Cogeneration (CHP)
Sell electricity & reserve power in the Virtual Power Plant
Cogeneration Plants can regulate their output capacity, therefore they are particularly valuable for Virtual Power Plants. They can not only trade their electricity, but also bring positive and negative reserve power to the market. Contact our experts to find out what revenues you can generate in power trading and on the reserve power market.
Power trading
More revenues from your CHP-Plant
We connect your cogeneration plant with the Virtual Power Plant of Next Kraftwerke and give you access to the European energy markets: Simply contact us via the contact form and we will prepare a free offer based on the key data of your plant. If you are convinced of our offer, we sign a contract and integrate your CHP plant into our virtual power plant. Then we can sell your electricity on the electricity exchange and you will receive your revenues.
Direct and easy start: We connect your CHP unit with the control system of our virtual power plant via our own Next Box control interface or via the existing protocol interface of your plant. The operation of your CHP unit is not affected.
Cumulative know-how: Over 10,000 power generators and consumers are now part of our virtual power plant. This makes us one of the largest in Europe.
Profitable: You get income from the power exchange - more than you would get if you supplied a constant current. We calculate a small and transparent part of your profit for our services.
Next Kraftwerke pays you the income from the sale of your electricity on the power exchange. Our real-time data assessment and highly qualified progonoses and analysts enable us to negotiate your electricity very efficiently. No additional fees for you, no trading or market access fees. Another important point: unlike our competitors, we assume the balancing risks ourselves instead of transferring them to you.
Reserve Power
Sell the flexibility of your CHP-Plant
Solar and wind power plants do not always produce the same amount of electricity. This can cause fluctuations in grid frequency, depending on weather conditions. To compensate for this fluctuation, the TSO (transmission system operators) need reserve power – a ressource which you can provide with your CHP-Plant. Because of the slow reaction of nuclear and coal-fired plants to changes in the grid your high-flexible power output is of high value to the power system.
Uncomplicated: We carry out the prequalification - the necessary test procedure for the provision of control power - for you.
Additional revenue: Already for the provision of control energy from your CHP plant, you receive the capacity fee, in the case of call, the activation fee is added.
In safe hands: To sell your CHP-generated power on the reserve power market, a connection to the Virtual Power Plant via the Next Box or the built-in protocol interface is necessary. Almost all commands executed by the Virtual Power Plant controller are automated via M2M communication. Strict safety standards are complied at any time.
Restrictions: Calls for control energy usually last only a few seconds or minutes, the heat supply is not or hardly interrupted during this time due to the heat inertia. In addition, the maximum call-up duration of your CHP plant can be limited in time by storing individual parameters in the control system of our virtual power plant.
The tertiary reserve capacity mFRR (R3) balances the fluctuations of the network after a delay of 15 minutes. The TSO measures the frequency and places commands to call capacities. The network operator Elia buys two different mFRR products: R3 standard and R3 flex. The first can be activated for up to 8 hours per day, while the latter can be activated for maximum 2 hours continuously – between two activations there has to be a pause of at least 12 hours. The grid operator pays a capacity fee for both products, but only the R3 standard entitles the grid operator to an energy fee.
My Power Plant
Always be up to date with our customer portal
You can view and manage the status of your plant in our online customer area My Power Plant. My Power Plant is freely accessible either via desktop computer or via Apple or Android app.
View performance values: In our customer portal, you can keep an eye on the feed-in of your CHP plant and the revenues.
Notification of malfunctions: We can inform you via app about malfunctions of your CHP plant.
Maintenance times: Register upcoming maintenance and repair times conveniently via My Power Plant so that we can take them into account in electricity trading.
Numbers & Facts
Aggregated Units
15 346
Q4/2022Networked Capacity
12 294
MW Q4 2022Volume of traded energy
15.1
TWh in 2019Employees
300
Locations
9
Foundation
2009
Next PoolAll services under one roof
Next Kraftwerke brings all the experts together under one roof to successfully market your CHP-Power on the power- and reserve-power markets. Our engineers, technicians and traders work closely with our sales and customer service team to ensure the best possible results for you in the electricity market.
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Reduce imbalance risk, increase performance
You can count on Next Kraftwerke’s experienced short-term trading team for balancing your assets on the day-ahead and intraday markets. A bit more clouds than expected, less wind injection than anticipated?
Our high quality forecast and proven market intelligence enables us to keep track of upcoming deviations and to counteract immediately and in the most profitable way. By bringing your portfolio closer to real-time we mitigate imbalance risks and, thus, significantly enhance the performance of your asset.David Schmich, Team Lead Portfoliomanagement and Origination
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A personal approach to answer your needs
For you on site: For us, there is no way too far to discuss the revenue potential and marketing options of your CHP plants with you. We analyse your marketing options and revenue potential and find a tailor-made way to sell your electricity.
Paul Kreutzkamp, CEO Next Kraftwerke Belgium
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We are there for you
At our customer service department, you do not end up in either queue. Our service is competent and personalized. We deal with your requests quickly and uncomplicatedly, whether it concerns communication with the network operator or billing issues. For all technical questions, our technical service is at your disposal.
Asma Beheshti, Operations Manager
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We connect your CHP-Plant
Each CHP plant is individual: Our experienced team of technicians and engineers quickly adapts to your requirements. This is how you can quickly and easily fulfil the basis for good conditions for marketing your electricity with us.
Burak Cicekli, Technical Project Manager
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We continuously develop the customer platform further
To ensure that our customer portal "My Power Plant" precisely meets the requirements of the plant operators, it was completely designed and implemented in-house by our development team. This also enables us to continuously integrate new features and further develop "My Power Plant" so that our customers can derive the greatest possible benefit from it.
Jonas Fluhr, Head of IT Systems and Services
