Re: compressed air to store wind energy

From: Bruce Sinclair (bruce.sinclair_at_NOSPAMagresearch.NOTco.NOTnz)
Date: 03/08/05 

Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 23:28:22 GMT

In article <1110320479.388434.220150@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, analyst41@hotmail.com wrote:
>If the energy losses aren't too much this idea might be worth pursuing.
> Think of windy places without readily available water - after all
>where there is wind there must be air.

I suspect batteries would be better .. at least long term.

>A lot of grassroots opposition to wind-energy comes from the fact that
>it is intermittent - you would need dirty power-plants (coal, nuclear
>etc.) to make up for when the wind isn't blowing.

.. and that is fair comment.

>If the wind power can be averaged out at the source, then it can be
>integrated directly into the grid.

Yep. Storage devices are still not sufficient.

Bruce

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