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    Default Liquid air 'offers energy storage hope' BBC

    BBC news today. Thank you Mr. Peter Dearman

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19785689

    Turning air into liquid may offer a solution to one of the great challenges in engineering - how to store energy.

    The Institution of Mechanical Engineers says liquid air can compete with batteries and hydrogen to store excess energy generated from renewables.

    IMechE says "wrong-time" electricity generated by wind farms at night can be used to chill air to a cryogenic state at a distant location.

    When demand increases, the air can be warmed to drive a turbine.

    Engineers say the process to produce "right-time" electricity can achieve an efficiency of up to 70%.

    IMechE is holding a conference today to discuss new ideas on how using "cryo-power" can benefit the low-carbon economy.

    Read more here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19785689

    Video with inventor in his garage at home.



    Good news from the BBC at long last. Someone has wakened up.

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