Find a local cavern, seal it off and do compressed air storage.
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Thu, 6 Mar 2014 18:43:43 -0800:
Hi,
[snip]
Lithium really is brain-dead for Wind farm application ... maybe that
pathology goes with the territory.
Advanced flywheel storage probably makes the most sense. Below is one
company that has done well with them.
See:
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2014/02/beech-ridge-energy-plans-battery-system-at-west-virginia-wind-farm
Summary stats for the battery:
32 MW
18 modules made of standard shipping containers (like Rossi's MW gadget),
each with 1.8 MW output.
Lithium-ion batteries
Lithium-ion batteries
Cost $20 million. Whew!
Musk's Gigafactory
http://www.forbes.com/sites/michelinemaynard/2014/02/26/elon-musks-risky-5-billion-plan-to-control-teslas-fate/
will double the world's output of lithium batteries. While mostly for
the Tesla automobile, Musk hopes to at least
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Thu, 6 Mar 2014 16:22:17 -0500:
Hi,
[snip]
See:
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2014/02/beech-ridge-energy-plans-battery-system-at-west-virginia-wind-farm
This has to be one of the stupidest possible uses for Lithium batteries, given
In reply to mix...@bigpond.com's message of Fri, 07 Mar 2014 12:48:49 +1100:
Hi,
BTW Sodium-Sulfur might have been a better choice for a fixed location, given
that both Sodium and Sulphur are common and cheap.
Also the weight penalty imposed by the thermal insulation required isn't a
problem for
Lithium really is brain-dead for Wind farm application ... maybe that
pathology goes with the territory.
Advanced flywheel storage probably makes the most sense. Below is one
company that has done well with them. Smart Energy's flywheel is
4th-generation featuring longer life than batteries,
Maybe question is not engineering, but subsidies, advertising, ideology,
fashion...
I see that with companies getting on internet with no vision of what to do
there.
I should not moan too much, because soon (maybe already) the big guys will
go to LENr without much vision of what to do, else be
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