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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (398529)7/14/2008 12:38:41 AM
From: Joe NYC  Read Replies (1) of 1576613
 
Ted,

I don't understand why power generators can't alternate between the two......much like a hybrid car. Obviously, there would have to be some costly retrofitting but it seems to be the way to go.

Do you mean that a wind turbine runs like a hybrid car? I think the battery for such a thing would be the most expensive part of the whole wind tower.

The entire grid with many power sources working together is what needs some storage - or back up power, which would be less costly than providing constant output from every single tower.

Joe
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