摘要 |
The present invention relates to an intelligent electronic control and communications interface module for a thermal energy storage module comprising means for bi-directionally communicating data between a thermal energy storage module and a smart grid, wherein said data comprise data concerning the current status of the storage capacity, and requests to store thermal energy or to discharge thermal energy. The present invention relates also to a thermal energy storage module comprising such intelligent electronic control and communications interface module. Additionallly, the present invention relates to a thermal energy storage module grid. Further, the present invention relates to a method of doing business comprising treating stored thermal energy, thermal energy storage capacity, and/or control priority thereof as a quantifiable tradable asset. |