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I am clearly out of my depth here but what if we take the newly daytime unused/idle coal power or natural gas power for other endeavors like sea water desalina
by manishsharan 10y ago
I am clearly out of my depth here but what if we take the newly daytime unused/idle coal power or natural gas power for other endeavors like sea water desalination or just pumping up water into a watertower when daytime energy cost is low and adding increased hydro capacity in the evening when the energy cost is higher?
- lancewiggs 10y agoThose sources of power have a higher marginal cost and are only spun up when the spot price is high enough - in peak demand times.
- eru 10y agoWhat you are talking about is demand shaping. It's already happening, but I predict we'll see more of that in the future. Eg lots of industrial applications like smelting aluminium can do with short-ish power cuts. In return, they get a steep rebate on their electricity bill.