers to a network of decentralized power-generating units, storage systems, and flexible consumers that are aggregated and controlled as a single power plant.
仮想発電所は、分散型エネルギーリソースを統合して運用するシステムです。
A virtual power plant is a system that integrates and operates distributed energy resources.
この地域では、太陽光パネルと蓄電池を組み合わせた仮想発電所の実証実験が行われている。
In this region, a demonstration project for a virtual power plant combining solar panels and storage batteries is underway.
Compound of 仮想 (virtual) and 発電所 (power plant), likely a calque from English 'virtual power plant'.