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I'm sure there's some business opportunities that can be taken to alleviate this surplus. There's a generation of people that have been groomed to use their ele
by esturk 9y ago
I'm sure there's some business opportunities that can be taken to alleviate this surplus. There's a generation of people that have been groomed to use their electrical appliances during the night time wether to do laundries or wash dishes because they would be charged less from energy providers. In recent years, people are doing their charging at home in the middle of the night.
But perhaps this can flip around. Imagine laundromats that charge cheaper for drying or washing during the day vs during the night. Cheaper electric car charging during the day. Business opportunities that benefit everyone simply by changing some habits.
- thephyber 9y ago> I'm sure there's some business opportunities that can be taken to alleviate this surplus. You need to be able to message the energy consumers (most likely smart versions of large appliances) within minutes notice. I think you would have to have appliances ready when you leave home in the morning and set the power price at which you are willing to run it. Right now, I don't think most large appliances support such a system. Perhaps home assistants (Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple HomePod, etc) would be the right place to integrate these settings, but you would still need the assistant to be able to interact with your dishwasher / clotheswasher / Tesla Powerwall. At the moment, we are adding solar to the grid faster than we are adding smart appliances that are capable of deciding when to use power, based on the current market price of power.
- webnrrd2k 9y agoThis strikes me as a viable usefor IoT-style appliances. Or maybe IoT outlets. Also, I bet a swimming pool could be cooled down when power is cheap, and the chilled water pumped through a heat exchanger as air conditioning.