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Re:Wind and solar are cheaper than thought, admits UK govern... by londons_explore on Thursday August 27, 2020 @05:51PM (#24299108)
Using the grid frequency as a price signal seems to make perfect sense. A mapping table can be published of frequency to market price, and updated periodically. The prices for outer extremes of allowable system frequency should be "+Infinity" and "-Infinity" so there is never a situation that someone let's the grid frequency go outside allowable bounds for business reasons.

Then home users can use devices with very basic built in electronics to save money or even earn money on electricity bills.

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Re:Wind and solar are cheaper than thought, admits UK govern... by rleigh on Thursday August 27, 2020 @06:31PM (#24299437)
It makes sense as a concept. In practice, it may lead to very unfortunate feedback effects if deployed at scale.
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Re:Wind and solar are cheaper than thought, admits UK govern... by sbierwagen on Thursday August 27, 2020 @07:15PM (#24299741)
Use low-precision frequency references, then. At scale it'll smear out the demand spike.
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Re:Wind and solar are cheaper than thought, admits UK govern... by londons_explore on Friday August 28, 2020 @03:00AM (#24302110)
Except it's negative feedback... Which increases system stability.
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