Comments on: 50 MW Rail Energy Storage Project Receives BLM Approval https://cleantechnica.com/2016/04/19/50-mw-rail-energy-storage-project-receives-blm-approval/ Clean Tech News & Views: EVs, Solar Energy, Batteries Wed, 20 Apr 2016 13:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Roger Lambert https://cleantechnica.com/2016/04/19/50-mw-rail-energy-storage-project-receives-blm-approval/#comment-29062 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 13:49:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=100827#comment-29062 AAALLLLLL Aboard!

]]> By: Harry Johnson https://cleantechnica.com/2016/04/19/50-mw-rail-energy-storage-project-receives-blm-approval/#comment-29061 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 03:38:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=100827#comment-29061 In reply to Eric Lukac-Kuruc.

I remember this project and then heard nothing for years. It’s an intriguing idea that could be much less environmentally demanding than pumped storage. The very dry desert SW could be a solar powerhouse with thousands of rail batteries on nearby mountains providing on demand energy.

]]> By: Nolan Thiessen https://cleantechnica.com/2016/04/19/50-mw-rail-energy-storage-project-receives-blm-approval/#comment-29060 Tue, 19 Apr 2016 23:43:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=100827#comment-29060 Projected cost of $55M for 50MW and (presumably) 100MWh of storage for 40 years. Not bad at all.

]]> By: Eric Lukac-Kuruc https://cleantechnica.com/2016/04/19/50-mw-rail-energy-storage-project-receives-blm-approval/#comment-29059 Tue, 19 Apr 2016 16:27:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=100827#comment-29059 An info missing from the article and taken from ARES web site is “ARES round-trip energy storage efficiency is 78.3%”. This is in line with the very best that modern hydro storage offers. Depending on location and technology, hydro can be as low as 65%

]]> By: Eric Lukac-Kuruc https://cleantechnica.com/2016/04/19/50-mw-rail-energy-storage-project-receives-blm-approval/#comment-29058 Tue, 19 Apr 2016 16:12:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=100827#comment-29058 It was about time! Good news for a system that needed an opportunity to prove its value. I hope it will start to replicate quickly.
It was getting tiring to read things like “renewables can’t compete with baseload production because of being intermittent” or “only hydro can solve the intermittent nature of renewables, but you can’t have hydro without having lakes in the neighborhood”.

]]> By: Green Greed https://cleantechnica.com/2016/04/19/50-mw-rail-energy-storage-project-receives-blm-approval/#comment-29057 Tue, 19 Apr 2016 15:41:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=100827#comment-29057 up to large 2-3GW regional energy storage system with 16-24GWh energy storage capacity.
wow

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