Energy Management

Robert McGillivray/ Director, Renewable Energy/ Hydrogenics Corp./ Mississauga, Ontario, Canada/ hydrogenics.com

Editors note:

One problem with wind power is that when the wind blows strong, the power it generates is either used or lost. In Europe, the utility rules are such that on windy nights when demand is low, wind generated power is almost given away.
A recent article in Windpower Engineering ( Solving the use it or lose it wind-energy  problem, Feb 2010) reported on several devices and ideas for storing wind generated power. Hydrogen storage ideas, however, were not among them. To address the omission, Robert McGillivary offers ideas