The Next Generation of Power Plants - Dr The Next Generation of Power Plants - Dr. Jochen Tackenberg, Dispatcher, Next Kraftwerke - Ireland’s Smart Grid: Opportunities for German-Irish Co-Operation, Dublin, Ireland May 6th, 2014

Dr. Jochen Tackenberg, Next Kraftwerke 2009 ……………. 2010 ……………. 2011 ……………. 2012 ……………. 2013 ……………. 2014 Company Milestones 2009 Company foundation as a spin-off of the Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne by Jochen Schwill and Hendrik Sämisch. 2011 Infrastructure setup (control system, trading department) in order to be able to trade balancing power. 2012 Entry into EPEX Spot and Intraday market. Trading of tertiary reserves at the balancing power market. 2013 Integration of new technologies (such as hydropower and load management) and new markets (such as secondary reserves). 2014 Provision of secondary reserve in all four German TSO areas. Entry into Austrian market. Direct marketer with focus on short-term trading balancing power Keys to a successful Energiewende! Facts & Figures Q1 2014 Sales 31 Mio. € Staff Members >70 Trading Volume 1 TWh Portfolio 870 MW Providing balancing power (secondary and tertiary reserve) for all four TSOs 2009 Company foundation as a spin-off of the Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne by Jochen Schwill and Hendrik Sämisch. Next found major investors Admission as a certified power trader at the energy exchange EPEX Spot SE in Paris. dsf Provision of tertiary reserves in all four German TSO areas with a portfolio of more than 500 biomass plants. Sunday, December 09, 2018 Dr. Jochen Tackenberg, Next Kraftwerke

Intraday activities maximize profit and minimize grid imbalances Intraday trading Motivation: forecast deviations of wind and photovoltaic energy create imbalance in the power grid and fluctuating intraday prices Intraday activities maximize profit and minimize grid imbalances Sunday, December 09, 2018 Dr. Jochen Tackenberg, Next Kraftwerke

Renewables can be used as balancing power! Virtual Power Plant Technical connection and pooling are the basis for providing balancing power Connection & Selling Pool Concept Step 1: Interconnection / Pool Integration Installation of remote access unit Next Box Integration into Next Pool‘s control system Step 2: Selling of balancing power Daily/weekly bidding of the flexibility of the interconnected plants on the balancing power market Automatic processing of the control signal received from the TSOs  24/7 standby and control action by the pool Renewables can be used as balancing power! Sunday, December 09, 2018 Dr. Jochen Tackenberg, Next Kraftwerke

Dr. Jochen Tackenberg, Next Kraftwerke Contact Get in touch with us… The goal Enable 100% power supply by renewables. The road Our virtual power plant – flexibility. The milestone Technology and market share in biogas sector. The team 70 staff members. The founders Jochen Schwill and Hendrik Sämisch. Your contact Jochen Tackenberg Lichtstr. 43g 50825 Köln Tel.: +49 221 820085-47 tackenberg@next-kraftwerke.de Member of EPEX Spot SE Paris Regelleistung.net Fachverband Biogas BDEW Bundesverband Windenergie Sunday, December 09, 2018 Dr. Jochen Tackenberg, Next Kraftwerke