From: "Geo." 

"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in message
news:45ce58da{at}w3.nls.net...

> The idea seems simple. Say you lowered the temperature of all large
> coldstores in Europe by just 1øC during the night when electricity
> demand is low, then let it rise 1øC by switching them off during the day
> when demand is at peak. The net effect would be that the warehouses
> would act as as batteries — potentially storing 50,000 megawatt-hours of
> energy — and the food wouldn't melt.

If you are going to spend the money for new controls, why not just spend it
on more insulation? Reduce the load instead of time shifting it, probably
have a better payback period as well.

Geo.

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