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Environment Variables

The Week in Green Software: Modeling Carbon Aware Software

Nov 23, 2023
This podcast explores the benefits and trade-offs of load shifting, modeling the European electricity grid, 24/7 carbon-free electricity matching, unbundling renewable energy generation, and optimizing energy usage through load shifting.
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Quick takeaways

  • Load shifting in green software can reduce the need for additional renewable energy infrastructure and result in cost savings.
  • Integrating space-time load shifting can optimize energy usage and reduce costs.

Deep dives

Flexibility makes carbon-free computing more resource-efficient

The study reveals that increasing the share of flexible computing jobs reduces the capacity of wind, solar, and storage needed to achieve hourly matching of demand with carbon or green electricity. This flexibility in load shifting makes carbon-free computing more resource-efficient, resulting in cost savings and reduced reliance on additional renewable energy infrastructure. The study also highlights the potential benefits of integrating space-time load shifting to further optimize energy usage and reduce costs. By shifting computing workloads across locations and time, companies can take advantage of differences in renewable resource quality and optimize energy procurement strategies.

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