Maybe they need to build the wind turbine towers to be compressed air tanks - - -
On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Compressed air in the works for Canadian wind power storage. > > > > Nova Scotia-based Unify Energy won $250,000 for a compressed air project in > that province using new technology also from a California firm, Light Sail. > > The project will attach to a wind farm enough shipping containers to store > electricity to run 200 houses for eight hours, Sebastian Manchester said in > a telephone interview. > > “Twenty modules could help integrate a pretty big wind farm,” said > Manchester, adding that he is looking for partners in Alberta. > > These compressed air shipping containers are much bigger than Tesla’s > fridge-sized batteries. But they are also much cheaper to manufacture, use > readily available materials and can store about as much power, he said. > > The compressed air is put into carbon fibre storage units inside the > shipping container at 3,000 PSI. > > The system is high-efficient as heat generated by compressing the air is > stored in water and used later to decompress the air when electricity is > needed. > > Three other winners are ZincNyx Energy Solution, University of Calgary with > large scale liquid batteries, Ambri and Eguana Technologies. > > The companies have two years to complete their projects. > > -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
