contrats d’effacement
English translation: demand curtailment agreements/contracts
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peer agreement (net): +2demand curtailment agreements/contracts Explanation: https://goo.gl/Z0QsR8 "Customers may also be able to take advantage of tariffs offered by utilities which suffer from a lack of capacity or high marginal cost of production, for example during the hot summer months. A demand curtailment agreement allows the customer to benefit from an attractive energy rate. In exchange, when a utility requests it, the user will reduce their load temporarily." www.uregni.gov.uk/.../100813_Demand_Side_Vision_for_2020_Co... Aug 2010 - Industrial & Commercial DSR - Interruption contracts ...... power demand reflects the average reduction in energy use for ...... flexibility by participating in a number of specific peak reduction or demand curtailment schemes run ... https://www.edf.fr/entreprises/le-mag/en-region/effacement-p... "L'effacement consiste à ne pas consommer d'électricité sur les périodes de pointe. Il permet d'éviter des surcharges sur le réseau électrique et contribue à la réduction des émissions de CO2, en limitant le recours à la production d’électricité à partir de centrales thermiques. En contrepartie de ce coût évité pour le producteur, le client bénéficie d’une rémunération à hauteur de l’effacement réalisé. Ainsi, bénéficier d’un contrat d’effacement permet aux clients entreprises de réaliser des gains sur leurs dépenses énergétiques et à EDF de disposer d’un véritable levier d’optimisation des consommations aux heures de pointe. Un dispositif 100 % gagnant-gagnant !" This Wikipedia article is rather less enthusiastic about the idea: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effacement_de_consommation_éle... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2016-10-19 20:29:47 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- However, "la réinjection sur le réseau d’énergie suivant les contrats d’effacement" seems more like an energy balancing contract. http://www2.nationalgrid.com/uk/services/balancing-services/... "Energy Balancing Contracts are agreements for services that are procured for the purpose of energy balancing. Energy balancing contracts are primarily required as a result of plant losses and shortfalls." |
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