What is "vhpready"

VHPready (short for Virtual Heat and Power Ready) is an open industrial standard for the steering of decentralized power generators, consumers and energy storage units through a central point. The use of unified standards in the form of certified plants could simplify and accelerate the process of aggregating and connecting these plants to a “ virtual power plant”.

The VHPready standard was originally developed by the electric power company Vattenfall based on international communication standards and was initially utilized for connecting Vattenfalls own plants. In the beginning of 2014 the standard was handed over to the industry alliance VHPready e.V., which is a joint working alliance of industrial partners spearheaded by the Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems (FOKUS). The “Industrieforum VHPready e.V.” took over all development and propagation efforts of the standard.