Fridges Could Save Power For Rainy Day

Refrigerated warehouses might soon be used to store not just food, but gigawatts of electricity. A plan dreamt up in the Netherlands could see the giant fridges acting as massive batteries. They would buffer swings in supply and demand from electricity created from renewable sources.

The idea is to save energy by decreasing a fridges temperature by 1°C throughout the night and then using that stored energy to retain the usual temperature during the day, with some to spare. Sounds like a creative way of doing things. Much more can be learned from the article.

Source: Nature.com