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Re:Storage ‘not fundamentally needed’ for future power grid,... by adrianN on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @02:31PM (#14597215)
Huge loads like Aluminium smelters are already "smart" and cooperate with the electricity providers, so there is not as much left to gain there.
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Re:Storage ‘not fundamentally needed’ for future power grid,... by askvictor on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @06:50PM (#14599234)
Yes and no; you can't just switch off an aluminium smelter with destroying it; it takes quite a bit of time to ramp it down. I think that for forecast high demand they shut down production in a planned way.
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