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Belgium Plans Artificial Island to Store Wind Power
2013-01-21 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Belgium is planning to build a doughnut-shaped island in the North Sea that will store wind energy by pumping water out of a hollow in the middle, as it looks for ways to lessen its reliance on nuclear power. One of the biggest problems with electricity is that it is difficult to store and the issue is exaggerated in the case of renewable energy from wind or sun because it is intermittent depending on the weather. "We have a lot of energy from the wind mills and sometimes it just gets lost...
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Category:Electronics and Electrical