How about this development? If we add a bit of charcoal (actually, carbon black) to cement, that mixture becomes capable of storing energy.
Tag Archives: energy storage
Tax Credits to be Harvested!
Items in red are afforded tax credits. Items in blue save us money, but are not considered worthy of tax credits.
Even at 97, one can get a real charge!
I know I am an old fart. But, it is hard for me to realize that my kids don’t really know the “pleasure” of finding just the right battery for their flashlight, their radio, or other electronic devices.
Swedish Storage
Many of these alternative energy systems we pursue had one big failing. What happens when…
(a) the sun doesn’t shine
or, (b) the wind doesn’t blow.
A new kind of energy storage
Some 40 years ago, while at MIT, I was involved with two energy-related projects. One involved the development of a conversion from honest-to-goodness-solid waste [HGSW] to methane (natural gas), via microbial means, the one that occupied a major portion of my time. The other project, working with a different professor, involved screening compounds that would store and release energy reversibly. Why this project? One of the problems we have with energy is that we need it in fits and starts, but that is not an economical method to produce it. Also, if we want to collect solar energy, it is available during the day- what do we do at night?