ZOE Released White Paper on European VPP and Energy Storage Development

SHANGHAI, Sept. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ZOE Energy Storage, a leading BloombergNEF tier 1 provider of integrated ESS solutions, released the European Virtual Power Plant (VPP) and Energy Storage Development White Paper. This white paper provides a strategic roadmap for  enterprises by analyzing structural shifts in Europe's power market and leveraging ZOE's global ESS project experience to reveal synergies between VPPs and commercial & industrial (C&I) energy storage.

ZOE's white paper offers critical insights for industry collaboration and how to overcome technical, compliance, and ecosystem barriers to succeed globally.

Europe's Energy Transition Fuels VPP Boom
Europe's smart grid transition is accelerating due to rising power demand, renewable expansion, and energy security needs. Policy catalysts include the EU's electricity market design reforms and demand-side flexibility standards. The UK's Virtual Trading Party (VTP) role (P415 Regulation) allows aggregators access wholesale markets, unlocking value for behind-the-meter (BTM) flexibility resources. The UK's BTM flexibility market is projected to hit €580 million by 2025 and over €2.5 billion by 2035.

Core Insights: Triple-Value Stacking and Ecosystem Transformation

1.  Market Mechanism Innovation
The VTP role breaks utility monopolies, enabling C&I storage and distributed energy resources (DERs) to achieve multi-revenue stacking—wholesale arbitrage, ancillary services (e.g., frequency regulation). Competition-driven policies accelerate decarbonization and traditional utility transformation.

2.  Pivotal Role of C&I Energy Storage
BTM flexibility is central to VPPs but requires multi-market arbitrage to offset costs. Aggregators maximize asset returns via AI-optimized dispatch on VPP platforms.

3.  Technical Adaptation Challenges
European VPPs demand compliance with standards like OpenADR, multi-market interoperability, and high-precision forecasting algorithms.

"The European VPP market monetizes flexibility resources," said Hu Kai, CTO of ZOE Digital Energy, "Our aims to turn storage from a 'cost unit' to a 'profit center' through full-stack technology."

ZOE's European Expansion: VPP-Storage Synergy
ZOE has deployed large-scale storage projects across Europe. Its AI dispatch engine and Z EMS platform demonstrate strong synergies between energy storage and digital solutions in various market scenarios.

Join Our Webinar with PV Magazine
Learn more in ZOE's live webinar with PV Magazine on September 29. Experts will analyze key findings from ZOE VPP White Paper, discuss the digital-powered multi-scenario ESS solutions, the future of digital ESS, and answer questions in real time.

Registration for this pv magazine Webinar is free of charge.

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