Editorial composite showing offshore wind turbines beside an electric car connected to a charging cable, divided by blue and white lines.

Giving households free electricity for short periods encouraged them to use more power when renewable generation was abundant, field experiments in Great Britain and Spain found. This could help grids use more wind and solar electricity that might otherwise go unused.

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