#today my #teaching duty was cosplaying an environment #impact #investor for the first part of the university's entrepreneurship course...

When I get home I shall unwind by creating a machine-readable #dataset of my #bat observations, and reading a paper on #loadShifting in the UK with #heatPumps! Obvs! #openData #research

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@icanbob To an extent you can. You can run your heat pump when it’s sunny, and use your house to buffer cold or heat (depending on the season). You can charge your car when power prices are low. And especially with power hungry industries, #loadShifting is a key factor in a zero carbon economy. Here, we pump the water to keep our polders dry predominantly when clean power is abundant. Similarly, we light our greenhouses smartly.
A little bit of creativity goes a long way to a better world

"In a practice called “load shifting”, data-centre operators move certain tasks that are not time-sensitive, like training an AI model, to different times or even to different data centres. Google has created a system that can shift computation jobs to when and where grids are cleanest."

https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2024/01/29/data-centres-improved-greatly-in-energy-efficiency-as-they-grew-massively-larger

#TheEconomist #LoadShifting

Data centres improved greatly in energy efficiency as they grew massively larger

But can this continue into the age of AI?

The Economist
#SmartMeters can help integrate more intermittent renewables and balance the electric grid, through utility #DemandResponse and #DynamicPricing. #LoadShifting and #PeakShaving is a low cost alternative to #electricityStorage, mutigating dependence on #CriticalMinerals used in batteries.
Advanced Meter rollout in US is making good progress, with 124 million meters installed. Customers should also benefit from measurement data and become more #EnergyLiterate
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/us-smart-meter-penetration-continues-steady-growth-tops-100m-in-operation/639293/
US smart meter penetration continues steady growth, tops 100M in operation: FERC

Growth in smart meter penetration means utilities will likely continue to increase enrollments in demand response and dynamic pricing programs.

Utility Dive