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Fridges could save power for a rainy day

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Turning off cold storage could buffer the electricity grid.

Burst of energy: schemes are needed to better manage our power supply. Credit: Photodisk
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Butler, D. Fridges could save power for a rainy day. Nature (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/news070205-9

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