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Published online 7 February 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070205-9
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Fridges could save power for a rainy day
Turning off cold storage could buffer the electricity grid.
Refrigerated warehouses might soon be used to store not just food, but gigawatts of electricity. A plan dreamt up in the Netherlands could see the giant fridges acting as massive batteries.
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