With Norned, stored hydro power in Norwegian dams is released to the Netherlands to meet Dutch
daytime peak energy demand.
Not exact matches
The result is that you can use large amounts of
energy at night to heat up the thermal mass of the building, after which you can turn off the heating altogether in the morning
peak and during the
daytime, when the total power consumption and
energy price are at their highest.
Much, much
energy can be generated NOW, with fairly simple technology, from sunlight, especially for
peaking purposes and also for large volumes of electricity demand that correspond, in timing, to the
daytime.
Whereas battery storage is a relatively recent technology for large - scale applications, ways of storing thermal
energy — such as using cheap off -
peak electricity to freeze ice for
daytime air conditioning — have been around for decades.
Much of the discussion around
energy transition is about
energy storage (batteries, heat / cool storage) in order to shave the evening
peaks by transferring
daytime renewable
energy to a storage medium.
Aside from that, solar power can be a nice fit for
daytime, especially summer time,
peaks — not all
energy sources need to be competitive at all hours to be competitive over-all.