Virtual energy demand/supply control technology

Virtual energy demand/supply control technology

Promote local production and local consumption of renewable energy through appropriate allocation of information-processing workload

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As a new infrastructural method for distributing energy, "virtual energy demand/supply control technology" promotes local production of energy for local consumption by maximizing the effective use of renewable energy on the supply side through flexible control of demand based on the gap between supply and demand of electricity.

We are working to establish an active control technology that matches electricity supply and demand to the fluctuating amount of generated renewable energy under variable weather conditions. It achieves that matching by optimally allocating information-processing workload at ICT equipment in NTT buildings dispersed across the country in time and space. Moreover, we will strengthen our ability to adjust supply and demand by integrating and controlling the stationary storage batteries housed in NTT Buildings and the storage batteries of EVs.

The implementation of this technology will contribute to the promotion of renewable energy, local energy distribution, and carbon neutrality.

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