Hurdle of renewable energy storage overcome by Siemens

Posted on 21 Mar 2013 by Tim Brown

German engineering firm Siemens has devised a new technology which allows the conversion and storage of power generated by renewable energy sources.

The new technology uses electrolysis to convert the extra power produced by wind and solar facilities, which would otherwise go to waste, into hydrogen gas, which can then be compressed and stored for conversion into electricity at a subsequent stage. This new technology could greatly improve the versatility of renewable energy sources. In the past,…

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