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Re: Smart Meters
What these also do is help the utility companies understand demand better at a far more granular level to be able to work out how we can best meet demand without blackouts and not generate more than we need. if all they get is a monthly or even annual reading its hard to calculate exactly how much will be needed at 3:37 on a wet dark thursday. do we have enough in renewable generation or do we need that dirty old coal station up and firing away..
its interesting to read about how Japan is putting its near future in coal and generation of "Blue Hydrogen" where the cars etc use a clean fuel at point of use but its generated through dirty methods where the CO2 etc is captured and stored..
Their volcanic location and Fukushima accident has definitely spooked them into concern over Nuclear where they are.
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