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martyb
on Sunday September 28 2014, @02:24PM
from the the-answer-is-blowin-in-the-wind dept.
from the the-answer-is-blowin-in-the-wind dept.
A proposal to export twice as much Wyoming wind power to Los Angeles as the amount of electricity generated by the Hoover Dam includes an engineering feat even more massive than that famous structure: Four chambers, each approaching the size of the Empire State Building, would be carved from an underground salt deposit to hold huge volumes of compressed air.
Air would be pumped into the caverns when power demand is low and wind is high, typically at night. During times of increased demand, the compressed air would be released to drive turbines and feed power to markets in far-away Southern California.
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Wyoming Wind Farm Plan to Excavate Huge Salt Caverns
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Thrashing is just virtual crashing.
(Score: 2) by el_oscuro on Sunday September 28 2014, @11:10PM
Instead of transmitting it to California, why not some place a lot closer like Colorado?
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