Murray,
No, the idea is not crazy, but perhaps difficult to make practical. The Tennessee Valley Authority (large electric utility) has the Racoon Mountain Pumped Storage Facility near Chattanooga, Tennessee. This plant has large pump/turbines that pump river water up to a lake on top of the mountain during the night and times of low demand. During peak hours, they reverse the flow and use the pumps as turbines to generate power. Of course, they lose some power, because they do not recover as much as it took to pump the water up the mountain. But they gain in that it costs less than running gas turbines for peak loads. Your wind powered-pumped idea will work if you can match up your wind power capacity, water storage volume, and your power needs. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/RzSHvD/UOnJAA/79vVAA/FGYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Does your company feature in the microhydro business directory at http://microhydropower.net/directory ? If not, please register free of charge and be exposed to the microhydro community world wide! NOTE: The advertisements in this email are added by Yahoogroups who provides us with free email group services. The microhydro-group does not endorse products or support the advertisements in any way. More information on micro hydropower at http://microhydropower.net To unsubscribe: send empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microhydro/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
