Re:Solar and Wind Energy May Be Nice, but How Can We Store It?
by lovemenot on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @03:45AM
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In the case of energy storage, demand-shifting is entailed:
- Supply side economic incentives (heavily variable pricing)
- Accessible, standardised real-time and forecast information about rates
- Client side automated usage control (with defaults)
This could be a good application for IoT. For instance, the only use-case I'd seriously consider for an internet enabled fridge, would be if it could "store" energy in the form of deep-chilling a thermal insulator to be charged at lower rates, when it's windy say.
- Supply side economic incentives (heavily variable pricing)
- Accessible, standardised real-time and forecast information about rates
- Client side automated usage control (with defaults)
This could be a good application for IoT. For instance, the only use-case I'd seriously consider for an internet enabled fridge, would be if it could "store" energy in the form of deep-chilling a thermal insulator to be charged at lower rates, when it's windy say.