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Fledermaus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:35 PM Original message |
Grid stabilization for renewable power, 20 MW flywheel power storage plant. |
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angryfirelord (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. This is a pretty neat idea |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. This isn't actually power generation. |
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angryfirelord (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Oops, my bad |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 04:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Easy mistake. |
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Fledermaus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yes, Beacon flywheels have magnetic bearings and are contained in a vacuum |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. Using the flywheel to store energy in a mechanical form. |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
5. Years (decades?) ago, when I first heard this idea discussed, |
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Fledermaus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 07:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. They use a composite material of some sort. It will disintegrate and turn to dust |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. For BYD, Electric Vehicles Are Just the Start |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. V2G is nice, if it were physically possible to grow out a V2G. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Is there a meaning buried in there somewhere? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. A123 Systems to Supply Energy Storage Batteries in NY |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 05:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Sopogy Lands 200MW China Project for Thermal Energy Storage |
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