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Hydropower "Battery" Could Even Out Wind Energy Supply, Researchers Say
2013-12-30 17:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Norwegian hydropower stations could be linked to wind farms and serve as giant "batteries" to even out power supply fluctuations, a Scandinavian research organization says. A major hurdle for renewable energy suppliers is intermittent power production sometimes too much power is generated, other times too little, and periods of peak demand often don't coincide with periods of peak supply. By using excess electricity from windy periods to pump water uphill into reservoirs, hydroelectric power stations...
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