Engineering360: "A New Way to Harness Wind Power Everyday"

The wind is always blowing (somewhere), and not only that, it is five o'clock somewhere!

I think these folks are definitely onto something here, but it really depends on the size of the grid over area, the capacity of the wind generators and numbers, etc., etc.

I think we will see tremendous advances in energy storage over the next 5 to 10 years that will at least partially change the inputs to the game. Think molten silicon storage with TPV generation off the heat, as this can be a net efficient cycle, is not site specific, and has a higher energy density than any known electrochemical system.