Sentences with phrase «air energy storage plant»
Compressed Air The Alabama Energy Cooperative opened a compressed - air energy storage plant in 1991, using coal plants that ordinarily would be idle at night, to pump air into a hollowed - out salt dome at a pressure of more than 1,000 pounds per square inch.
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They should also promote storage facilities for excess energy such as pumped storage hydropower plants or underground vaults for compressed air.
Other higher - tech options include using chemicals to absorb CO2 from the air, or burning plants for energy and capturing the CO2 that would otherwise be released, then storing it permanently deep below the ground, called bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS).
Energy storage can replace coal or gas plants in low income and minority communities disproportionately affected by air pollution and other public health risks.