![]() ![]() Project Drawdown’s Grid Flexibility solution involves a portfolio of practices and technologies (system operation, markets, load, flexible generation, networks, and storage) that increase grid efficiency, resilience, and ability to integrate variable renewable energy sources. ![]() Where the grid spans larger geographies and more electricity sources, it can essentially even out the total output of renewables, reducing extremes in variability. ![]() demand-response tools, such as smart thermostats and smart appliances, to mediate peaks in demand.įlexibility also depends on strong transmission and distribution networks-the connective tissue between generation and consumption.utility-scale storage, such as pumped hydro and molten salt.constant renewables, such as geothermal.Many technologies contribute to grid flexibility: For electricity supply to become predominantly or entirely renewable, the grid needs to become more flexible and adaptable than it is today. It was designed for constant, centralized power production, not for the variability of solar and wind power. The grid is the dynamic web of electricity production, transmission, storage, and consumption that 85 percent of the world relies on. ![]()
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