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.
A virtual power plant is a system that integrates and operates distributed energy resources.
In this region, a demonstration project for a virtual power plant combining solar panels and storage batteries is underway.
Refers to distributed power sources themselves, while 仮想発電所 is the system that aggregates and controls them.
A smart grid is the broader infrastructure enabling two-way communication and control; a virtual power plant is one application within it.
Compound of 仮想 (virtual) and 発電所 (power plant), likely a calque from English 'virtual power plant'.