How losing control of your air conditioner may reduce blackouts and save money
1 month ago

How losing control of your air conditioner may reduce blackouts and save money

ABC  

On two of the hottest days so far this year, more than 150,000 air conditioners in Queensland were remotely controlled to power down to 50 per cent capacity. The Australian Energy Market Operator has previously said that "in the next few years", rooftop solar could be supplying as much as 90 per cent of the energy to the whole eastern network. "Imagine an electricity network like pipes carrying water," Dr Gardner said. "That's a lot of energy that they're getting back," Dr Gardner said. " As Australia's grid continued to become more renewable, Dr Gardner said tweaking the timing of energy use was vital, but it was important that people shouldn't feel like they'd been "tricked" into it.

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