Comments on: Pump up the energy storage

By: eduardo prado

eduardo prado — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 12:37:06 +0000

Pump up the energy storage
http://t.co/llG40hh1

By: JonB

JonB — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:23:48 +0000

Just convert the electricity to methane and feed it into the natural gas network. Carbon neutral and with massive existing storage capacity.

By: Paul D

Paul D — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:20:34 +0000

You don’t have to use water:

http://www.isentropic.co.uk/

By: Rose Iyer

Rose Iyer — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:30:08 +0000

Pump up the energy storage – GigaOm http://t.co/QzyzyVmO

By: Ron Vokoun

Ron Vokoun — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 05:00:15 +0000

Pump up the #energy #storage – Utilize existing infrastructure. http://t.co/evSrHIgr #solar #wind

By: Josie Young-Love

Josie Young-Love — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:30:10 +0000

Pump up the energy storage – GigaOm http://t.co/44CCzOSS

By: net_worker

net_worker — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 09:23:58 +0000

This article shows how large the needed storage capacity is to increase the use of wind and solar power as energy source. It shows also that conventional hydro storage would need huge areas and resources to scale to TWh capacity.
If the concrete (or rock) needed to build the dams would be lifted instead of the water the energy density would be much higher. Sounds wired ? It is !
But take a look at this website and you might think that this gonna work.
http://eduard-heindl.de/energy-storage/index-e.html

By: funshiftfour

funshiftfour — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:41:19 +0000

Pump up the energy storage – GigaOm http://t.co/hPOvMmWE

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:27:48 +0000

Dr. Murphy, thank your for including an image of Gravity Power’s GPM energy storage technology (www.gravitypower.net).

Chris

By: Anton Prodanovic

Anton Prodanovic — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:40:08 +0000

Pump up the energy storage http://t.co/NDpslPRK To resolve solar and wind energy storage, pumped hydro storage is the most sensible, for now