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 Stories About: Arizona AND solar voltaic power AND electricity grid AND energy
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The success of solar depends on storage
Storage helps the sun keep shining even on cloudy days |
Kristina & Jason Makansi |
22 Dec 2007 |
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| New project and technology announcements have kept solar energy in the news lately. But, as with wind, the issues of intermittency and the grid still lurk in the shadows. Some still argue that intermittency isn't a problem, or that it can be solved without storage. In a new piece in the Arizona Daily Star, reporter Tom Beal talks about those issues. As we've previously argued here, here, and here, energy storage has a big role to play in enabling sola ... |
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| Topics: Arizona, electricity grid, energy, solar voltaic power (all these topics) |
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