[Vision2020] WTF?

[Ron Force]

I think it's something like this:
Wind power is currently not price competitive with hydro-power or natural gas without state laws that require "green energy" and tax breaks. The cost of the machinery to electrolyze water, store the hydrogen, and turn it back into electricity would add to the already non-competitive cost of wind power.

The Whistling Ridge project, just approved by Gregoire over the objections of conservationists, is on hold by the developers for economic reasons-- the price of electricity is so low they can't make it pencil out.
 
Ron Force
Moscow Idaho USA


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 From: Art Deco <art.deco.studios at gmail.com>
To: vision2020 at moscow.com 
Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2012 6:03 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] WTF?
 

Why not use the excess power to electrolyze water into hydrogen and oxygen, store these gases, then use them to generate electricity when the demand is greater?


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/03/07/wind-power-companies-paid-to-not-produce/?test=latestnews

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Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)
art.deco.studios at gmail.com

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