Friday, March 16, 2018

The companies storing energy in cold air

While renewable sources of energy are gaining strength in their ability to generate electricity, energy storage remains an obstacle standing in the way of wide adoption. To fill this gap, some companies are thinking outside the box and investing in developing energy storage that relies on cold air. “Compressed air is an interesting technology,” Ravi Manghani, director of energy storage at Greentech Media told the BBC. “It can be a form of bulk storage.” Alacaes in Switzerland is one company...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/the-companies-storing-energy-in-cold-air
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