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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RetiredNow who wrote (307387)	10/23/2006 12:17:57 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580154

"It sure would." I've done some more digging since then. I found the patent. patft.uspto.gov Bottom line, it looks to be very possible. The physics works out nicely, and the manufacturing process is pretty much off the shelf, albeit with a lot of steps. Which drives up the costs. It operates at 3500 volts or so, which means it isn't going to replace AA batteries any time soon. However, it shouldn't be a problem for automotive use or any stationary applications. So utilities can use it to level peak loads. This is a big deal, power companies need to build enough generating power to handle peak loads, which are a lot higher than when things are at a low point, like the middle of the night. With these things, they can size their generating capacity for average loads, and charge the caps during the night. Since the leakage is 0.1% per 30 days, electricity can be stored long term.