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Re:US startup begins producing 40%-efficient thermophotovolt... by adrianN on Thursday October 05, 2023 @01:02PM (#37781106)
Demand shaping is part of the plan, but opportunities are currently limited. For most applications demand can only be shifted by a short time.
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Re:US startup begins producing 40%-efficient thermophotovolt... by badtension on Thursday October 05, 2023 @01:46PM (#37781636)
Water heating, AC, fridges and freezers, maybe even EV charging (in some cases) could be done at any time during the 24 hour period, if setup with proper hysteresis.
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Re:US startup begins producing 40%-efficient thermophotovolt... by adrianN on Thursday October 05, 2023 @02:07PM (#37781916)
Shifting some load by a couple of hours is indeed often possible, shifting it by 12 hours is already difficult.
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Re:US startup begins producing 40%-efficient thermophotovolt... by badtension on Thursday October 05, 2023 @02:14PM (#37782011)
Interesting, I would have thought in many cases it is maybe not trivial, but easily doable at worst. Do you have some personal experience with that?
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Re:US startup begins producing 40%-efficient thermophotovolt... by adrianN on Friday October 06, 2023 @02:40AM (#37787804)
A friend is working at Siemens R&D on this topic.
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