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cprise

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2. Interesting!

Reply to kristopher (Original post)

Sun Dec 29, 2013, 01:25 AM

Dec 2013

I love seeing 'new' ideas like this.

There is also a long list of electric-powered processes that can be used at supply peaks. A few I can recall at the moment:

Desalinating water

Running IceBear air conditioners (cold storage)

Storing heat

Computer batch processing

Charging cars (storage)

etc...

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Hydraulic Energy Storage - Another Way to Use Gravity [View all] kristopher Dec 2013 OP

Well, I don't think that's going to work so well. longship Dec 2013 #1

Dam-stored pumped hydro is difficult on the Great Plains, though NickB79 Dec 2013 #3

Really? I seem to remember lots of artificial lakes in the midwest. AZCat Dec 2013 #4

Interesting! cprise Dec 2013 #2