arXiv AI By Xudong Wu, Zeqing Wu, Jiarui Zhang, Xuhao Fan, Ziang Ding, Yuming Zhuang, Mingqi Yuan, Yilun Du, Hongjie Jia, Yunfei Mu, Jiayu Chen

EnergyBridge: Benchmarking Household Energy Management, User Participation, and Grid Flexibility

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arXiv:2608. 08691v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Residential virtual power plants (VPPs) can provide grid flexibility by shifting household demand, but physical flexibility becomes dependable capacity only when residents authorize a plan and the promised response is delivered.

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