Cyber-physical Virtual Power Plants (VPPs), a revolutionary framework designed to harness the collective potential of distributed energy resources (DERs) via communication technologies, are crucial for integrating large of renewable generators into future energy grids securely and cost-effectively. This is the pioneering book that systematically explains and explores the operation and control of VPPs from a cyber-physical perspective. Born out of the authors' continuous research and engineering practice in the field of VPPs, this book lays the theoretical foundation for the topic and thoroughly presents straightforward solutions to the challenges encountered in cyber-physical VPPs. This book is a useful reference for researchers, graduates, and engineers interested in and working on VPPs, cyber-physical system designs, and Internet of Things applications.

Combines electrical power expertise and communication expertise to design reliable Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) Establishes the theoretical foundation for VPPs for both static and dynamic VPP service purposes Studies the cyber-physical coupling effects on VPPs and provide solutions to address adverse coupling effects

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1. Overview: VPP Structure and Physical Model.- 2. Unified Steady DER Model: Polytope and Projection.- 3. Unified Dynamic DER Model: Triggered Step Response.- 4. Individual DER Model Parameter Identification.- 5. Individual DER Model Shape Normalization.- Overview: Cyber-physical Coupling Considerations in VPP Operations.- Real Cases of Cyber-physical Coupling Effects in VPPs.- Cyber-physical VPP Aggregation and Disaggregation.- Cyber-physical VPP Operation with Network Effects.- Overview: Semantics and Coordinated Communication Control.- Minute-level Demand Response: Access Control for Reliability.- Second-level Frequency Support: Bandwidth Slicing for Latency.- Distributed Energy Sharing: Concurrency and Connectivity Control.- Decentralized P2P Trading: Communication Synchronization Control.