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Environment & Energy

PoliticAverse

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1. It isn't that there isn't any way to store excess electrical energy, the problem is the cost

Reply to Caribbeans (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2022, 06:13 PM

May 2022

of storing the excess electrical energy. Without mentioning how much per kWh it will cost to store energy via a certain method there is no way to know if it is even a practical idea to do so.

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Record Wind in Scotland Means Grid Tells Some Turbines to Stop [View all] Caribbeans May 2022 OP

It isn't that there isn't any way to store excess electrical energy, the problem is the cost PoliticAverse May 2022 #1

Are you... Caribbeans May 2022 #4

No, I'm not "imagining that there are no studies", I am pointing out that whether any method... PoliticAverse May 2022 #7

Storing electricity produced by wind Finishline42 Jun 2022 #13

Don't many of the transit lines use electical power? brush May 2022 #2

When the grid is full it's full and cannot accept any more juice Caribbeans May 2022 #5

I say do it. Don't let it all go to waste. Turning it to storable hydrogen... brush May 2022 #6

It's a "brainer" if it costs more to store and retrieve the energy from hydrogen than it does... PoliticAverse May 2022 #9

Well does it cost more? brush May 2022 #12

cant they mine some bitcoin with the excess juice? Blues Heron May 2022 #3

Some might consider that a "waste". n/t PoliticAverse May 2022 #8

Free money for the utility - what's not to like? Blues Heron May 2022 #10

You raise an interesting question. Since the profit in bitcoin (and similar proof of work coins)... PoliticAverse May 2022 #11