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To: thackney

OK, so if Pumped Storage is 70%-85% Efficient, what is Wind to Electricity, to the Best Battery to Generator efficiency? and how long would the Storage life compare?


35 posted on 01/09/2012 1:31:23 PM PST by sr4402
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To: sr4402
I can try to answer part of you question, but this part

Wind to Electricity... efficiency

is naturally quite low and not important. We really don't want to take 100% of the wind energy and stop all wind. We actually do not want to have a measurable impact.

What would be a meaningful comparison to pumped storage, which is electricity in; stored over time; electricity out to the same input output with a battery in the middle.

If that is what you want, I can search it out, but it it will not be close to pumped storage for efficiency.

41 posted on 01/09/2012 1:42:42 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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