03-17-2013, 12:20 PM
Not sure what potential liquid air might have for the Big Island but any new ideas are worth exploring.....
I've been very interested in compressed air powered cars developed in India and the Dutch have used compressed air (windmill powered) to light up football stadiums. Compressed air can be stored at near 100% efficiency, unlike electricity and batteries. This guy in England has a new twist on storing wind powered energy, liquified air. I used to drive an old Vauxhall around England myself years ago.
What do you think?
Car Runs on Nothing But Air
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/vintage...d=18738263
....In Slough, on the outskirts of London, a tall, white cylinder sits in the middle of a power plant that's about as large as a hockey rink. The words "liquid air" are printed on the front, a tangle of white pipes leading off of it. This is Highview Power Storage.....
.....The plant stores energy created by renewable power sources when supply is high and demand is low -- say, when wind blows through wind farms at night, and local houses aren't using electricity.....
....Highview takes the "wrong time" energy and converts it into liquid air.
The plant then expands the liquid air using the same process as occurs in the car, exporting electricity back onto the grid without any effect on the environment.....
I've been very interested in compressed air powered cars developed in India and the Dutch have used compressed air (windmill powered) to light up football stadiums. Compressed air can be stored at near 100% efficiency, unlike electricity and batteries. This guy in England has a new twist on storing wind powered energy, liquified air. I used to drive an old Vauxhall around England myself years ago.
What do you think?
Car Runs on Nothing But Air
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/vintage...d=18738263
....In Slough, on the outskirts of London, a tall, white cylinder sits in the middle of a power plant that's about as large as a hockey rink. The words "liquid air" are printed on the front, a tangle of white pipes leading off of it. This is Highview Power Storage.....
.....The plant stores energy created by renewable power sources when supply is high and demand is low -- say, when wind blows through wind farms at night, and local houses aren't using electricity.....
....Highview takes the "wrong time" energy and converts it into liquid air.
The plant then expands the liquid air using the same process as occurs in the car, exporting electricity back onto the grid without any effect on the environment.....
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