Marina Schwarz + 1,576 April 26, 2019 Paying consumers to increase their consumption can reduce the cost of integrating wind and solar electricity production into the grid Very interesting experiment. Finding ways around the intermittency issue of solar and wind. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickW + 2,714 NW April 29, 2019 On 4/26/2019 at 9:36 AM, Marina Schwarz said: Paying consumers to increase their consumption can reduce the cost of integrating wind and solar electricity production into the grid Very interesting experiment. Finding ways around the intermittency issue of solar and wind. Dynamic demand could easily manage intermittent energy sources. Refrigeration is a classic example of something that can be switched off for short periods during peak demand to help smooth out demand profiles. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites