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Cornell researchers propose a credit market for data-center power cuts

Cornell researchers propose a credit market for data-center power cuts. Cornell’s proposed Curtailment Credit Market would let data centers facing required cuts pay more flexible energy users to take on part of their reduction obligations.

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Simulations on three test grids found it could avoid at least one-third of the economic damage from curtailments; an implementable market mechanism is still under development. The proposal also accounts for transmission constraints; the simulations are not observed gains from an operating market.

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    Cornell researchers propose a credit market for data-center power cuts

    Cornell researchers propose a credit market for data-center power cuts. Cornell’s proposed Curtailment Credit Market would let data centers facing required cuts pay more flexible energy users to take on part of their reduction obligations.

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