[modeleng] Re: Semi OT windmills / generation
- From: "Eric Walker" <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 23:36:23 -0000
I couldn't remember the name of the Welsh mountain but they call it pumped
storage, a good idea using electricity that would be wasted. A type of
battery.
A few years ago the powers that be closed most of the coal mines here, I
thought at the time why don't they hang a large weight in the pit shaft &
generate electricity as it descends & wind it back up when there is free
power available, but they filled them with concrete.
E.W.
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From: "Clif Walker" <clif.gwr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 3:50 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Semi OT windmills / generation
> Hi All,
>
> We have the same system built into a mountain in Wales called Dinorwic.
>
> Regards
>
> Clif
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> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 9:00 PM
> 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
>> -------------- Original message --------------
>>
>> > 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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