EPISODE · Oct 5, 2016 · 4 MIN
Making Lakes Work Like Batteries
from EarthFix · host Oregon Public Broadcasting
Oregon and Washington are among the nation’s renewable energy leaders. Solar and wind are an expanding part of the mix.But there’s a problem: people need electricity even when the sun’s not shining and the wind isn’t blowing.A project in Oregon’s Klamath County is aimed at solving this problem -- by using water as a giant battery. It’s an idea from the 1960s that fell out of favor. But like typewriters and record players, Northwesterners are hoping to make this technology cool once again.
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Oregon and Washington are among the nation’s renewable energy leaders. Solar and wind are an expanding part of the mix.But there’s a problem: people need electricity even when the sun’s not shining and the wind isn’t blowing.A project in Oregon’s Klamath County is aimed at solving this problem -- by using water as a giant battery. It’s an idea from the 1960s that fell out of favor. But like typewriters and record players, Northwesterners are hoping to make this technology cool once again.
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Making Lakes Work Like Batteries
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