Colgate contracts power from the virtual plant

The multinational company Colgate-Palmolive announced this Friday (15/09), in New York (USA), signature ia buying virtual energy (VPPA, English acronym for virtual power purchase agreement). The VPP (virtual power plant) system consists of a “virtual network” of power from local plants from various sources. Therefore, remotely coordinated in distribution networks.

Colgate’s goal in the VPP contract Scout Clean Energy, is to ensure 100% of future operational electricity needs in the United States. Scout’s solar farm in Waco, Texas, will begin supplying in 2025, with 209 megawatts (MW).

Colgate is present in more than 200 countries and territories. Among its main product brands are: Colgate, Palmolive, hello, Sorriso, Tom’s of Maine, Irish Spring, PCA SKIN, Protex, Ajax and Axion, in addition to Hill’s Science Diet and Hill’s Prescription Diet. In 2022, its global net sales reached 17.967 billion dollars3% over 2021, while net profit shrank 18% to $1.785 billion.

Scout Clean Energy, a private company based in Colorado, focuses on renewable energy. On its portal it is said that “operates and develops projects of wind, solar and renewable energy”. Last semester, Scout, via joint venture with Elawan Energy, sold a 199 MW wind farm in Oklahoma to Evergy, Inc.

The contract, the event inside NYC Climate Week (Climate Week in New York), will be for 20 years. The disclosure appears in the statement “Colgate-Palmolive continues to accelerate actions towards the goal of net zero carbon emissions“.

The advantage of the virtual power plant

In practice, VPP consists of forming a network of local generating units from different sources. Among these, for example: thermal power plants wind farms and solar, hydro, heat and combined power (CHP) units. In VPPA contracts, distributed generation may include SURPLUS both units in commercial and domestic installations.

Supply VPP, electrical engineer Sidney Ipiranga explains in an article, occurs with load interconnection of units and “dispatch by power plant virtual control room“. An expert in renewable energy, he stresses, however, that the units remain autonomous in their properties. Read the article VPP – Virtual Power Plant.

In addition to supplies in wholesale contracts, such as Colgate, VPPs may have a strategic function, as in peak demand moments. Since they are decentralized, they can join the distribution network and serve nearby points at critical times. Therefore, this presents an advantage over large conventional generating plants installed at fixed points.

Colgate will consume 100% renewable energy by 2030

Colgate’s announcement is part of the phases of Zero net liabilities, i.e. the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. “Renewable energy deals are a valuable part of our renewable energy masterplan and will help us achieve our energy targets.net zero carbon missions by 2040 and 100% renewable electricity in our global operations by 2030. The statement, which appears in today’s statement, is attributed to Colgate’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Ann Tracy.

At NYC Climate Week 2022, Colgate was unveiled as the first among major multinational consumer durables, household and personal products to have “net zero carbon targets endorsed by the initiative Science-Based Objectives (SBTi)“.

Also read the academic study “Concepts of virtualization and hybridization of power generation plants”.

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