Clean Energy Push Rivals Manhattan Project: WSJ
A once-in-a-generation shift in U.S. science is being spurred by the Obama administration’s push to solve the nation’s energy problems, … [continued]
Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES)
California Gets Smart-Grid Funds to Bottle Wind
Pacific Gas & Electricity has won one of the Obama Administration’s 16 advanced grid awards totaling $620 million in American … [continued]
Storing Renewable Energy in Boxes of Air
Storage is needed to harvest the full yield available from intermittent sources of energy like wind and solar. One of … [continued]
Why Wind Storage Worth Trillions
Coal power is not base-load electricity by itself. To enable coal to reliably deliver electric power, it took the creation of an entire other national infrastructure; the trans-continental railroad system.
Without the unceasing rail-car-load delivery, every 12 hours, on the hour, hour after hour, day after day, week after week, year after year, of every next 12-hour-supply of fuel for the fire; the fire would go out, the water wouldn’t boil, the steam wouldn’t rise, the turbine wouldn’t turn; the next 12 hours of electricity wouldn’t be made. The fire must never go out.
For Base-Load Wind Cheaper than Fossil Fuels: CAES
As PG&E ramps up renewable power in response to the California RPS requirement that it get 33% of its electricity … [continued]
New(ish) Method for Storing Wind Energy Explored
Recently, MIT discovered a revolutionary method for solar energy storage. And now, less than a month later, a method for … [continued]
