[modeleng] Re: Semi OT windmills / generation
- From: "Clif Walker" <clif.gwr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 15:50:10 -0000
Hi All,
We have the same system built into a mountain in Wales called Dinorwic.
Regards
Clif
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Subject: [modeleng] Re: Semi OT windmills / generation
> Down near Chattanooga Tennessee, TVA hollowed out the top of Racoon
Mountain and put turbines at the base. When the demand for electricity is
slack, they pump water to the top of the mountain. When demand is heavy,
they generate electricity by letting the water run back through the
turbines. That, plus their hydroelectric facilities, plus some gas turbines
allows them to keep the nuclear and coal-burning steam power plants running
full speed while helping meet peak demand loads. Charles
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>
> > At one time there was talk of utilizing tides to generate electricity.
> > Incoming tide would turn generators in one direction and outgoing in the
> > other. This would happen twice a day with a bit of slack between, but it
> > looked feasible. Don't know why it was dropped unless it would present a
> > navigation hazard or possibly intefere with Teddy Kennedy's water sking
and
> > sailing. Maybe the lobster fishermen would be upset??
> >
> > Jesse in Tennessee
>
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