Re:More wind energy was installed in 2020 than any other ene...
by lovemenot on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @06:40PM
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>> At domestic levels, its more difficult
Not sure if this is correct. Once power cost is reduced, the cost of investing equipment dominates still further. Industrial processes are designed to operate 24/7 and when they don't, they are uneconomic.
Domestic power consumption is never 24/7 on any major device and there is some discretion over scheduling. Even fridge/freezer has some flexibility
Re:More wind energy was installed in 2020 than any other ene...
by wumpus on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @02:24AM
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One easy one is charging electric cars. If they can be plugged in both at work and at home, there's a huge opportunity to charge when there's excess production.
Re:More wind energy was installed in 2020 than any other ene...
by dukeyukey on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @05:34AM
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I can imagine settings where you can define when to charge e.g. "Charge to 20%, then only at peak excess energy times", like how people set the dryer to go overnight when there's excess energy
Some industrial processess, such as smelting, crushing, etc can be incentivized to do that.
At domestic levels, its more difficult