New Air Conditioner To Put Electricity Demand On Ice

A new air conditioning system that makes ice overnight using cheap-rate electricity may be key to cutting strain on China’s creaking power grid.

The unit, to go on trial in Guangzhou, Guandong Province, uses ice it makes during the night to cool the air during the day.

Called an Ice Storage Air Conditioner (ISAC), the device will be introduced throughout the province next year if it performs as well in Guangzhou as it has elsewhere.
Xinhua