Comments on: Cryogenic Wind Farms May Be On The Way http://cleantechnica.com/2013/01/07/cryogenic-wind-farms-may-be-on-the-way/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Sun, 28 Dec 2014 08:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Anne http://cleantechnica.com/2013/01/07/cryogenic-wind-farms-may-be-on-the-way/#comment-146282 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:40:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=46888#comment-146282 I wonder what happened to the high temperature superconductors. Liquid nitrogen cooling is far cheaper than liquid helium.

This article is about a motor, but in principle it is the same thing as a generator:
http://www.electric-vehiclenews.com/2009/06/navy-tests-worlds-most-powerful.html

]]> By: Sean http://cleantechnica.com/2013/01/07/cryogenic-wind-farms-may-be-on-the-way/#comment-146280 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:32:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=46888#comment-146280 more important point, you can produce cryogenic liquids in periods of surplus energy and store it until it is required, creating a kind of thermal battery.

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