On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 17:26:31 -0000, Charlie Pridham wrote:

There is no way of storing or using a surplus when electricity is over
produced.


Yes there is, in wales where they pump water up to a high resevoir to use
surplus power then release it through turbines when they need extra

That's what they do in Austria in a few places as well. It's an option only
viable where there are mountains really, but in the future any excess could
be used for making hydrogen for fuel cells. That's relatively easy to
store.

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Tim C.