Re: A research team has managed to coordinate 100 domestic air conditioners to stabilise the power grid in real time, as if they were a flexible power plant.

On Sat, 14 Jun 2025 15:14:48 +0200, "Carlos E.R."
<robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

>
This is an automated translation (DeepL) of an article I found today;
the original is in Spanish. There is an article in English at the IEEEE,
but you need an account to read.
>
<https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10783092>
>
<https://ecoinventos.com/un-equipo-de-investigacion-logro-coordinar-100-aires-acondicionados-domesticos-para-estabilizar-la-red-electrica-en-tiempo-real/>
>
*A research team has managed to coordinate 100 domestic air conditioners
to stabilise the power grid in real time, as if they were a flexible
power plant.*
>
5-6 minutes
>
A research team demonstrated that many residential air conditioners can
be coordinated to support the power grid without affecting the comfort
of users.
>

Just because you can, doesn't mean it's a good idea.

Better just to distribute some kind of request and let
the end user respond (or not).

Otherwise it's just one more thing that prevents operation
or another com-hacking vulnerability.

RL