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What to read on the GigaOM network — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:43:01 +0000

[...] Staff | Thursday, July 30, 2009 | 9:41 AM PT | 0 comments Q&A with Baryonyx about its massive wind-powered data center plan (Earth2Tech) Will celebs ruin web video for the rest of us? (NewTeeVee) Funambol brings open-source [...]

By: Ed Hegwood

Ed Hegwood — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:41:25 +0000

Data Centers are a base load and will benefit greatly from renewable wind energy as it becomes available from remote wind farms coupled with ice thermal energy storage, stored at the point of use.
A Greener way to cool a Data Center
Ice Storage stored at the point of use can store efficient nighttime energy as ice to augment the next day’s cooling load.
Storing nighttime energy at the point of use reduces carbon footprint, uses less source energy, reduces peak electric demand, allows power plants to serve more daytime customers and helps make wind power more viable. To install the ice thermal storage systems now will allow the use of nighttime base loaded fossil fuel plants until the build out of the remote wind farms can meet the growing base load of the data centers.
Coupling ice thermal energy storage technologies with wind turbines can solve many of wind power’s operational issues and support the continued expansion of wind energy production. It should be noted that many types of renewable energy production already benefits from ice thermal energy storage technologies. By decoupling the production and delivery of energy from renewable resources, ice thermal storage technologies can make the generated energy more useful and more valuable.

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By: Ed Hegwood