Mitigating residential duck curve via solar pre-cooling

August 15th, 2023

PV Magazine USA (Online), pv-magazine-usa.com/news/, 15/08/2023, Emiliano Bellini
Solar pre-cooling consists of using residential PV systems to run air conditioners to pre-cool residential and commercial buildings. It offers benefits in terms of mitigating low minimum demand in electricity networks, flattening the grid’s net demand profile, and reducing electricity bills. […] The research group comprises scientists from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the University of New South Wales (UNSW).