ohzee
100 kW
http://7tool.biz/germany-is-producing-so-much-energy-from-its-windmills-that-it-risks-creating-a-grid-collapse/
reading the article now - pretty interesting.
reading the article now - pretty interesting.
Germany Wind produced Energy excess
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Dauntless
100 TW
Dang gummed energy, if only there was a SHORTAGE.
Meanwhile, you CAN store electricity, even grid electricity. They just don't have that set up yet. I guess you'll call it 'Infrastructure.' Sulphur Sodium batteries. Maybe other kinds too. But it's already being done. Not sure the setup cost.
Meanwhile, you CAN store electricity, even grid electricity. They just don't have that set up yet. I guess you'll call it 'Infrastructure.' Sulphur Sodium batteries. Maybe other kinds too. But it's already being done. Not sure the setup cost.
Also vanadium-redox liquid flow batteries. (What a problem to have!)
Pumped storage (pumping water from the lower end of a hydroelectric dam to the upper reservoir during low-demand times) is inefficient, but...when you have an excess of wind-energy, it's better than a sharp stick in the eye (as Stevie Wonder used to say).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumped-storage_hydroelectricity
Pumped storage (pumping water from the lower end of a hydroelectric dam to the upper reservoir during low-demand times) is inefficient, but...when you have an excess of wind-energy, it's better than a sharp stick in the eye (as Stevie Wonder used to say).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumped-storage_hydroelectricity
Dauntless
100 TW
Oh yeah, leave us not forget those flow batteries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_battery This could prove to be a "Quick charge" method for cars, oh so much work to be done, though.
http://www.engineeringontheedge.com/2011/11/ibm-experiments-with-liquid-powered-chips/
http://www.engineeringontheedge.com/2011/11/ibm-experiments-with-liquid-powered-chips/
