Comments on: The Inside Story Of The World’s Biggest ‘Battery’ And The Future Of Renewable Energy http://cleantechnica.com/2013/08/29/the-inside-story-of-the-worlds-biggest-battery-and-the-future-of-renewable-energy/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Mon, 29 Dec 2014 06:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: ouefs http://cleantechnica.com/2013/08/29/the-inside-story-of-the-worlds-biggest-battery-and-the-future-of-renewable-energy/#comment-188905 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 21:53:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=55726#comment-188905 DO you know if anyone has looked at using a coal deposit to create an in ground battery?

]]> By: Martin Vermeer http://cleantechnica.com/2013/08/29/the-inside-story-of-the-worlds-biggest-battery-and-the-future-of-renewable-energy/#comment-179222 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 15:57:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=55726#comment-179222 This is pretty cool. But.

“If a large unit is lost, we can, within five to ten minutes, put a unit online. That’s 500 megawatts.”

That’s no technical limit though. Dinorwig, in Wales, puts 1.8 GW on line in 16 seconds!

http://www.fhc.co.uk/dinorwig.htm

]]> By: StefanoR99 http://cleantechnica.com/2013/08/29/the-inside-story-of-the-worlds-biggest-battery-and-the-future-of-renewable-energy/#comment-179142 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 22:45:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=55726#comment-179142 Its amazing that pumped hydro seems to be one of those handy technologies that has been completely swept under the carpet.

A spotlight needs to be shone on these facilities so the idiots who keep pointing out the sun only shines for half the day will finally understand that solar can be stored, cheaply on a absolutely massive scale.

]]> By: Aegys87 http://cleantechnica.com/2013/08/29/the-inside-story-of-the-worlds-biggest-battery-and-the-future-of-renewable-energy/#comment-179083 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 14:49:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=55726#comment-179083 That is really fascinating! It would be great if more this are built to complement the erratic supply of wind and solar, that would kill off the ‘intermittent’ argument…

]]> By: Paul Turner http://cleantechnica.com/2013/08/29/the-inside-story-of-the-worlds-biggest-battery-and-the-future-of-renewable-energy/#comment-179060 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 11:21:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=55726#comment-179060 Given that many of the major hydroelectric power producers, such as those on the Colarado, are facing an apparent slow annual decrease in flow rates, it may well be time for those facilities in remote areas to be supplemented by adjacent solar and / or wind generation. This would remove the costs of providing transmission lines for the renewable power whilst enabling the hydro facilities to ramp down in response to water shortages. Such a shorage of water would force the facility away from any other obligations, such as irrigation or base load production anyway, and the facilty could become much more of a despatachable producer. Floating solar panels on the reservoirs will even help to reduce evaporation. Either way, if water flow does decrease with time in the near future then operating changes will be forced on the owners: the question is can they do something in advance to mitigate the problem.

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