Toshiba aims to launch virtual power plants across Japan in 2022

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Toshiba will partner with a German virtual power plant operator, giving it the ability to manage many renewable energy facilities simultaneously. 

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Toshiba will, as early as 2022, enter the virtual power plant business -- a means of managing renewable energy facilities and operating them like a single large power plant.

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