VPP Connect
Does your company manage distributed energy resources? Earn revenue while supporting grid reliability by integrating these assets into Enel’s virtual power plant. Discover how Enel’s integration offering, VPP Connect, makes it easy – unlocking a win-win for your business, your customers, and the energy transition.
Unlock Flexibility
Monetize flexible assets in Enel’s virtual power plant
Virtual power plants (VPPs) are transforming how the electric grid meets today’s challenges, such as how to serve rising demand and ensure reliability during extreme weather. Instead of ramping up supply with new steel-in-the-ground generation, VPPs provide a more cost-effective, quick-to-implement solution. They orchestrate distributed energy resources (DERs) – EVs, batteries, heat pumps, HVAC systems, smart devices, and more – in a flexible manner to reduce energy consumption when the grid needs support.
Any flexible asset can contribute to a VPP, and VPP Connect helps unlock the value of that flexibility. VPP Connect is Enel’s API (Application Programming Interface) that allows companies managing DERs to seamlessly integrate these assets into Enel’s VPP and monetize them in energy flexibility programs, like demand response, to support grid reliability. With no upfront costs and an easy-to-implement API, VPP Connect makes it simple to participate and maximize the value of DERs.
How It Works
How does VPP Connect work?
Integrating with Enel’s VPP gives your company direct access to energy markets without having to navigate their complexity. Enel brings the market expertise and manages the behind-the-scenes operations, while you retain full control of your DERs. VPP Connect’s simple API makes integration easy and low-cost for your development team. Once connected, your assets can participate in demand response programs that are aligned with your fleet’s footprint.
What does participation look like? When the grid is under stress and needs flexibility, your DERs respond to the signals communicated via Enel’s VPP Connect. In return, your company receives financial compensation for supporting the grid during these critical moments. You can choose the way to share these benefits with your customers that fits your unique business model, enhancing satisfaction and adding value to your DER offerings.
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Benefits
The value of participating in Enel’s VPP
Earn extra revenue
Monetize the flexibility of your DERs and distribute that value to your customers in a way that aligns with your business strategy and will foster your sales.
Be recognized
Position your brand at the forefront of the energy transition by embracing cutting-edge, transformative technologies like VPPs.
Do good, be sustainable
Support the energy transition by helping stabilize the grid and enable more renewable energy, especially as electricity demand reaches record highs.
Recommended For
Is VPP Connect right for you?
Companies that monitor and control the electricity usage of DERs and have software platforms that can integrate via API may be well-positioned to leverage VPP Connect. If your organization operates within Enel’s service territory and manages flexible assets such as EV chargers, batteries, HVAC systems, or other controllable technologies, you could unlock new revenue opportunities while contributing to grid reliability.
Ideal companies include:
OEMs with connected energy devices
Aggregators managing portfolios of DERs
Equipment manufacturers with DER-enabled hardware and software platforms
Why Enel North America
Making market participation simple and rewarding
Industry-leading software
VPP Connect is a modern, professional set of API endpoints designed to meet the high standards our partners expect from Enel. Built with simplicity and performance in mind, it provides a streamlined way for companies that manage DERs to connect with Enel’s industry-leading flexibility management software, Enel X Flex, and participate in demand response programs as part of Enel’s VPP.
VPP Connect allows for communication of participation obligations, market offers, and energy data between Enel X Flex and your fleet. Your technical team may choose the protocol that is most easily supported: VPP Connect includes instructions for oADR (open Automated Demand Response) protocol, as well as an Enel custom API. Additionally, we offer several helpful packages to help get you integrated more quickly with Enel’s platform via VPP Connect.
VPP Connect ensures a smooth, scalable path to energy market participation through one of the most trusted names in demand response.
Quick and easy integration
Integrating with VPP Connect is simple, thanks to a guided process and dedicated technical support:
- Initial assessment – Analysis of synergies between your energy assets and Enel’s flexibility programs.
- Technical implementation – Integrate quickly and easily with simplified APIs and great documentation.
- Testing and validation – Verify integration in a pre-production testing environment.
- Operational phase – Immediate access to energy markets and revenue opportunities.
We handle the energy market complexity
At Enel, we believe that demand response participation should be simple, rewarding, and low risk. We bring more than two decades of demonstrated market expertise to the table, industry-leading flexibility software, and the financial strength of a global demand response leader. This foundation enables us to deliver long-term value and stability. Let us handle the risk and complexity of the energy markets and regulations and allow you to focus on your customers. We’ll focus on maximizing the value of your DERs in the energy markets, so you can focus on what you do best: managing your business.
A recognized demand response leader
As the global demand response leader, Enel offers access to more markets than any other provider. Our demand response portfolio of 9.3 MW currently spans across 14 markets worldwide. By turning operational flexibility into a strategic asset, we are empowering more than 8,000 customers across more than 16,000 individual sites globally to earn revenue while supporting a cleaner, more responsive grid.
Partnering with a provider who has strong financial stability and is well-established ensures you receive dependable service and a partner who consistently delivers on their promises. Our unmatched scale, global expertise, and local market presence ensure you can participate wherever opportunities exist – today and as new programs emerge. The Enel group is a Fortune Global 100 energy leader with 55 million+ customers across 28 countries, 60,000+ employees, and 50+ years of experience.
Why Enel North America
Making market participation simple and rewarding
VPP Connect is a modern, professional set of API endpoints designed to meet the high standards our partners expect from Enel. Built with simplicity and performance in mind, it provides a streamlined way for companies that manage DERs to connect with Enel’s industry-leading flexibility management software, Enel X Flex, and participate in demand response programs as part of Enel’s VPP.
VPP Connect allows for communication of participation obligations, market offers, and energy data between Enel X Flex and your fleet. Your technical team may choose the protocol that is most easily supported: VPP Connect includes instructions for oADR (open Automated Demand Response) protocol, as well as an Enel custom API. Additionally, we offer several helpful packages to help get you integrated more quickly with Enel’s platform via VPP Connect.
VPP Connect ensures a smooth, scalable path to energy market participation through one of the most trusted names in demand response.
Integrating with VPP Connect is simple, thanks to a guided process and dedicated technical support:
- Initial assessment – Analysis of synergies between your energy assets and Enel’s flexibility programs.
- Technical implementation – Integrate quickly and easily with simplified APIs and great documentation.
- Testing and validation – Verify integration in a pre-production testing environment.
- Operational phase – Immediate access to energy markets and revenue opportunities.
At Enel, we believe that demand response participation should be simple, rewarding, and low risk. We bring more than two decades of demonstrated market expertise to the table, industry-leading flexibility software, and the financial strength of a global demand response leader. This foundation enables us to deliver long-term value and stability. Let us handle the risk and complexity of the energy markets and regulations and allow you to focus on your customers. We’ll focus on maximizing the value of your DERs in the energy markets, so you can focus on what you do best: managing your business.
As the global demand response leader, Enel offers access to more markets than any other provider. Our demand response portfolio of 9.3 MW currently spans across 14 markets worldwide. By turning operational flexibility into a strategic asset, we are empowering more than 8,000 customers across more than 16,000 individual sites globally to earn revenue while supporting a cleaner, more responsive grid.
Partnering with a provider who has strong financial stability and is well-established ensures you receive dependable service and a partner who consistently delivers on their promises. Our unmatched scale, global expertise, and local market presence ensure you can participate wherever opportunities exist – today and as new programs emerge. The Enel group is a Fortune Global 100 energy leader with 55 million+ customers across 28 countries, 60,000+ employees, and 50+ years of experience.
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