It is becoming more and more evident that taking grid operations into the digital space will be a key enabler of efficient usage of resources on a global scale. Energy sources like wind and solar farms, nuclear reactors, dams and fossil-based plants coupled with energy storage systems like batteries, gravity storage, pumped hydro, compressed gas, thermal storage and even seasonal hydrogen storage or vehicle-to-grid (V2G) will have to be thoroughly integrated in order to serve our energy needs consistently. A plethora of distributed resources which may or may not have intermittent generation and non-linear patterns of feeding the grid will all fall under the umbrella of virtual power plants (VPPs). Managing such assets is one thing but trading and utilizing…