Storing wind-generated energy as gravitational potential energy?
Andy Champ wrote:
Remember that this would mean 24
hour power cuts 3 times a year.
There's a brand spanking new 65MW wind farm that I can see every time I
go out of my house, and it's been goldbricking for most of the last week
during the cold snap we just had.
I know the moors where it is built, I used to walk up there a lot and
I've never known it not to be windy. There is a little hillock out in
the middle about the height of the hubs, and even on the nicest summer
day it was an effort to remain standing when you got to the top.
Tim Jackson
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