DocumentCode :
1411230
Title :
A battery as big as the grid
Author :
Kumagai, Jean
Volume :
49
Issue :
1
fYear :
2012
fDate :
1/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
45
Lastpage :
46
Abstract :
Sometime this quar ter, a shovel will sink into the dry desert soil of a Mexicali industrial park, breaking ground for the construction of an unprecedented energystorage facility. Once completed, its batteries will be able to feed a full gigawatt into the grid for 4 to 6 hours.
Keywords :
Electromagnetics; Energy storage; Lasers; Satellite communication; Soil; Wind farms;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9235
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/MSPEC.2012.6117837
Filename :
6117837
Link To Document :
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