Comments on: Is Distributed Thermal Storage Next?

By: Kenneth Skinner

Kenneth Skinner — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:39:26 +0000

Free webinar on this topic with Kim Pederson of Otter Tail Power Company, Paul Steffes, President of Steffes Systems and Dr. Kenneth Skinner of Integral Analytics, March 17th, 2:00 Eastern:

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By: Kenneth Skinner

Kenneth Skinner — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:39:00 +0000

Free webinar on this topic with Kim Pederson of Otter Tail Power Company, Paul Steffes, President of Steffes Systems and Dr. Kenneth Skinner of Integral Analytics, March 17th, 2:00 Eastern:

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/310659928

By: juan gault

juan gault — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:38:43 +0000

People usually set up shop near where the goods are. Cities have developed where bays are, where rivers flow, where the weather is desirable. If a place has cheap electricity, maybe it’ll work for energy intensive industry, like making Aluminum. Turn the power into a profitable product. Great thing about people is their adaptability.

By: juan gault

juan gault — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:38:00 +0000

By: Susan Kraemer

Susan Kraemer — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:47:03 +0000

@Tom – Very interesting idea, I think… but not sure I get it. Could you explain it more?

By: Susan Kraemer

Susan Kraemer — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:47:00 +0000

@Tom – Very interesting idea, I think… but not sure I get it. Could you explain it more?

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:53:13 +0000

Hey. Thanks for this post. I cruise alot of blogs just to see what I can find. I liked this write up you did and was just wondering if you have a subscriber page so I can link to it so I can read it at a later date? I did not see one – am I just overlooking it?

Jack

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:53:00 +0000

Jack

By: Tom Lakosh

Tom Lakosh — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:21:41 +0000

How about smart hot water heaters that can be shut off a few hours before anticpated wind excesses and then store heat at a higher thermostat setting?

Optimally the utility would invest in larger stratified water storage tanks for hydronic heating systems with the new smart control system. In areas where cooling is the major power use, ice energy storage has been developed.

By: Tom Lakosh

Tom Lakosh — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:21:00 +0000

How about smart hot water heaters that can be shut off a few hours before anticpated wind excesses and then store heat at a higher thermostat setting?

By: Chris Faranetta

Chris Faranetta — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:48:49 +0000

This is an interesting idea for capturing the excess energy produced by wind turbines in off the grid applications. When charging our battery bank we constantly have to shunt excess electricity into a coil to level off power surges from wind gusts.

By: Chris Faranetta

Chris Faranetta — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:48:00 +0000

By: Greg R

Greg R — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:25:02 +0000

Interesting article what Steffes Electric is doing sounds similar to what Elcal Research is working on. They are storing energy in the form of heat using a (phase change material) Much like ice to water except there material they are using freezes at 78 degrees and stores a amount of energy approaching ice to water. They use off peak electric, wind pv solar or glycol filled solar panels to heat their energy storage tank and heat or cool as needed using a heat pump. It works great and it will be economical check them out at elcalresearch.com

By: Greg R

Greg R — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:25:00 +0000