As most will know, pumped storage is a daily routine for probably many commercial power companies. I think Con Edison of NY has an active program; there is another in western Mass. They do this for providing peak power needs.
In Murray's potential scheme, it might be useful to point out that if his wind turbine produces electricity which then runs a water pump he will be losing about two-thirds of the available wind energy to conversion losses. So a direct connected waterpump might be the better way to go--although running water lines up a tower may be a bit novel! Or go the old tried & true crank shaft with pumping cylinders at the tower base. But this project probably makes more sense as a wanna-be engineer's hobby rather than one with a big payoff. In fact it is likely to be rather expensive for whatever it returns. I will be interested to read what others think. Chris ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/RzSHvD/UOnJAA/79vVAA/FGYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Does your company feature in the microhydro business directory at http://microhydropower.net/directory ? If not, please register free of charge and be exposed to the microhydro community world wide! NOTE: The advertisements in this email are added by Yahoogroups who provides us with free email group services. The microhydro-group does not endorse products or support the advertisements in any way. More information on micro hydropower at http://microhydropower.net To unsubscribe: send empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microhydro/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
