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Re: Spring storm 14-15 October
Posted: Wed 16/10/2013 10:48
by moylanr
NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:bpo wrote:
Imagine if we could harness all that energy.
It's a shame that they can't "harness" lightning electricity and store it into the national grid.
The price of storage is coming down. 36MW battery:
http://www.xtremepower.com/advantage/ex ... -wind-farm. Closer to NZ is the one at the South Pole (first link on the list).
But how do you "harness" lightning? - or is that abhorent to some storm chasers [kind of like a hydro dam to enviromentalists]?
Re: Spring storm 14-15 October
Posted: Wed 16/10/2013 15:17
by tich
Bradley wrote:A few centimetres of snow overnight here - came as a bit of a surprise!!
A light dusting of snow (maybe mixed with hail) as low as about 500m on Banks Peninsula hills this morning. Gone now, certainly on Mt Herbert.
Re: Spring storm 14-15 October
Posted: Wed 16/10/2013 19:26
by iomkiwi
moylanr wrote:
But how do you "harness" lightning? - or is that abhorent to some storm chasers [kind of like a hydro dam to enviromentalists]?
Well somebody is making a start
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/gadge ... -lightning
Re: Spring storm 14-15 October
Posted: Wed 16/10/2013 19:35
by tgsnoopy
Yeah right. Like that's going to work. Maybe if you lived in Darwin during the build up.