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Cryogenic Energy Storage Plant Could Provide Valuable Back-Up

Posted February 22, 2011 10:21 AM

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The UK's first cryogenic power storage plant, which uses liquid nitrogen to store and release energy, is scheduled to open next month. Its operator, Highview Power Storage, said the system could provide a relatively cheap way of storing power, particularly from intermittent sources such as wind turbines, to better match the supply of electricity to demand.

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02/22/2011 5:54 PM

Storing energy cryogenicaly? WTF? Cryogenics is the action of removing as much energy from a physical medium as possible. You know cold being the absence of energy.

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02/22/2011 10:56 PM

Interestingly, the article doesn't mention how much energy is stored. Ffej
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02/23/2011 1:05 AM

I don't know about the rest of you but this research project gets my cold shoulder.

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02/23/2011 10:21 AM

I designed a windmill using this type of storage. It actually uses the transformation processes to store energy to do work. Especially in summer when tapping the energy storage you absorb heat.

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