Rather than paying ageing power stations to stay open in the transition to renewable energy, demand flexibility is cheaper and cleaner way to ensure the system has enough capacity.
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Extreme weather is a threat to the UK’s electricity system – and climate change is likely to make it even worse.
A study of 230 electric vehicles found only 25% of charging happens during peak demand periods. Their patterns of use also mean spare battery capacity could be fed into the grid at these times.
Energy inequality will have to reduce substantially by 2050 to maintain a safe climate and decent living standards for all.
Sometimes wind and solar power produce more electricity than the local grid can handle. Better energy storage and transmission could move extra energy to where it’s needed instead of shutting it off.
The process of manufacturing gallium-doped solar panels was under a patent until last year. It’s only now that this method has started to pick up steam.
The socio-economic and political factors that keep conventional energy out of reach of the poor can do the same with renewable energy.
The US electricity grid is actually five regional grids, and it’s hard to share power between them. A macrogrid could bridge the gaps, making electricity cheaper and more reliable.
Ramping up fossil power sources is no longer a good option in an energy-supply crisis. Bring in the weather forecasters.
Electricity is only one part of the green energy puzzle we need to solve.
Consumers can play their part in reducing carbon emissions by choosing to shift their energy use to when renewable generation is at its daily peak.
Those endless cups of tea while working from home are unlikely to add much to your electricity bill. But coronavirus poses other problems for the electricity sector.
Effective engineering solutions to tackle climate change already exist but there is a desperate lack of conviction to address the emergency.
Top contributors
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Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Sustainability, University of Leeds
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Director of Energy Studies, University of Florida
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Photovoltaic Engineering, University of Oxford
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EPSRC Fellow, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford
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Lecturer in Energy, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Senior Research Fellow, Victorian Hydrogen Hub, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate professor, UNSW Sydney
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Climate Risk Analytics, University of Bristol
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Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Earth Sciences, Heriot-Watt University
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Senior Research Fellow, Victoria University
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Professor of Energy Economics and Policy, University of Reading
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow on Flexibility in Energy Demand, University of Reading
