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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-22-09 11:05 AM
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2. Energy Storage is not just for Solar. Wind and Hydro, even Nuclear, need Storage Solutions.
Wind turbines and nuclear power plants produce energy that often exceeds demand.

The Helms storage unit is one example in California in which unused power sends water uphill to a reservoir, to be release to turbines later.

Creating Hydrogen for use later is another approach.

Compressed air is yet another.

And V2G, Vehicle to Grid, is yet another scheme that would use electric vehicles' batteries as part of the solution.

Exciting times, these!

K&R
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