History of the Small Power Plant Control Centre

MVM Partner Ltd., as one of the key players of domestic electricity trading, has been successfully operating on the MAVIR system-level control services procurement market for years, primarily by selling the control capacity of large domestic power plants.

In 2014, a decision was made that MVM Partner Ltd. would establish its own Small Power Plant Control Centre (Virtual Power Plant) relying on the results and experience gained in the system-level balancing services market. The centre enables efficient participation in the balancing market for power generation units (small power plants with a capacity of less than 50 MW), energy storage facilities and regulated consumers that are unable to provide such services to MAVIR on their own due to their capacity.

Technical Solution, Key Data

In cooperation with the technology supplier, MVM Partner Ltd. developed a complex control system for the Small Power Plant Control Centre that meets the following requirements:

• Technical and operational conditions specified in the system operator's regulations;
• High-level redundancy requirements;
• High-level information security requirements.

The system, which meets the above requirements and is based on SCADA rich-client technology, was designed with full geo-redundancy.

MVM Partner Ltd.'s highly trained dispatch service, operating 24 hours a day, ensures communication with our partners and optimal operation 365 days a year.

When selecting system components, MVM Partner Ltd. focused on high availability and industry standards (HP, Cisco, Siemens). Regarding information security, the system also complies with industry-specific requirements, standards and the MVM Group's high-level security requirements. To support these requirements, in January 2016, the Small Power Plant Control Centre obtained MVM BSZK Ltd.'s Type "A" information security certificate, which is unique in the market.

Key Data of the Centre

• Number of currently connected sites: 15
• Number of currently connected power plant machine units: 31
• Installed capacity of currently connected generation units: 134 MW
• MAVIR accreditation: 16 December 2014
• Start of commercial operation: 01 January 2015

Offer for Small Power Plants and Energy Storage Facilities

• Remote monitoring, start-up/shutdown and load control of small power plants/energy storage facilities
• Selling the unit's balancing capacity to the System Operator
• Selling the electricity output of small power plants/energy storage facilities on HUPX platforms (DA, ID)
• Acceptance of units into the balancing group without membership fees
• Flexible payment terms
• Favourable conditions for purchasing CO₂ quotas

Why choose MVM Partner Ltd.?

• One of the largest players in the domestic electricity market
• Strong capital leverage
• Pre-financing, flexible payment terms
• Customized offer
• Experienced team of experts
• Availability, contact
• If you are interested in learning more, please contact us. Our colleagues will be happy to meet you in person to provide detailed information on our services and discuss the benefits of collaboration.

Zoltán Balogh head of SPPCC (zbalogh@mvm.hu)

Certificate on Information Security