ARES https://refractor.io/tag/ares/ ARES en-AU Mon, 22 Jul 2013 11:50:25 GMT ARES system to put energy storage on the right track https://refractor.io/environment/ares-system-to-put-energy-storage-on-the-right-track/ The ARES system uses electric locomotives as a form of energy storage

We’ve recently looked at ocean-based energy storage system concepts from MIT and Subhydro AS that are designed to overcome the intermittency problems of renewable energy sources like wind and solar by pumping water out of large tanks and using gravity to let it back in and generate electricity when needed. Santa Barbara, California-based company Advanced Rail Energy Storage (ARES) has come up with a land-based alternative that would provide grid scale energy storage using electric locomotives.

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