The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #128011   Message #3655916
Posted By: Keef
01-Sep-14 - 03:28 PM
Thread Name: BS: Onshore windfarms
Subject: RE: BS: Onshore windfarms
Stored Energy is the missing link.
The only reliable and economic method is pumped hydro.
Sadly there are few places left that have the vertical rise and water availability to be harnessed.

I'm off grid myself and use lead acid batteries which come with their own set of problems.
Nothing better has yet come on the market but there are many "leading developers" who assure is that with just a little bit more money and just a few more years their lovely new energy storage technology will be ready.
Naturally they will need enough money to provide them with a Porsche and a yacht plus a mansion or two while they work very hard to save our small blue planet.