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To: sageyrain who wrote (132)	3/25/2007 12:17:15 PM
From: gg cox	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 230

<<--Pressurized air would be injected into a sandstone aquifer, temporarily displacing some of the water in the aquifer. --Electricity from wind turbines would power compressors, and a pipe would deliver underground air compressed to 900 to 1,000 pounds per square inch. --The compression of millions of cubic feet of air would be used to turn the blades of a generator during nights and weekends, when wind power often sells for next to nothing.>> I would love to know the losses involved in these storage systems...i would think they would be high...probably much higher and more costly than VRB ESS. vrbpower.com