The author writes about a bulk energy system developed in the 1970s, described as an electro-chemical storage system that has the energy in/out characteristics of a lead acid battery with a virtually unlimited life span. Work was stopped due to political reasons. A feasible storage system would radically change the economics of wind energy and its place in the pecking order of energy sources.
A feasible storage system would radically change the economics of wind energy and its place in the pecking order of energy sources. Not only would it make existing wind farms more competitive, but it would spawn a whole new area of research. I believe ReDox is the solution. A company in North Carolina is marketing small versions of this system.
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