Has the electric vehicle (EV) arrived? More than a decade after General Motors introduced, then allegedly withdrew, a wildly popular electric vehicle from California and Arizona, the media are singing the praises of EVs. In real time though, Jon R Hickman reports that we need to keep our feet on the ground.
01 May, 2009
Fast forward to 2024 and imagine that wind power is even more common than it is today. But how can the manager of a large, fictional Danish utility company manage variations in wind power once and for all, using an abandoned natural gas store? In the second of his columns on the energy storage dilemma, Bent Sorenson follows the manager on his rounds.
01 May, 2009