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Residential precooling on a high-solar grid: impacts on CO₂ emissions, peak period demand, and electricity costs across California 高太阳能电网的住宅预冷:对二氧化碳排放的影响，高峰时期的需求，以及整个加州的电力成本

Environmental Energy and Economic Research Pub Date : 2023-10-09 DOI: 10.1088/2753-3751/acfa91

Stepp Mayes, Tong Zhang, Kelly T Sanders

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