Wind power has made incredible inroads into the U.S. energy system thanks to big, efficient machines standing hundreds of feet tall. But the future of wind power may be underground. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
This story is very informative, but it's technical and contains a lot of industry information that might not be relevant to casual readers. I don't want to fault the article for that, though. It describes in detail a new supplemental wind power technology with important potential to consistently manage the power supply, possibly reducing reliance on fossil fuels.
Informative story on combining wind power with compressed-air energy storage plants to provide clean energy round-the-clock. This factual report provides a good overview of this promising new technology, citing a number of credible sources and pointing to four interesting experiments under way.
A decent piece. Could have talked to a few more compressed air people. Not all of them are relying on low-pressure underground storage.
Fascinating, and simple technology that could address a lot of the issues wind energy currently faces.
Especially when compared to the far more balanced Salon article just reviewed, this is a clearly persuasive and ill supported support for wind power and the enormous infrastructure investment that would be required to support that technology.
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