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In Germany, if you have a heat pump you can get special discounted rates if you let the utilities company switch off the pump for some time during peak demand.
by _ph_ 6y ago
In Germany, if you have a heat pump you can get special discounted rates if you let the utilities company switch off the pump for some time during peak demand. The same scheme could immediately be used for electric car charging. Actually I expect the utilities to be a big pusher for charging infrastructure, which is then controlled to even stabilize the grid.
- VBprogrammer 6y agoI think you missed this: > This should be easy to fix but it is another thing which needs to be rolled out and working in the next 10 years.
- nicoburns 6y agoThis isn't exactly a new idea though. This has been done in the past in the UK (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storage_heater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storage_heater). And rollout of smart meters is already in progress.