Maybe question is not engineering, but subsidies, advertising, ideology, fashion...
I see that with companies getting on internet with no vision of what to do there. I should not moan too much, because soon (maybe already) the big guys will go to LENr without much vision of what to do, else be present. 2014-03-07 3:43 GMT+01:00 Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net>: > Lithium really is brain-dead for Wind farm application ... maybe that > pathology goes with the territory. > > Advanced flywheel storage probably makes the most sense. Below is one > company that has done well with them. Smart Energy's flywheel is > 4th-generation featuring longer life than batteries, lower-maintenance, > higher charge-discharge cycles, higher efficiency and zero emissions. > > http://beaconpower.com/files/bp_intro.pdf > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mix...@bigpond.com > > BTW Sodium-Sulfur might have been a better choice for a fixed location, > given > that both Sodium and Sulphur are common and cheap. > > Also the weight penalty imposed by the thermal insulation required isn't a > problem for a fixed location. (Besides, that weight penalty would be > negligible if aerogel is used as the insulator). > > >In reply to Jed Rothwell's message > > > http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2014/02/beech-ridge-ene > rgy-plans-battery-system-at-west-virginia-wind-farm > > > >This has to be one of the stupidest possible uses for Lithium batteries, > given the scarcity of Lithium. Non-mobile storage facilities don't need > high > energy > >density storage. Mobile applications do. > > > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html > >
