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Engineering Response to Climate Change, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Engineering Response to Climate Change, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by Robert G. Watts
March 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
520 pages
18h 5m
English
CRC Press
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291Renewable Electricity
steam. That uid can be stored as thermal energy for later use; the storage
must be on-site as the uid cannot be transported long distances without
excessive heat loss. While this is a relatively inexpensive form of storage, it
is associated exclusively with CSP technologies and, therefore, will not enjoy
widespread use until such point in time that CSP technologies are widely
economically competitive.
7.6.2 Demand-Side Options
In addition to these supply-side options, as shown in Figure 7.23, there are
additional options on the demand side for mitigating the VU associated with
the VRETs. The least expensive options are those associated with the mar-
ket structure itself. There are numerous ways that markets can be structur ...
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