Pumped Hydro Energy Storage Poised For Global Domination
Who says the Earth can’t take much more pumped hydro energy storage? A new study reveals up to 530,000 new sites for potential pumped hydro development.
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Energy Vault Proposes An Energy Storage System Using Concrete Blocks
Swiss startup Energy Vault has devised an energy storage system that uses blocks of concrete weighing 35 tons a piece. It uses off the shelf technology but uses a new process to make the concrete blocks for a fraction of the cost of regular concrete.
Renewable Energy Is Unstoppable, Declares Financial Times
The Financial Times has declared that renewable energy is now “unstoppable.” Read on to find out why.
Squeezing Every Last Drop Of Juice From Hydropower, In Switzerland
Switzerland’s KWO hydropower company has an edge with pumped hydro “water battery,” efficiency improvements, and room to increase capacity.
Sacramento Eyes Giant Water Battery
The City of Sacramento, California is forging ahead with plans to construct a 400 megawatt battery made entirely out of water. That almost sounds like some kind of high tech miracle but it’s not. Water batteries, aka pumped hydroelectric facilities, use established technology and old fashioned gravity. Pumped hydro is … [continued]
Wales Gets Huge New Water Battery But Loses Good Crack
Wales has moved another step forward with the long-planned construction of a pumped hydro energy storage facility, which will reclaim two derelict slate quarries to store energy from local wind farms. It all sounds very sustainable and it is, partly because the sprawling new facility will re-use existing brownfields and … [continued]
Clean Power News Roundup (Energy Transition In NL, Physicians For Solar…)
Here are some more top clean power stories from the past few days (and a couple dirty power stories): Clean Power, In General Much More Renewable Energy Could Be Integrated Into US Grid (Solar Love) Energy Transition In The Netherlands (Renewables International) Germany’s Renewables Revolution (Rocky Mountain Institute) SDG&E Announces 5 New Renewable … [continued]
