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Title
Emerging Technologies Battle to Fill Peak Electrical Demand
Description
Every summer, thousands of people return home from work in the late afternoon and switch on their televisions, lights, and air conditioning. Their collective action temporarily increases demand for electricity, and drives up its price as utilities tap additional sources of electrical generation – typically natural-gas-fired power plants. Although this system has served well for decades, the high price of peak energy has attracted an array of new technologies – including demand response, solar power, and energy storage. All of them aim to challenge the dominance of costly natural gas “peaker” plants. But while each challenger shares a role in defraying peak demand, all must address challenges of their own before reaching their full potential, according to a new report from Lux Research.
Date
Jul 21, 2010

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