On November 12, at the 2025 (8th) Power Demand-Side Management Innovation Conference and Virtual Power Plant Practice Exchange Forum hosted by the China Electricity Council, GCL Energy Technology Co., Ltd. unveiled its "Juxing" virtual power plant platform. This platform establishes a three-tier smart energy system to empower the entire energy chain—from production and storage to consumption and trading.
The "Juxing" platform features a unique three-tier smart architecture: enterprise-level, operator-level, and city-level virtual power plants. The enterprise-level virtual power plant optimizes load resources with real-time monitoring, energy scheduling, fault alerts, data analysis, and remote intelligent maintenance. The operator-level virtual power plant serves as a robust "empowerment hub," efficiently aggregating distributed resources while enabling cross-regional coordination and grid response. The city-level virtual power plant acts as the "central command" of the smart grid, managing operations, demand matching, bidding optimization, process monitoring, and revenue settlement.
At its core, the "Juxing" platform leverages multi-dimensional AI large models to enable full-process intelligence—from grid demand forecasting and resource optimization to trading strategy recommendations. This ensures second-level coordination between the grid, platform, users, and devices, supported by model calculations and smart allocation. GCL Energy Technology's large-model and AI digital development framework boasts a training foundation at the scale of hundreds of billions, with extensive data and business coverage.
Fei Zhi, President of GCL Energy Technology, highlighted that the company has over a decade of experience in virtual power plant operations, making it one of China's earliest adopters of this model. The business has expanded from its core region in Jiangsu to multiple provinces, including Shanghai, Zhejiang, Sichuan, and Shenzhen. Currently, the company aggregates nearly 1 GW of adjustable load nationwide, with over 30% share in Jiangsu's ancillary services market, solidifying its regional dominance. Holding a top-tier "Demand-Side Management Service Provider" certification, the company manages over 20 GW of user capacity, ensuring sustained growth in virtual power plant operations.
Recently, China's State Council emphasized virtual power plants as a key focus in clean energy under its guidelines for accelerating scenario development and adoption. As renewable energy integration challenges grow, virtual power plants are emerging as a critical pillar in carbon-neutral energy structures due to their flexible regulation capabilities. By 2027 and 2030, China aims to achieve virtual power plant capacities exceeding 20 GW and 50 GW, respectively.
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