The great Alpine dam is no longer flexible enough
To prevent an underfrequency blackout in Europe (frequency falling below the critical 49.8 Hz), operators historically released water from dams such as Grande Dixence, providing large amounts of power in 10 minutes. The variability of German wind generation, however, requires responses in less than a second. Lithium batteries distributed in homes can respond at that moment through cloud and edge control, alongside established hydroelectric resources.
The operation is completely secret... deep in the cellar
This is commonly called being “Swarmed” (being part of the swarm). Would you like to look at your smartphone application and notice, during a production anomaly in Italy, that your battery loses 1% of stock in one go before returning to its passive appearance? Probably no alarm, because the developers set a 'SoC' (State of Charge) limit via your settings. By declaring never to lower your virtual battery below 20% stock, the aggregator's AI navigates purely in the mattress that you would never consume (outside the summer, 70% is unexploited by you anyway).
Potential income to be contractually regulated
The contract may provide for fixed, variable or mixed remuneration depending on capacity availability and actual activations. Before accepting, compare remuneration, duration of commitment, access to data, impact on guarantee and possibility of exiting the program.