Community Virtual Power Plant Loenen (cVPP) Community Virtual Power Plant Loenen (cVPP)

The story of the Dutch cVPP starts in 2013 in Loenen, a small rural village in the Province of Gelderland. In 2013, the village of Loenen won a sustainability competition organized by the municipality of Appeldoorn calling for solutions to make villages energy neutral. Winning this competition by introducing a revolving fund was the start of the implementation of this solution in their own village. Already more than 300 projects with an investment value of close to two million euros have been installed in Loenen buildings (insulation, PV (166), Heat pumps, etc.) thanks to this fund, and more are to come. The ambition of the village is to use all rooftop capacity in Loenen for PV and become self-supporting. Yet, this strategy requires smart energy management, so the rural cVPP was initiated. Currently, Loenen generates 50% of household demand with local PV.