Electric Power Research Institute Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 16 Nov 2015 05:07:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Texas Gets Truly Free Wind Power from 9pm to 6am https://www.greenoptimistic.com/texas-free-wind-power/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/texas-free-wind-power/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2015 19:19:15 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=57496 Just like everything else that is big in the Lonestar state, the wind blows big at night in Texas. This extra wind blowing so strong at night has created a great surplus of much needed electricity, so much in fact that Texas power company TXU is able to provide free electricity to thousands of customers […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/texas-free-wind-power/feed/ 3 57496 Texas Introduces World’s Biggest Wind Energy Storage System https://www.greenoptimistic.com/texas-largest-wind-energy-system-20130127/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/texas-largest-wind-energy-system-20130127/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2013 08:25:16 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=32129 North Carolina’s Duke Energy has started operations in what it refers to as the biggest battery power system in the world. The Notrees wind farm facility, which cost $44 million and has a 36 MW capacity, uses some of the most advanced technology to store the energy being produced by the 153 MW renewable energy […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/texas-largest-wind-energy-system-20130127/feed/ 1 32129 Earthquake-Free Geothermal Drilling Technology Proposed by GTherm https://www.greenoptimistic.com/geothermal-earthquake-gtherm-20110517/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/geothermal-earthquake-gtherm-20110517/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 13:26:51 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=18659 Earthquakes are a serious drawback and side effect of geothermal drilling and that could be damaging to the industry, especially after Japan's nuclear experience. GTherm, a Connecticut-based company founded in 2008, thinks they can overcome the issue through their proprietary geothermal extraction process that doesn't involve fracturing rock, which is apparently causing the quakes.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/geothermal-earthquake-gtherm-20110517/feed/ 1 18659 Compressed-Air Energy Storage Plants Offering Solution for Excess Wind/Solar Power https://www.greenoptimistic.com/compressed-air-energy-storage-plant-20100318/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/compressed-air-energy-storage-plant-20100318/#respond Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:34:24 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=7065 In the renewable energy field, wind turbines have played an important step, but today the future of wind energy may come from the underground. The compressed-air energy storage plants could be the solution. Air is pumped into large underground formations where it can be used later to deliver the large amount of energy that it previously received.

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