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I'm just thinking of fun ways to build businesses around dispatchable, quick-ramping energy sinks that could serve in lieu of curtailment. Obviously energy int
by jaggederest 9y ago
I'm just thinking of fun ways to build businesses around dispatchable, quick-ramping energy sinks that could serve in lieu of curtailment.
Obviously energy intensive businesses like aluminum smelting, chemical production, etc, but also things like refrigeration units running slightly more midday to produce chilled water and then idling until ~10pm, battery backups at datacenters being half way drained and then refilled off-peak, etc.
- nate_meurer 9y agoThis is a significant element of DR (demand response). Domestic waters are another attractive target, and there some pilot programs around the U.S. fleshing out the details.
- nate_meurer 9y agoSorry, that should read "domestic water heaters"