Thanks for fixing this post Tim.
I've a feeling "Mort 666" is a troll thinking he could have a gloat where the converse is the truth.
A lot of these proposed storage schemes sadly are only sufficient for 12 hour cycles to even out cyclic efficiency inadequacies of large power stations.
A couple of winters ago we had high pressure which brought us no winds and extremely cold temperatures for nigh on two whole weeks! The wind farms were dead.
When solar power is most plentiful, the people need electricity the least yet we pay 40p/KWH for the pleasure.
Does not matter what the natural resources are, we cannot trust the weather to overcome our climate.
The Severn barrage was proposed decades ago but the greenies whinged about it. Could you imagine that generating 1/7 of the countries electrical needs for the past 30 years and the effect on the National balance of payments it would of generated? Not to mention a main road between Devon and Pembroke they would not doubt charge a toll for.
Governments that opened our borders and sold our energy stocks at an over reasonable rate. Which in turn increased this nations energy demands from a newly expanding non-European populace. All paid for by our repaired economy under the wake of oil and gas. Every penny squandered away plus massive debts, the highest debt per capita in the whole of the World!
Does not matter who you vote for, this is deliberate.
On the other hand, if you have property, the best place to put your money is in Solar panels. Firstly, the vacuum tubes to heat your water then electrical. Alibaba have fully certified units for 0.40 Euro per WH. They need installation and invertors. I would definitely consider both on and off grid solutions. They are are a better bet than investing money, if you include Gov't grants, (state theft) then you'll be raking it in and charging your car at cost price.
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/50749 ... el_PV.html