Output balance services

Electric power is not easily stored, so there is an imbalance between its production and consumption. The grid operator therefore has a shortage or surplus of electric power at any hour. A suitable electric power source or appliance can help to balance such imbalances in the grid. The owner of this equipment can offer the operator part of its generation capacity to support the system with generation or, conversely, with increased consumption during the exposed hours. The owner of the resource is then remunerated for this readiness and for the supply itself. Suitable sources are, for example, a CHP unit, a solar panel, an electric boiler, a battery system or lights.