EcoRenovator - View Single Post - Scots windfarms paid cash to stop producing energy

Piwoslaw · 05-01-11, 11:50 PM

Pumped-storage hydroelectricity is 70%-85% efficient, compressed air 70%, flywheels up to 90%, but the latter is definately smaller scale than the first two.

The article stated that normally excess power is pumped into England's grid, but this time a malfunction of some sort didn't allow that.

05-01-11, 11:50 PM	#6
Piwoslaw Super Moderator Join Date: May 2009 Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 961 Thanks: 188 Thanked 110 Times in 86 Posts	Pumped-storage hydroelectricity is 70%-85% efficient, compressed air 70%, flywheels up to 90%, but the latter is definately smaller scale than the first two. The article stated that normally excess power is pumped into England's grid, but this time a malfunction of some sort didn't allow that. __________________ Ecorenovation - the bottomless piggy bank that tries to tame the energy hog.