http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/storing-wind-power-as-ice/ Alternative Energy News and Information about Renewable Energy Technologies: Articles, Discussions, News and Videos. Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:53:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/storing-wind-power-as-ice/#comment-9167 Michael Foster Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:07:41 +0000 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=749#comment-9167 How efficient is it? How much energy is lost? How efficient is it? How much energy is lost?

]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/storing-wind-power-as-ice/#comment-8923 Jim Hall Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:54:34 +0000 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=749#comment-8923 With a steady Trade Wind in the Hawaiian Islands being used to turn a compressor to create ice and using combinations of power sources to produce the power at windless time, which are pretty few around here, we could be cooling our buildings with ice rather than the 8 to 10 commercial air-conditioners re already run, while people are so cold they hide small heaters under their desk because between the building design, the halogen lighting putting nearly 225 watts per bulb in a room with 25 bulbs and heaters, thermostats don't know what to do! With a steady Trade Wind in the Hawaiian Islands being used to turn a compressor to create ice and using combinations of power sources to produce the power at windless time, which are pretty few around here, we could be cooling our buildings with ice rather than the 8 to 10 commercial air-conditioners re already run, while people are so cold they hide small heaters under their desk because between the building design, the halogen lighting putting nearly 225 watts per bulb in a room with 25 bulbs and heaters, thermostats don’t know what to do!

]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/storing-wind-power-as-ice/#comment-8909 The Trutheriser Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:23:41 +0000 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=749#comment-8909 This is a really good idea. Electricity load-balancing between night and day should be one of our top objectives. This is a really good idea. Electricity load-balancing between night and day should be one of our top objectives.

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