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State Grid Shanghai aggregates data centres, building air conditioning and EV charging points into a virtual power plant it can call on when the city grid peaks
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Shanghai's Virtual Power Plant demand response
Revision 2026-09-27-popular-uplift-2 · effective 2026-09-27
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A trial launched in December 2019 with four aggregators and 512 customers
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in which Shanghai set a record load of 40.55 million kW on 11 August
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the utility says the virtual power plant shifted 1.163 million kW
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In July 2026 it reported a larger measured response, 1.6477 million kW
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State Grid Shanghai reported a then-record 1.163 million kW of load shifted during the August 2025 heatwave, drawn from 47 aggregators
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registered capacity reached 2.03 million kW across 49 operators, up 81% since 2024
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On 16 July 2026 the utility reported a new measured response of 1.6477 million kW
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put its largest measured response for 2023 to 2026 at 0.32, 0.71, 1.16 and 1.65 million kW
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Operator-reported, not independently audited
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- China News Service — Shanghai conducts first million-kilowatt virtual power plant operation (15 Aug 2025)
- China Daily — Shanghai secures power supply amid record high demand (13 Aug 2025)
- 21st Century Business Herald (reprinting The Paper) — Shanghai virtual power plant sets 1.6477 million kW measured-response record (24 Jul 2026)
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Shanghai's August 2025 record was 1.163 million kilowatts of load adjustment
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the trade press reported the same event as 1.163 million kilowatt-hours, which is a different measure of a different thing
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2.03 million kW is what 49 operators have signed up, while 1.163 million kW is what 47 of them delivered during a record heatwave
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- Operator
- State Grid Shanghai Municipal Electric Power Company
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- utility
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- utility
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6 source dossiers
China News Service — Shanghai conducts first million-kilowatt virtual power plant operation (15 Aug 2025)
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- Name not classified · ecns.cn
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- web-page · language not classified
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- 2025-08-15
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Carrying source for the impact figures: a record load adjustment of 1.163 million kW from 47 operators including data centres, building air conditioning and EV charging stations; registered capacity 2.03 million kW across 49 operators, up 81% since 2024. Operator-reported.
China Daily — Shanghai secures power supply amid record high demand (13 Aug 2025)
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- Name not classified · global.chinadaily.com.cn
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- web-page · language not classified
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- 2025-08-13
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Corroboration of the grid peak: 40.55 million kW at 11:23 on 11 August 2025, a new historical high, with virtual power plant adjustment among the measures deployed.
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Yicai Global — Shanghai Is Trialing China's First Virtual Power Plant (19 Dec 2019)
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- Name not classified · yicaiglobal.com
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- web-page · language not classified
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- 2019-12-19
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Source for the trial launch on 5 December 2019 with four operators and 512 customers, covering EV charging piles, industrial parks, commercial buildings and solar storage. Its 'China's first' framing is not used in this entry.
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Shanghai Municipal Government — Shanghai develops framework to regulate virtual power plants (27 May 2025)
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- Name not classified · english.shanghai.gov.cn
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- web-page · language not classified
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- 2025-05-27
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Governance context: Songjiang District's trial VPP management measures, effective April 2025, targeting a 100 MW demand-side peak-shaving VPP by end-2025. A district framework, not the citywide aggregation.
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Microgrid Knowledge — Virtual Power Reaches Global: China Claims New Aggregation Record (15 Aug 2025)
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- Name not classified · microgridknowledge.com
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- 2025-08-15
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Trade-press pickup of the same August 2025 event. Caution: it renders the figure as kWh; the Chinese original and China News Service report 1.163 million kilowatts of load adjustment, not kilowatt-hours.
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21st Century Business Herald (reprinting The Paper) — Shanghai virtual power plant sets 1.6477 million kW measured-response record (24 Jul 2026)
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- Name not classified · 21jingji.com
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- 2026-07-24
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Reprint of a The Paper (澎湃新闻) report citing Shanghai's power authorities: a measured VPP response of 164.77 wan kW (1.6477 million kW) on the afternoon of 16 July 2026, 47 VPP operators in a further call on 23 July, and a largest measured response of 32, 71, 116 and 165 wan kW for 2023 to 2026. Operator-reported. Chinese-language.
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