Renewable Energy to Be Stored in Underground Caves

By: Clean Skies News, Published: 02/08/10 12:43pm
Underground caves.

Magnum Energy says it plans to dig a series of underground caverns that will be used to store compressed air generated by a wind and solar farm in central Utah.

The compressed air will run a turbine to produce electricity at times when the sun isn't shining or the wind isn't blowing.

The caves will be hollowed out of a massive salt deposit a mile underground.

Magnum says the caverns will be used to store natural gas or liquid petroleum, and some converted to air when the wind and solar farms are running.

The company says that when completed, the caves will be able to hold billions of cubic feet of natural gas, liquid petroleum or compressed air, and produce power on a megawatt-scale. Expected capacity wasn't given.

Currently there are only "two" commercial-scale, compressed air power plants running. One is in the U.S. in Alabama, the other Germany. But other projects are now under development in Ohio and Iowa.

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Comments (6)

I think storing this energy

Submitted by inter4522 on Mon, 08/30/2010 - 09:27.

I think storing this energy in caves is such a great idea. This will help so much when the sun is not shining at all. This is so good for the future of energy. This needs to be pushed more and more.
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Now, this is an interesting

Submitted by raider668899 on Mon, 08/16/2010 - 09:34.

Now, this is an interesting approach, who would have ever thought of that ? :)

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"billions of cubic feet of

Submitted by Jamie on Wed, 08/04/2010 - 17:49.

"billions of cubic feet of natural gas"

Is it just me, or is it scary to think about that much explosive power sitting in miles of underground caverns? I'd think the chances of it blowing up at any given time is just scary. http://www.nowthatsnew.com

sono d'accordo con le tue

Submitted by reiki by inforeiki on Wed, 07/21/2010 - 17:42.

sono d'accordo con le tue impressioni e devo dire...great pics
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queste grotte le ho viste in

Submitted by reiki inforeiki on Wed, 07/21/2010 - 17:36.

queste grotte le ho viste in francia e devo dire che sono meravigliose e tanto .....misteriose
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