Archived Solar And Wind Energy May Be Nice, But How Can We Store It? (npr.org)
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Archived Solar And Wind Energy May Be Nice, But How Can We Store It? (npr.org)
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The problem with compressing air is that you lose a lot of energy as heat, so it's really inefficient for long term storage. Great for very short term though, there was a regen braking system for trucks that used compressed air stored in insulated tanks.