Generation method pursuing ecology, such as electric power generation using kite and electric power storage by flywheel

Naturally consideration for the environment,In the next ten years the oil supply will peakFrom the viewpoint that it is also a power plant that must urgently need "oil removal". However, the nuclear power plants, which probably will be responsible for the next generation, can not easily increase the number, and the conversion to other than thermal power generation is a situation that can not be said as smooth as flattery.

Meanwhile, in the world, attempts are being made to make electricity with a slightly different idea, such as power generation using kites, power generation by "steel flowers", and a system to store surplus electric power.

Details are as below.
■Gigantic kite power generation
ItalianKiteGenWe are studying whether kite movement can be turned into electricity. It is not a small thing to give to a New Year even as a kite, but raises a 200 square foot (about 61 square meters) kite to a height of 2,600 feet (about 800 m). With this altitude, it seems that you can receive quadruple wind compared to the ground. The movement of the kite is a mechanism to move a 40 kilowatt turbine as a substitute for the windmill's feather, and by 2011 it will bring up a 1,500 square feet (about 460 m) of kite to 3 megawatts (9,000 homes We are aiming to be able to generate electricity).

Here is a movie that explains the mechanism actually using kites.
YouTube - kitegen stem

A system in which Kole performs wind power generation by kites. It is invisible to a super gigantic swan or reverse bungee device ... ....


The part that was like a sword has become a kite, and it will generate electricity by moving and moving it.


■Solar thermal power generation using "steel flowers"
Israeli energy companyAORAHowever, making it in the desert of southern Israel is like a flower-like power plant made of steel. A set of 30 mirrors is centered on a tulip shaped tower 98 feet high (about 30 m), and the mirror collects sunlight towards the steel sprout at the top of the tower. In the buds, the solar energy reaches 1800 degrees Fahrenheit (about 1000 degrees Celsius) and moves a 100 kilowatt turbine. It seems that thermal power generation is also installed so that even a night or cloudy sky can supply a certain amount.

It feels like a flower bud or a magic stick protruding in the middle of the desert.


Collect light with a mirror and generate heat.


■Power storage system
Electricity is difficult to store, and the power plant sometimes generates more power than demand, but the remaining part will disappear somewhere.Beacon Power CompanyWe make an energy storage plant and turn the flywheel with surplus power. It seems that the system converts the kinetic energy into electricity by stopping the rotation of this flywheel and decelerating when the customer needs additional electric power. At Beacon Power Corporation. We added 10 flywheels designed to operate continuously without overheating, and we have 2 megawatt facilities to allow electricity to flow as needed from Massachusetts. Next time we plan to build a 20 megawatt plant in New York State and claim that we can save 33,000 barrels of oil per year if completed.

A flywheel is contained in a sealed container.