mFRR (standing for "Manual Frequency Restoration Reserve") is the tertiary Belgian electric reserve. These reserves - 3 in number - au nombre de trois - are implemented by the TSO, Elia, to balance its power grid.
After FCR and aFRR, mFRR is used to restore manually the frequency of the power grid. This service enables to solve important imbalances which happen a few times in the year when aFRR activated energy is not sufficient (i.e. due to the unplanned stop of a thermal central). Flexcity has provided mFRR power from important partners since 2012.
Who can participate ?
1.
An asset PRODUCING OR CONSUMING ELECTRICITY.
2.
An asset able to MODULATE ITS ELECTRIC POWER WITHIN 15 MINUTES.
3.
An asset able to MODULATE ITS ELECTRIC POWER A FEW TIMES IN THE YEAR.
How does it work ?
All assets answering positively to the above mentioned requirements can participate to this service through different ways:
An asset consuming electricity will have to decrease its consumption (mFRR UP only) within 15 minutes.
- Example of an asset consuming less electricity (mFRR UP)
An asset producing electricity will have to increase its production (mFRR UP only) within 15 minutes.
Example of an asset producing more electricity (mFRR UP) -
Your remuneration
Flexcity remunerates you for making your flexible power available to the grid (availability remuneration) and the real modulation of this flexible power (activation remuneration).
In 2021, a flexible asset always available could have generated up to 43 800€/MW in mFRR of availability remuneration according to market prices.
You want to estimate your potential mFRR remuneration ?
They participate with us in mFRR
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Thy-Marcinelle is an important energy consumer. Flexcity proposed to use this electrical consumption as a grid support and a new revenue stream.