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Tech idea: Gravel silos to store wind or solar energy

News: Energy Storage    April 27, 2010
Obviously there are times when the sun don’t shine and the wind don’t blow. Such times are called ‘interruptions of service’ for solar and wind energy generation. It limits their effectiveness as alternative energy sources. The solution is to store energy when the wind blows and the sun shines and release it during the non-productive [...]
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A tale of two coastal wind farm plans

Impact: Alternative Energy    April 6, 2010
One of these exists: A wind farm along the Eastern Seaboard of the United States or a wind farm at the mouth of the Yangtze River in China. If you can figure that out, then it should be easy to figure out which country aims to be a leader in wind-based energy production that includes [...]
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