Storing Renewable Power

Publication - June 13, 2008 - By Roger Peters
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Storing Renewable Power, compiled by Roger Peters with Lynda O'Malley, is the second in the series Making Renewable Energy a Priority. This primer focuses on the large-scale storage of electricity in order to bring more renewable power sources onto the grid.

Also in the Making Renewable Energy a Priority series:

Feeding the Grid Renewably: fact sheet and primer

Renewable Energy: FIT for Cities: fact sheet

Tags:  Provincial Policy, Ontario, Electricity, Renewable Energy

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