Equivalent of 97% of Scotland’s 2020 electricity consumption was from renewables

Re:Equivalent of 97% of Scotland’s 2020 electricity consumpt... by pydry on Friday March 26, 2021 @10:48AM (#26592797)

The only really critically necessary government intervention is making sure the grid can handle this.

It would probably help if they mandated smart electric storage heaters on new builds but beyond that I'm not sure you need to do much more.

You can rely on people's self interest to buy a new washing machine that saves them money, for instance.

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Re:Equivalent of 97% of Scotland’s 2020 electricity consumpt... by SamBam on Friday March 26, 2021 @11:21AM (#26593178)

I was thinking more along the lines of international standards for how the appliance could tell that it was in a period of low electricity pricing.

Also, since green tech often saves fewer actual dollars from a consumer's pocket than the "real" cost of the externalities saved, subsidies and/or eco-friendly certification would also be good.

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Re:Equivalent of 97% of Scotland’s 2020 electricity consumpt... by VBprogrammer on Friday March 26, 2021 @12:08PM (#26593751)

> I was thinking more along the lines of international standards for how the appliance could tell that it was in a period of low electricity pricing.

The obvious solution to this is grid frequency. It's already a requirement for solar grid tie invertors for example.

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Re:Equivalent of 97% of Scotland’s 2020 electricity consumpt... by kwhitefoot on Friday March 26, 2021 @11:38AM (#26593378)

Demand shaping generally reduces the peak demand so the grid can usually handle much more power on average than before.

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