jerimata
2022-02-08 19:36:11
- #1
I don't want to disturb the peace and had to smile a little at the course of events, but I also have to agree with Alessandro's initial statement (and I suspect that the task was rather satirically motivated, but I don't want to assume anything...)
The above calculation is only correct under the assumption that we have a completely dumb system – consumers and power grid without communication. In a smart system, it is indeed much more convenient for the grid operator to have temporary, but registered and/or controllable individual consumers, instead of fundamentally having to increase the base load. Through numerous different consumers in significantly larger dimensions, it is quite possible, by temporal control, to connect more consumers (heat pumps) to the grid without having to increase the base load.
Or the other way around: Every continuously running heat pump inevitably increases the base load (and thus also the peak load), every controllable/smart heat pump (even with higher power) has the potential to be used without influencing the base load.
Whether this really works in practice and our grid becomes smart enough, or whether the grid operators just want to have a door into the home, and to what extent the ERR was really considered – that is of course another matter. But what is clear is: With a smart grid and temporary consumers, the base and peak load can potentially be reduced, while continuously operated consumers inevitably increase them by principle.
The above calculation is only correct under the assumption that we have a completely dumb system – consumers and power grid without communication. In a smart system, it is indeed much more convenient for the grid operator to have temporary, but registered and/or controllable individual consumers, instead of fundamentally having to increase the base load. Through numerous different consumers in significantly larger dimensions, it is quite possible, by temporal control, to connect more consumers (heat pumps) to the grid without having to increase the base load.
Or the other way around: Every continuously running heat pump inevitably increases the base load (and thus also the peak load), every controllable/smart heat pump (even with higher power) has the potential to be used without influencing the base load.
Whether this really works in practice and our grid becomes smart enough, or whether the grid operators just want to have a door into the home, and to what extent the ERR was really considered – that is of course another matter. But what is clear is: With a smart grid and temporary consumers, the base and peak load can potentially be reduced, while continuously operated consumers inevitably increase them by principle.