August 27, 2008

Compressed Air Storage is Getting a Fresh Look

Michael Giberson Just as Lynne was suggesting the importance of energy storage… If we had more efficient and distributed energy storage, then we could store wind-generated power near the source when lines are congested, and store it near demand by transmitting it when lines are not congested. Distributed energy storage gets us a one-two punch …

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Wind Power and Transmission Capacity and Storage Are Complements (But They’re Also Kind of Substitutes …)

Lynne Kiesling An article in today’s New York Times describes the difficulty of getting wind power to urban demand centers when transmission lines are congested: The dirty secret of clean energy is that while generating it is getting easier, moving it to market is not. The grid today, according to experts, is a system conceived …

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Retail Electric Power in Texas: Growing Pains or Just Pain?

Michael Giberson EnergyBizInsider, Examining Texas: Like everything else in Texas, energy prices are getting big. But is it the cause of deregulation or other factors such as the price of underlying fuels?   This is the question that the Governor’s Competiveness Council took up. … It acknowledges that prices have risen there the last few …

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