Power storage is a critical challenge for adoption of intermittent renewable power sources and, well, for being able to help shift base load to peak load requirements. There are many approaches being pursued for this. The Energy Island, conceived for off the coast of the Netherlands, is an extremely innovative concept.
Energy Island: Transformational Energy Storage?
October 2nd, 2007 · Comments Off on Energy Island: Transformational Energy Storage?
Tags: alternative energy · renewable energy · water · wind power
Alien message calling for renewable power?
October 2nd, 2007 · Comments Off on Alien message calling for renewable power?
Tags: renewable energy · wind power
Winds blowing stronger on the coast?
October 2nd, 2007 · Comments Off on Winds blowing stronger on the coast?
From my perspective, the heavily funded NIMBY effort delaying the Cape Wind project in Massachusetts has been having an impact contributing stalling offshore wind projects around the United States. News item after news item, whether from Texas or New York or …, has promised the first offshore wind project. Even though so many of these are […]
Tags: electricity · renewable energy · wind power